Weeks of October 8 + October 15

Students in English 10 will spend much of the next two weeks working on a multi-faceted project on "perspective," which is a major theme in To Kill a Mockingbird. Students will examine the theme through song lyrics, a poem, and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Each student will be required to write a personal reflection about a poem we discuss in class; an analysis of a song, poem or story that is told from a particular perspective; and two first-person essays written from different characters' perspectives in To Kill a Mockingbird.

This project will be worth a total of 90 points
20 points = "Assignments" + 70 points = "Writing"

Each project will be graded on the student's ability to demonstrate his or her understanding of "perspective" as well as his or her ability to write a formal letter from two different characters' perspectives. The letter will be graded on its ability to do three things:

• Accurately explain issues that are in some way important to Tom Robinson's upcoming trial
• Clearly state the character's opinion about what will happen as a result of the trial
• Explain WHY the character feels this way

DUE Dates:
Blocks 1 + 5 - Wednesday October 17
Blocks 2 + 6 - Thursday October 18


HONORS English 10 -
Monday - Review/Quiz - Clauses + Pronoun Usage (40 points)

Wednesday - Work on TKAM Final Project
Thursday - TKAM Jeopardy Review for Unit Test

Monday October 22 -
Final Project Due (50 points)
TKAM Unit Test (50 points)
***Scores will be combined for TKAM Unit Test Grade

Tuesday October 23 - TKAM Project Presentations