As a supervisor, I learned a teacher can enhance a class’s learning experience simply by movement which stimulates student attentiveness. Although, the teachers I have observed are instructing via a cyber platform (Blackboard Collaborate), many parallels can be drawn between the cyber and brick and mortar settings. The observations of Teacher A (English 10: Chapter 12 To Kill a Mocking Bird Review) and Teacher B (English 10: Historical/Cultural Significance of To Kill a Mocking Bird) focused on what I call digital behavior. Both Teacher A and Teacher B make use of polling options (green check: yes/red x: no) in an effort to gage simple responses from students. Thus functioning similarly to a show of hands in the brick and mortar setting.…
Both The Secret Garden and To Kill a Mocking Bird are Bildungsromane. They narrate the psychological and moral growth of two young girls, Mary Lennox and Jean Louise Finch (Scout). The Secret Garden adapts a third person omniscient point of view approach where the narrator scrutinizes the characters, and narrates the story in a way that shows the readers that she has more knowledge about characters than they have knowledge about themselves. To Kill a Mocking Bird, on the other hand, is written…
There are at least three people who are mocking birds in the book To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. The first person to represent a mocking bird is Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson had a family that included his wife and his three kids. He had a job and a happy life. Then he started helping Mayella with work around her house. One day Mayella asked Tom to come inside because she had “work” inside for him. When they got inside she tempted him. Her father came home and seen what she was doing and was…
To Kill a MockingBird In the story To kill a MockingBird by Harper Lee , a young girl named Scout lives in Alabama with her brother Jeremy also known as Jem , and of course her father Atticus. Scout is very intelligent for a 6 year old , a little too smart. Her father is a lawyer trying to solve and investigating in a rape case. Scout reads her father’s case. Her curiosity might get her in a situation she isn’t supposed to be in. Scout goes into 1st grade & she is…
The movie I chose to watch for extra credit, is “Kill a Mocking Bird.” I picked this movie because I thought I was really interesting. During the 1930s in the depression, the politics in the south interest in the civil rights movement, the politics also worked on economic problems. The 1930s depression and racial issues in the south organize the historical event this movie. It portrays the unfairness of race and bias against African Americans; besides, doing a statement about civil rights issue…
In the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird, written by Harper Lee, there are many themes that show significance to discuss about. The theme that is on mind happens to be “True bravery is when you keep on fighting and persevering even though you know that you cant win”.This theme is perhaps the most significant because it explains how Atticus Finch and Tom Robinson were fighting the trial to the end even though they new they had no chance to win the white jury. Jean Louis finch, also known as “Scout”,…
Symbolism in To Kill a Mocking Bird Whether it be in literature or even shown in pictures, people use things to represent something with a deeper meaning and that’s called symbolism. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” by author Harper Lee, various different themes or symbols are active throughout the book all directly or in some way being tied to the ultimate theme of the book, which is not being able to understand someone until you experience life from their point of view. The most…
In this picture at my home, Bradly, stage 4 is typing a book report on the classic novel, To Kill a Mocking Bird. Reading to book boosted his fluency and vocabulary. Writing the report ensured another part of his literary development, comprehension. According to toefljunior.lexile.com his lexile should be about 855L- 1165L. The book To Kill a Mocking Bird fits in that range (870L). Sadly, The Young Child carries no information for Bradly's developmental stage (4).…
In this section, I am basing my experience with observing Dr. Whitcomb when she taught preschoolers during class and my visit to the Child Development Center. It was an experience seeing a preschool setting right in front of us. It made me remember preschool as a kid. I did not remember my experiences that vividly with music in my preschool. This experience made me jog a lot of memories though of my self and watching my little brothers having music in the classroom. There were a lot of…
In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mocking Bird, a novel, 1960, racism in Maycomb Alabama is a very common occurring theme. Many people and families are affected by the way racism is used throughout the book and towards one another. Tom Robinson is a poor black man who dedicates all of his time into working and racism towards him changed his life. Although this theme was more popular in the time period of the 1900’s it is still a very big issue to this day. Some cases are brought to the extreme and are…