To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee

Homework Assignments: Week 17 English 9 Monday 12/16             Based on peer editing comments, grading criteria, and your own ideas, revise your Mockingbird essay. Second drafts are due Tuesday. Tuesday 12/17             Finish studying for the To Kill a Mockingbird exam. If you thoroughly complete at least 18 of the study questions, you can earn up to 10 points extra credit on the exam. Wednesday 12/18             Read through articles on the speech contest wiki. Print out useful articles and highlight or underline important or interesting information, quotations, statistics, etc. Jot down ideas about different angles and important points. Bring in your articles on Thursday and Friday so you can receive credit for researching at home (even though we won’t have a regular class schedule). If you don’t have a good internet connection at home, be sure to plan for time at school (during lunch, after school, during a free period) to get this research done. Thursday 12/19            Read and highlight more articles on the speech contest wiki. Bring them to school on Friday for credit. Friday 12/20             Read in your IR book and enjoy the holidays. All IR book tests must be taken the first week we return from vacation, so finish reading over vacation. Work on researching for your speech if you want. Homework Assignments: Week 16 Monday 12/10    Finish writing your editorial. Read to page 259 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Read carefully so that you’re prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow. Tuesday 12/11    Finish reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Read carefully so that you’re prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow. Wednesday 12/12 Work on the study questions for the To Kill a Mockingbird. The exam will be on Wednesday 12/19. Thursday 12/13   Finish your prewriting and work on the first draft of your To Kill a Mockingbird essay. Due Monday. Friday 12/14 Read in your IR book and finish the first draft of your Mockingbird essay. First drafts are due on Monday. Homework Assignments: Week 15 Monday 12/3 Read to page 199 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow. Tuesday 12/4 no school Wednesday 12/5 Read to page 217 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow. Thursday 12/6 Read to page 237 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow. Friday 12/7 Read in your IR book and work on your editorial. Due Tuesday. Homework Assignments: Week 14 Monday 11/26 Read to page 89 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow. Work on your front page story. Due Wednesday at the end of the period. Tuesday 11/27 Read to page 112 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow. Wednesday 11/28 Read to page 134 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow. Thursday 11/29 Read to page 155 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow. Friday 11/30 Read in your IR book and read to page 166 in Mockingbird. Homework Assignments: Week 13 Monday 11/19 Read to page 74 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion on Tuesday. Tuesday 11/20 Read a lot in your IR book start thinking about speech contest angles. This year’s topic is: Immigration—My Solution. Check out some of the links on the school wiki. Homework Assignments: Week 12 Tuesday 11/13 Read to page 22 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow. Study for vocabulary quiz #4. The quiz will be on Friday. Wednesday 11/14 Read to page 46 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Read carefully so that you are prepared for a reading quiz and/or class discussion tomorrow. Study for vocabulary quiz #4. The quiz will be on Friday. Thursday 11/15 Finish studying for Vocabulary Quiz #4. Work on the final draft of your Mice & Men essay, due Monday. Friday 11/16 Read in your IR book and finish the final draft of your Mice & Men essay, due Monday. Read to page 57 in To Kill a Mockingbird.

In-Class Assignments Introduction Quiz #1 Quiz #2 Quiz #3 Quiz #4 Quiz #5 Quiz #6 Quiz #7 Quiz #8 Due Dates Novel News: Front Page Story: Friday 11/30 Novel News: Editorial: Tuesday 12/11 Mockingbird Exam: Wednesday 12/19 Mockingbird Essay (Draft 1): Monday 12/17 Mockingbird Essay (Draft 2): Tuesday 12/18 Mockingbird Essay (Draft 3): after vacation Major Assignments Editorial Editorial Notes Essay Topics Sample Outlines Model Paragraphs Exam Study Questions  Notes on the end of the novel Longer version of the story of "The Gray Ghost"