Spring Break Packet - Grade 7 English Name Due Tuesday, April 3 *Answer every question completely, including the short-answers and both essays* This counts as a mastery grade in English/writing class.
PART 1 Reading questions 1. 2. PART A: PART B: Write the words: 3. 4. Circle all that apply: A B C D E F G 5. Circle all that apply: A B C D E 6. PART A: PART B: (answer in packet) 7. PART A: Circle all that apply: A B C D E F PART B: Write the first few words of the sentence: 8. PART A: PART B: 9. PART A: PART B: Write first few words of the sentence: 10. (answer on the page) 11. PART A: PART B: 12. Write the first few words of the sentence: 13. 14. Write the first few words of the sentence: Write the first few words of the sentence: 15. 16. PART A: PART B: 17. PART A: PART B: 18. 19.
PART 2 To Kill a Mockingbird Final Assignment 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. PART A: PART B: 6. PART A: PART B: 7. PART A: PART B: 8. PART A: PART B: 9. PART A: PART B: 10. PART A: PART B: 11. PART A: PART B: 12.
Part 3 - Noisy Animals Essay - PEEL Outline Name: Use this organizer to outline your ideas before writing. Prompt in my own words: Introduction: Hook: Background info: Thesis statement: Body Paragraph 1: P: E: E: L:. Body Paragraph 2: P: E: E: L:.
Body Paragraph 3: P: E: E: L:. Conclusion: Restate thesis: Restate key points: Parting thought for reader: Revision Checklist - I have transition words. - I have at least two sentence for my explanation (what and why). - My claim and focus points are clear. - My evidence is concise. - I have included a counterclaim and rebuttal. - I checked for grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.
PART 3 - Noisy Animals Essay (or type and share with beatrice.baker@cla.bt.school)
Part 2 To Kill a Mockingbird questions 1. Is Scout a reliable narrator? A. Yes, because she is an honest and innocent child B. Yes, because she obeys everything Atticus asks her to do. C. No, because she is gullible and nai ve about the world around her. D. No, because she tries to manipulate the reader. 2. What does the allusion to Franklin Delano Roosevelt s speech at the start of the novel (page 6) reveal about the setting? A. That Maycomb was far wealthier than the majority of American rural towns at the time. B. That Maycomb was also suffering through the Great Depression in 1933 and needed hopeful words from the president. C. That Maycomb was too fast paced for Scout s family who preferred country life. D. That the national politics did not apply to Maycomb because they were such an isolated town. 3. Which quotation from the book best illustrates The Golden Rule? A. 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. (39-40) B. I m gonna wake him up, Jem, I swear I am Jem grabbed my pajama collar and wrenched it tight. Then I m going with you (75) C. It was not until many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said. (117) D. You felt sorry for her, you felt sorry for her? (264) 4. The title To Kill a Mockingbird is a metaphor for: A. The slaughter of beautiful songbirds in Maycomb B. The bullying of someone poor and uneducated (like Walter Cunningham) C. The senseless killing of someone innocent (like Tom Robinson) D. The disciplining of someone disobedient and feisty (like Scout)
Read this courtroom scene from the novel To Kill a Mockingbird in which Atticus Finch gives his closing statement to the jury in defense of his client Tom Robinson who has been charged with rape by Mayella Ewell. Page 231 1...This case is not a difficult one, it requires no minute sifting of complicated facts, but it does require you to be sure beyond all reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendant. To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. This case is as simple as black and white. [...] 2 I say guilt, gentlemen, because it was guilt that motivated her [Mayella]. She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with. She is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance, but I cannot pity her: she is white. She knew full well the enormity of her offense, but because her desires were stronger than the code she was breaking, she persisted in breaking it. She persisted, as her subsequent reaction is something that all of us have known at one time or another. She did something every child has done she tried to put the evidence of her offense away from her. But in this case she was no child hiding stolen contraband: she struck out at her victim of necessity she must put him away from her he must be removed from her presence, from this world. She must destroy the evidence of her offense. 3 What was the evidence of her offense? Tom Robinson, a human being. She must put Tom Robinson away from her. Tom Robinson was her daily reminder of what she did. What did she do? She tempted a Negro. 4 She was white, and she tempted a Negro. She did something that in our society in unspeakable: she kissed a black man. Not an old Uncle, but a strong young Negro man. No code mattered to her before she broke it, but it came crashing down on her afterwards. 5. Part A: How does this excerpt contribute to the theme of compassion in the novel as stated earlier by Atticus when he says, 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? A. Atticus is resentful of the fact that Mayella commits perjury on the witness stand to accuse an innocent man of rape. She uses the white jury s racism to her advantage. B. Atticus empathizes with Mayella who he claims is also a victim of injustice because she is poor and abused by her father and then forbidden to seek companionship from the only person who was ever nice to her. C. Atticus aggressively accuses Mayella of fabricating a lie out of her own embarrassment about her feelings for Tom Robinson. D. Atticus suggests that this case is not complicated. The facts simply show that Tom Robinson is an innocent man.
Part B: Which quotation best supports the answer to Part A? A. I say guilt, gentlemen, because it was guilt that motivated her [Mayella]. (paragraph 2) B. She is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance... (paragraph 2) C. But in this case she was no child hiding stolen contraband: she struck out at her victim of necessity she must put him away from her he must be removed from her presence, from this world. (paragraph 2) D. What was the evidence of her offense? (paragraph 3) 6. Part A: How does the sentence This case is as simple as black and white set the tone for the speech to the jury? A. It creates a condescending tone that oversimplifies a case that is actually quite complicated. B. It creates a gentle tone that helps the jury members understand the most important facts. C. It creates a remorseful tone that shows the hopelessness Atticus feels for Tom Robinson s case. D. It creates a frank tone that states things assertively and directly. Part B: Which other piece of evidence below captures the tone in Part A? A....it does require you to be sure beyond all reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendant. (Paragraph 1) B. She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with. (paragraph 2) C. But in this case she was no child hiding stolen contraband: she struck out at her victim of necessity she must put him away from her he must be removed from her presence, from this world. (Paragraph 2) D. She did something that in our society in unspeakable: She kissed a black man. (Paragraph 4) 7. Part A: Which statement most objectively states the central idea of Atticus message to the jury? A. Maycomb has an old code that all members must abide by with regards to race and social equality and she broke the code. B. Mayella maliciously lies on the witness stand in order to get revenge on Tom Robinson for refusing her love. C. Atticus shows sympathy for Mayella because she is poor and ignorant and therefore should not be judged. D. This case is about a white woman s word against a black man s. Part B: Which piece of evidence best supports the answer to Part A? A. To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. (paragraph 1) B. She has committed no crime... (paragraph 2) C. What was the evidence of her offense? (paragraph 3) D. She was white, and she tempted a Negro. (paragraph 4)
Read the excerpt from Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption in which the author Bryan A. Stevenson, a social justice activist lawyer fighting against the death penalty, explains why he continues to challenge bias against the poor and minorities in the criminal justice system. Page 289 1 I do what I do because I m broken too. 2 My years of struggling against inequality, abusive power, poverty, oppression, and injustice had finally revealed something to me about myself. Being close to suffering, death, execution, and cruel punishment didn't just illuminate the brokenness of others; in a moment of anguish and heartbreak, it also exposed my own brokenness. You cannot effectively fight abusive power, poverty, inequality, illness, oppression, or injustice and not be broken by it. 3 We are all broken by something. We have all hurt someone and have been hurt. We all share the condition of brokenness even if our brokenness is not equivalent. I desperately wanted mercy for Jimmy Dill and would have done anything to create justice for him, but I couldn't pretend that his struggle was disconnected from my own. The ways in which I have been hurt - and have hurt others - are different from the ways Jimmy Dill suffered and caused suffering. But our shared brokenness connected us. 4 Paul Farmer, the renowned physician who has spent his life trying to cure the world's sickest and poorest people, once quoted me something that the writer Thomas Merton said: We are bodies of broken bones. I guess I'd always known but never fully considered that being broken is what makes us human. We all have our reasons. Sometimes we're fractured by things we would never have chosen. But our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing. Our shared vulnerability and imperfection nurtures and sustains our capacity for compassion. 5 We have a choice. We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our best hope for healing. Or we can deny our brokenness, forswear compassion, and as a result deny our own humanity. 8. Part A: What does the word forswear most likely mean as it is used in paragraph 5? A. Reject B. Destroy C. Obscure D. Rue Part B: Which diction best supports your answer to Part A? A. Result B. Choice C. Broken D. Deny 9. Part A: Which statement provides an objective summary of the passage? A. Stevenson rightly states that people who have hurt others have no mercy. B. Stevenson highlights that hopefulness can only come from strength. C. Stevenson complains about the broken justice system that discriminates against the poor. D. Stevenson explains how hopefulness can come from a broken human heart.
Part B: Which two pieces of evidence best supports the answer to Part A? A. We have all hurt someone and have been hurt. (paragraph 3) B. We are bodies of broken bones. (paragraph 4) C. We all have our reasons. (paragraph 4) D. Our shared vulnerability and imperfection nurtures and sustains our capacity for compassion. (paragraph 4) E. We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our best hope for healing. (paragraph 5) 10. Part A: Why does the author use the metaphor of brokenness? A. To suggest that the culture of poverty is cyclical B. To illustrate that our egos and hearts have all been hurt at some point C. To highlight the long-term impact of broken bones on the human body D. To explain that the author believes that strength cannot come from people who have been beat down by life Part B: Which piece of evidence best supports the answer above? A. We are all broken by something. We have all hurt someone and have been hurt. (paragraph 3) B. We are bodies of broken bones. (paragraph 4) C. We all have our reasons. (paragraph 4) D. We have a choice. We can embrace our humanness... (paragraph 5) 11. Part A: Which two literary devices does the author use to develop his central idea? A. Allusion to the Bible B. Dramatic irony C. Metaphor of brokenness D. Serious yet optimistic tone E. Short choppy sentences Part B: Which two pieces of evidence best supports the answer to Part A? A. My years of struggling against inequality, abusive power, poverty, oppression, and injustice had finally revealed something to me about myself. (paragraph 2) B. I desperately wanted mercy for Jimmy Dill and would have done anything to create justice for him... (paragraph 3) C. Paul Farmer, the renowned physician who has spent his life trying to cure the world s sickest and poorest people... (paragraph 4) D. But our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing. (paragraph 4) E. We have a choice. We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our best hope for healing. (paragraph 5) 12. Use evidence you have gathered from both passages to write an essay analyzing how each author develops the theme of compassion. You should discuss both speakers from each passage using details from the text.