November 6, 2012 Scribe Smith Period 5

SCRIBE-November 6, 2012

Homework- SAT 9 exercises/quiz (no synonyms this week) and This I Believe Essay (due Monday 11/12/12)

Friday is a workday for This I Believe essay

This I Believe essay due Monday 11/12/12 on a Google doc (only the essay part)

Today we vote on Smitty Award for Banned Book Movie Trailer

            Nominees- Lindsey-Brand New World

                               Faith-Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

       Scott- Cat’s Cradle

       Kasi- We all Fall down

      Monica- The Chocolate War

      Nate- Animal Farm

            Winner- To Be Announced

We began talking about the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 as an introduction to Inherit the Wind

The Butler Act of 1925 in Tennessee made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution.

Important People in the Scopes Monkey Trial

Dayton Tennessee- John Scopes hired to teach evolution (Substitute teacher)

H L Mencken- reporter from Baltimore, his articles published nationwide

William Jennings Bryan- prosecutor for state of Tennessee

Clarence Darrow- defendant for John Scopes (hired by the ACLU) he was a very famous lawyer

Charles Darwin- put the theory of evolution into words (scientific theory)

            Darwin was married to Christian wife

Here is an overview of what we started with Inherit the wind. We discussed the characters in the play, who they represented in the real trial, and who would be acting out which part in Act 1. (Reminder- really act out your part, don’t just read the lines out loud)

Characters and Their Counterparts in the play Inherit the Wind

H L Mencken- E K Hornbeck

William Jennings Bryan- Matthew Harrison Brady

Clarence Darrow- Henry Drummond

Charles Darwin- Charles Darwin

John Scopes- Bertram Cates

Reverend Brown

Rachel

Here is the list of who is acting as which character in Act 1

·         Melinda- Riley

·         Howard- Ethan

·         Rachel- Dom

·         Meeker-Taylor

·         Cates- Austin

·         Storekeeper- David

·         Mrs. Krebs- Gabby

·         Reverend Brown- Julia

·         Corkin- Kasi

·         Bollinger- Ally

·         Platt- Capri

·         Hawker- Emily W.

·         Mrs. McClain- Lauren

·         Mrs. Blair- Erica

·         Elijah- Emily H.

·         Hornbeck- Scott

·         Mayor- Emily H.

·         Brady- Monica

·         Mrs. Brady- Faith

·         Photographer- Lindsey

·         Davenport- Max

·         Timmy- Nate

      Link to today's agenda