American Literature Assignment #26

April 15-17, 2008

1. Reading: Read chapters 15-22 of To Kill A Mockingbird. As you read, listen to the moral voice of the story-teller and watch out for these themes: the existence of social inequality, the importance of moral education, the strange coexistence of Good and Evil, the limitations of innocence, and the power of moral courage. Mark up your books, my friends, as you brood on the messages you find.

& Summarize each of the chapters in two or three sentences.

& Due Tuesday, April 222.

2. Vocabulary:

1. Penultimate: The second to last in order.

2. Negligence: Lack of a sensible amount of care; neglect, carelessness.

3. Depravity: A state of corruption, perversion, or evil.

4. Caustic: Biting, incisive, cutting, corrosive.

5. Guile: Trickery or deceit; deceptive cunning; duplicity.

6. Cynical: Distrustful of human nature; pessimistic, even misanthropic.

7. Furtive: On the sly, in secret; surreptitious; stolen.

8. Apprehension: A foreboding of something bad; or, legal arrest.

9. Salutary: Promoting good health (mental or physical).

10. Pedestrian: Commonplace, ordinary, unimaginative; referring to going by foot.

3. Magnum Opus:

The Calendar

April 22 30 Note-cards Due 30 points

April 29 Rough Draft Due 35 points

May 15 Final Paper Due (No late papers will be accepted!) 100 points

o Note-cards:

v Once you have your sources, you will begin to read them and record useful information on note-cards. I will examine and grade your note-cards based on how well they meet these format and content rules:

Format: Use index cards, either 3x5 or 4x6. On each card, include the following information:

The name of the source, either written out fully or indexed from your list of sources;

The page number, where applicable, from which the information comes;

The outline topic(s) to which the information relates.

Content: Each card should contain information concerning one topic and should be from one page in one source.

The information should be recorded in YOUR OWN WORDS, abbreviated—NO COMPLETE SENTENCES!

No verbs from the original source should be included in your summary of the information.

A few cards may include direct quotations IF you intend to use the quotation in your essay. Be sure to put quotation marks on the card in order to indicate that the words are directly from the source!

Presentation: Your note-cards should be presented in a file box, separated into sections divided by tabbed divider-cards. Each of these should be labeled with a category from your outline, in order.