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Readings: Part One -Two
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Newt's Journal Entry | Read
Newt's Journal
Part Two Assigned Reading
* When class meets for their double hour.
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Chapters (Pages) |
Keep in mind as you read and write in your journal |
| Monday, 3/22/99 |
12-14 (151-176) |
Get to know these characters:
Arcella, Chauncey, Silas and Jack KinerFamiliarize yourself with these situations:
Arcella & Chauncey - their story, car buried in the snow, summer science seminar, Newt
witnesses murder, Kirky's investigation (interviews), Marcus promise to his father
Theme:
Acceptance - Arcella and Chauncey, Murder by a White man vs. a Black man
Symbols and Imagery of Life and Death
car buried in the snow on Christmas, murder
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| Monday, 3/29/99 |
15-16 (177-219) |
Get to know these characters:
Marcus and Booker Savage, Kirky, Newt, Sarah, Silas NewhallFamiliarize yourself with
these situations:
Court Case, Newt's attempts at confession
Understand this quote by Jack Winger:
"I hope so, but if they can give a threat to a white man like that, what won't they
do when they find out it's a colored man? (199)"
Themes:
Heroism - Newt's confession, Sarah
Acceptance - Newt's fear of telling the truth about the murder, Marcus Savage
Symbols and Imagery of Life and Death
Silas Newhall, Booker Savage, Sarah
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Tuesday/Wednesday*
3/30-31/99 |
17-18 (220-240) |
Get to know these characters:
Marcus Savage, Sarah, Newt, ClintFamiliarize yourself with these situations:
Clint-the shotgun-and Sarah vs. Kirky, Newt's dream, Marcus vs. Newt
Understand this quote by Newt in connection to Reverend Broadnap's sermon "What is
my life?"
"Why, then, was life given, and for no logically explained reason taken away again?
(230)"
Themes:
Heroism - Sarah, Newt
Acceptance - Marcus vs. Newt
Symbols and Imagery of Life and Death
Sarah, Marcus-Kirky-Newt
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Final Project - TBA
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