First, second, and seventh periods finished up the question of what a ballad is. We looked at a second ballad — “The Ballad of Birmingham” — and used with “Boots of Spanish Leather” to create a master list of ballad attributes. The fifth required poem in our poetry unit is a ballad. We began working on that today. We will finish them in class tomorrow.

Fourth period discussed the morality ranking from yesterday, then began reading/acting out Tom Robinson’s testimony.

Homework

• First period:
  • complete the plot/story summary;
  • create the character list for the ballad.
• Second period:
  • complete the plot/story summary for the ballad;
  • create the character list for the ballad;
  • create dialog summary for the ballad;
  • complete the first two stanzas of the ballad.
• Fourth period: read chapters 19-23 of To Kill a Mockingbird.
• Seventh period: