To Kill a Mockingbird audio

Friday, April 17, we will read chapter 1 together in class, and here's my audio for chapter 2, to help you get started on your own.

Click here for To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 2 new recording - should work 4/18/15 - TCS

Finish chapters 3, 4, & 5 this weekend.


Monday, 4/20, we will read ch 6 together.

Click here for To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 7. (first 5 minutes only)

Read chapter 8 Monday night.


Tuesday, 4/21, we will read ch 9 together. You all will read aloud some, too.

Click here for To Kill a Mockingbird chapter 10. (first 8 minutes)

Links for To Kill a Mockingbird

Before To Kill a Mockingbird, explore these sites to get a sense of the historical setting and race relations at the time of the novel.

Here are some cool sites to let you explore before we start reading To Kill a Mockingbird

Scottsboro Case Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsboro_Boys

Trials of the Scottsboro Boys

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

PBS: Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/scottsboro/

VIDEO PBS (85 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCBV-GhyINY

Extras…

What is a “Hoover Cart”?

http://media.lib.ecu.edu/spclcoll/staffpick.cfm?id=217

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_hoover_cart

What is an “entailment”?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_Scout_mean_by_entailment_in_To_Kill_A_Mockingbird

Animal Farm -Russian documentary

Extra notes after the PBS video

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Notes Russian Revolution

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FW: video

Hi Kids!

Click the link below to see the screencast our awesome librarian made for you! She's got three new ways for you to search for information on your research topics.

If it's too blurry for you, follow Mrs. Utz's advice below. Happy researching!


Tosha Caston-Smith
Pre-AP English 9
Spain Park High School

See my website: http://bit.ly/sphstcs

-----Original Message-----
From: Utz, Marnie
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 10:52 AM
To: Caston-Smith, Tosha
Subject: video

https://docs.google.com/a/hcs-students.net/file/d/0Bwj-kBgishlJTTJId3RHcHNfd2c/edit?usp=drivesdk

Hi Tosha!
This link should be good for anyone to watch my video. I hope it's ok! It's about 5 minutes. It's a little fuzzy...to fix that, have the kids click the gear icon (next to the full screen icon) in the bottom right corner and change the "quality" setting to 720p HD.

Have a great week!!!
Marnie

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Forgetting is a crucial part of learning. Space out study times. Study in different places. Quiz yourself or tell a friend all about it.

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