Students today looked at the testimony presented in the novel, with each group/pod taking a specific character’s testimony and sketching it out step-by-step. We will be using this on the Tuesday after return in order to discuss the case with a local criminal defense attorney who will be visiting the class through Google Meet.

We began today with a short but close look Heck Tate’s testimony about Mayella Ewell’s wounds after the alleged crime:

Homework

• English I Honors: 
  • complete both clause practices (these are now late; if you complete them now, they are reduced credit):
    • practice 1;
    • practice 2;
  • work on Mockingbird discussion forums; (attempts simply to manipulate the word count by submitting multiple comments like “Wow! This is great! I agree,” should they appear, will be deleted);
  • read through chapter 20 by Monday (and chapter 23 by Wednesday) of Mockingbird.