Tuesday, April 3rd

Claudette Colvin as a teenager

Pre-AP
There were several things discussed in today's class.  First, students learned about several pesky words that grammatically trip people up all of the time.  These are words such as lie/lay, sit/set, rise/raise, accept/except, well/good, etc.  After this discussion, we then learned about a little-known historical figure, Claudette Colvin.  Claudette was actually the first African-American person from the South known to not give up her seat to a white, fellow passenger.  Claudette, who lived in Montgomery and was fifteen at the time, inspired Rosa Parks to take the same action some years later.  Students were challenged to see the Civil Rights movement from the eyes of someone their own age, and to decide whether or not they thought they would have the courage to stand up to something wrong, even if it meant persecution.  To end the class, we quickly discussed some of the symbolism in chapters 8-12 of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Homework: Students need to read chapters 22-31 in To Kill a Mockingbird by Friday, April 6th.  On Friday, they will take the fourth exam on the novel.  Then, on Tuesday, April 10th, students will take the Unit Test on the novel, which will assess all material covered in class during the duration of our study of To Kill a Mockingbird.  Students would be well advised to start studying for the fourth test and the Unit Test right away

AHSGE Reading Review
In today's class, we finished discussing different types of propaganda and began discussing logical, emotional, and ethical fallacies.