Language Arts 9 assignment
Due Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Mrs. Marston

Choose one. Writing assignments must be handwritten and may be
illustrated.
Novel: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
1. WRITE a story about how each of the following objects helps us
understand about the human condition in Maycomb County?
Choose 1 from each list of 5 (total of 6).
1) ruler, molasses bucket, quarter, stove wood, bushel of potatoes
2) stock market quotations from The Mobile Register, two-power
telescope, Jems red jacket, crimson fingernail polish, Liquor
interests
3) big mules, steel companies, Republicans, bucketful of catawba
worms, denim shirts,
4) cotton, hogs, alphabet, handwriting, open-faced sandwich of bread
and butter and sugar,
5) bare feet, sack of hickory nuts, crate of smilax and holly,
crockersack full of turnip greens, pyramids,
6) corner of the room, red and white striped dress, peppermint candy,
high-heeled pumps, tree house

H - 2. WRITE: What do we learn about Scout in chapter 2,
as a student, a daughter, a reader, a friend, a sister . . .
How is she changing in chapters 4 and 5?

H - 3. WRITE: 4 paragraphs
1) Describe the Cunninghams.
2) Describe the Ewells.
3) In what ways are they the same? In what ways are they different?
4) What advice does Atticus give Scout about how to respond to
these families?

4. WRITE: In chapters 1 - 3, we meet children of Maycomb County -
Scout and Jem, Walter Cunningham, Burris Ewell. In what ways are
these children reflections of the people in Maycomb County during the
Great Depression?

5. WRITE: Describe what Miss Maudie means by the following statement:
Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public
streets.

Write about whether you consider this a good quality.
Write about how other folks in Maycomb County are not like Atticus.

Writing tips:
Make the paragraph the unit of composition Use the active voice.
Put the statements in positive form. Use definite, specific,
concrete language.
Omit needless words. Avoid a succession of loose sentences.
Express coordinate ideas in similar form. Keep related words together.
In summaries, keep to one tense. Place the emphatic words of a
sentence at the end.