8th Grade ELA - 11/16/20

8th Grade ELA

Monday - 11/16/2020

Poll

Would you rather be a math teacher or be an ELA teacher?

• be a math teacher

• be an ELA teacher

Learning Goal

• I can analyze how the themes of the "Golden Rule" and "taking a stand" are developed in To Kill a Mockingbird

Multiple Choice

How is Scout able to persuade Walter Cunningham, Sr. to leave the jail the night he comes with an angry gang to lynch Tom Robinson

• She tells him that he owes Atticus from all the work he has done for him.

• She tells him that he should be ashamed of himself.

• She runs to the newspaper office and gets Mr. Underwood.

• She talks to him about his son Walter.

Multiple Choice

The morning after the Old Sarum gang attempt to take Tom Robinson from the jail, Atticus makes the comment,

"He despises Negroes, won't have one near him." About whom is he speaking?

• Judge Taylor

• Robert Ewell

• Braxton Underwood

• Walter Cunningham, Sr.

Multiple Choice

Scout implies that on the first day of school, she will do what to Walter Cunningham, Jr. ?

• Shake his hand

• Ask him about his father

• Beat him up

• Invite him over for dinner

Multiple Choice

The morning of the trial, who is dressed up in a hat and gloves to go to the Jitney Jungle?

• Ms. Maudie Atkinson

• Ms. Rachel Haverford

• Ms. Stephanie Crawford

• Ms. Nathan Radley

Multiple Choice

Who shares a great deal of knowledge about the county people as they pass the Finch's house the morning of the trial?

• Jem

• Ms. Stephanie Crawford

• Ms. Maudie

• Dill

Multiple Select

Atticus tells the children that it is okay for them to come to the courthouse to see the afternoon portion of the trial.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The first person who is called to testify in the Tom Robinson case is

• Mayella Ewell

• Robert Ewell

• Tom Robinson

• Sheriff Heck Tate

Multiple Choice

Jem tells about a man who is wealthy, and chooses to live with the black people near the river. Who is that man?

• Braxton Underwood

• X. Billups

• Dolphus Raymond

• Tensaw Jones

Multiple Choice

When the children ask Ms. Maudie if she is going to town to watch the trial she says, "no", and compares the trial to a

• New York street

• Times Square

• Roman carnival

• Three Ring Circus

Multiple Choice

The children are offered a seat by ___________ to sit in the balcony.

• Ms. Maudie

• Helen Robinson

• The Idlers Club

• Reverend Sykes

Multiple Choice

What does Atticus ask Bob Ewell to do while he is testifying that seems like an odd thing?

• Tell the truth

• Write his name

• Describe his house

• Describe his daughter

Multiple Choice

Atticus asks Heck Tate three times if he did what the day of Mayella Ewell's alleged attack.

• Arrested Tom Robinson

• Questioned Bob Ewell

• Called a doctor

• Called an ambulance

Multiple Select

Sheriff Heck Tate tells Atticus that Mayella sustained an injury to which of her eyes?

• Right

• Left

Multiple Select

Is Bob Ewell left handed or right handed?

• Right handed

• Left handed

Multiple Choice

It becomes clear that Tom Robinson is unable to use both of his hands because

• He does not have use of his left hand.

• He does not have use of his right hand.

• He IS able to use both of his hands.

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

How old is Mayella Ewell?

• 22

• 23

• 20

• 19

Multiple Choice

One of the first questions that Atticus asks Mayella is about her friends. What is her response to this question?

• She tells him she has a few friends.

• She tells him that she does not need friends.

• She says that Atticus is making fun of her.

• She says she doesn't see what friends has to do with her attack.

Multiple Choice

What is it that Tom Robinson says about Mayella as he testifies that he realizes was a mistake immediately after he says it.

• That he was only trying to help her

• That it seemed like she was the only person that tried at the Ewell house

• That he felt sorry for her.

• That he did not particularly like Ms. Mayella

Multiple Choice

Dill gets very ill listening to Mr. Gilmer question Tom Robinson in such a rude and demeaning way, so Scout takes him outside to get some air. While they are sitting under a tree, who turns to them and offers Dill a sip of his 'drink'?

• Braxton Underwood

• X Billups

• Tensaw Jones

• Dolphus Raymond

Multiple Choice

As Scout listens to Tom Robinson testify about Ms. Mayella and what he observed of her home life, Scout realizes that, Mayella must have been the loneliest person in the world. She goes on to say that Mayella was even lonelier that who?

• Dill Harris

• Calpurnia

• Boo Radley

• Mrs. Dubose

Multiple Select

It becomes obvious, as Mayella Ewell tells her story about the day of the alleged attack, that she is telling the truth about the events of that day.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Select

Tom Robinson was kind to Mayella Ewell.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Select

Atticus tells the jury that there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal,........that is a court.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

At the end of Atticus' closing argument someone walks into the courtroom. Who is that person?

• Link Deas

• Calpurnia

• Helen Robinson

• Aunt Alexandra

• Ms. Stephanie Crawford

Multiple Choice

What is the last thing that Atticus says to the jury at the end of his closing argument?

• "In the name of God, do your duty."

• "In the name of all that is good, acquit him."

• "In the name of God, hear the truth."

• NONE OF THE ABOVE

TAKE A SECOND AND GIVE YOURSELF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!

To Kill a Mockingbird

Chapter 15 - Analyzing Themes

Open Ended

What did Atticus mean when he said, “You children last night made Walter Cunningham stand in my shoes for a minute. That was enough”?

Open Ended

What did Walter Cunningham understand about Atticus when he “stood in his shoes”?

Open Ended

How does this quote relate to what Atticus said earlier in the novel: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”?

Open Ended

How do these two quotes relate to the Golden Rule?

Open Ended

What was Atticus taking a stand about in Chapter 15?

Open Ended

What was Mr. Cunningham taking a stand about in Chapter 15?

Open Ended

How did Mr. Cunningham’s stand change after he “stood” in Atticus’s shoes?

Poll

Would you rather have no knees or have no elbows?

• have no knees

• have no elbows

Poll

Would you rather have no knees or have no elbows?

• have no knees

• have no elbows