Things to Consider When Responding

As I go through the posts I am noticing a trend in re-telling me the story. Use incidents to illustrate your thoughts and ideas. At the same time, be specific. I'm not looking for a lot of flowering language that doesn't really tell me anything. Though it may sound good, get to the point you want to make and move on. I have read the story - several times - I need to know that you have read it and understand the text.

Secondly, let's talk about prejudice. Racism is only one form of prejudice, what are the others? There is the prejudice of poverty, age, race are all examples that take place in this book. One thing that all of these examples have in common is how Atticus responds to prejudice in it's different forms. For example, how do you respond to another person whose lifestyle or view of the world is different from your own? Do you condemn them, put them down or claim that person is of less value than yourself? What is the source of prejudice? Quite simply, ignorance and fear. What are people in this story afraid of, change, status, things they don't understand? Who are characters in this story who are not understood?

Take these questions into consideration as you make your final posts. Go beyond the obvious and give me some insight in to the story that shows what a character is like and why. Remember, Atticus tells Scout, "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." Climb in to the character's skin, tell me why they are thinking the way they do or act the way they do and then support it with evidence from the story.

Keep the posts coming, school is only a few weeks away. I will be checking in to see how posts are going. Also, many of you did not put your name as your user name. If you want credit, either change your user name to your name or add your name so I can give you the points you earned when I begin grading.