This week in History we only had class on friday because we dropped class monday and had MCAS testing for the remainder of the school week. In Class on friday, we were given a set of ten pictures and a set of 9 captions, and given the task of arranging these photographs into chronological order on a timeline and arranging the 9 captions to go along with the pictures. After arranging them, we were given a posterboard to glue the timeline onto. When we went over the timeline, my group had a lot of pictures in different places from the other groups ordering.
This week all we did in english was meet twice and watch the To Kill a Mockingbird movie. The part we were at in the movie is where Scout and Jem are attacked by Bob Ewell and saved by Boo Radley. This part was interesting because when I read the book, I pictured Boo Radley as a young, shy boy. In the movie i was surprised when he was portrayed as a large man looking like he was around 30 who crept from behind the door. In the book I pictured Boo a lot younger and a whole lot less creepy.
I was unable to create a connection between the two classes this week because I didnt have enough classes that had similarities.We only did the timeline and watched the movie, which did not have anything to do with eachother. The only connection I could make between the two classes was that we didnt have many History or English classes this week due to MCAS. MCAS is meant to be a helpful test for students, but it really ends up limiting how much we learn that week by taking the place of our classes. This is a lot like how Atticus wanted to help the kids by telling them to stop talking about Boo Radley to keep them out of trouble, but it really provoked them to be even more curious about him. MCAS and Atticus are alike because they both have good intentions that can have some bad outcomes.
No comments:
Post a Comment