09/04 Homework

8th Literature:

Bell Work:

Look near the end of chapter 15 “Entailments are bad”…and he shut it” and infer using context clues what the definition of uncouth is.

Vocabulary:

1. Ominous
   1. (adj) threatening or foreshadowing bad things
2. Acquiescence
   1. (noun) agreement with a statement or request
3. Uncouth
   1. (adj) without manners

Reading Questions:

1. Why do a group of men come to the Finch’s to talk with Atticus?
2. What have Aunt Alexandra and Atticus been arguing about?
   1. Why do you think Aunt Alexandra cares so much?
3. What do Jem, Scout, and Dill discover Atticus doing?
   1. What do they witness?
4. Who does Scout recognize?
   1. What does she do?
      1. Why do you think she does it?
      2. Is she aware of the danger?
      3. Is she just making small talk?
   2. What does he do?

Homework:

Read chapter 16.