Reading comprehension: In cold Blood

Part 4: The corner

1. Why does the county attorney Duane West feel a sentence of the death penalty would be best for Smith and Hickock?
2. Why, despite Dick’s betrayal, does Perry miss his companionship?
3. Despite the religious sentiment behind the letter from Don Cullivan, why do you suppose Perry is so quick in his response?
4. How does Dick’s behavior in prison suggest he feels no remorse for the crime he participated in?
5. Describe the TWO plans Perry creates to avoid “climbing those thirteen steps.”
6. Why does Mr. Fleming suggest Perry and Dick NOT request a change in venue for the trial?
7. Contrast the final addresses to the jury made by the prosecution and the defense.
8. Why is Dewey more bothered by the death of Smith than the death of Hickock?

Half a million secrets

Secret 3: 

I saw a spider and I was so scared that I nearly fainted

Half a million secrets

Secret 2:

I always carry a rosary in my bag 

when I go out of my house

Half a million secrets

Secret 1:

I have one phobia: Tripophobia.
I can´t stand things with scales or holes like honeycombs.

Dates for test and workshops

Theory tests:

 1st Theory test: 10/17/2012
2nd Theory test: 11/21/2012

Workshops:

1st 09/26/2012: Article writing on In cold bood
2nd 10/03/2012: Reading comprehension 
3rd 10/10/2012: Vocabulary: crime and punishment


See you in class!!!

Half a million secrets

Listening: Half a million secrets

Listening to Frank Warren in a lecture about secrets and answer the following questions:

1. How did the lecturer start the project?

2. What are the different types of secrets that are collected?

3. What is the story on the postcard about the proposal?

4. I found your camera is a website created by a student. What is the relation with Half a million secrets?

5. How did the phone messages contribute to Frank´s website?

Homework: go to the website and choose a postcard to present to the class. Say why you chose it and tell some of the back story of it.

 Find the website: http://www.postsecret.com/

Find the lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0H1zU2ytxA

Can you keep a secret?

In cold blood: Comprehension questions

III-Answer 

1.     Explain the connection Floyd Wells has to the Clutter murders.

2.     What are the two reasons Wells is reluctant to come forward?  What eventually changes his mind?

3.     Identify at least two clues ascertained by Detective Nye after his interview with Mr. and Mrs. Hickocks.  How does this evidence corroborate the Wells story?

4.     What are some of the key pieces of evidence or information gleaned by Detective Nye while investigating Perry’s activity in Las Vegas?

5.     What do you think of Dewey’s philosophy, “the safer they feel the sooner we’ll catch them”? 

6.     Describe Inspector/Detective Dewey’s dream.  Does it turn out to be accurate?  Why does Dewey mistrust his own premonition? 

7.     What is Perry’s “tremendous fascination”?  In what way has he granted in himself this wish since his actions at the Clutter household?

8.  How does Dewey ruin his wife’s party?  Why isn’t she angry with him?

  

Message from Mr. Dillems

I just got this message from Bastian. 


Language 6,
 What you have to do is to gather is twos and select four idioms from the list given of you choice. Then you record a short video as similar as possible to the one that the link below displays, that is to say, it has to be tongue-in-cheek and witty yet insightful in a way that you teach your classmates the vocabulary from that week in a casual way. This task is due to October 1st IN PAIRS. 
There again, you'd better save your final product in a USB flashdrive to be shown on my laptop the date stated. If you happen to have any query let me know this week in classes. Be original and enjoy your work.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theteacher/2011/08/110816_teacher_transport_road_page.shtml
 

In Cold Blood: Comprehension Questions

II-Persons Unknown (Part 1)

1.     Why do Andy Erhart and other friends of Herb Clutter offer to clean the house?

2.     Why didn’t the Stocklein’s hear the sounds of the guns or of screaming? 

3.    Describe the various leads and suspects at this time.

4.   Describe Perry’s dream.

5.     How did Susan Kidwell react after going “to see Nancy” at the funeral home?

6.     How do Dick and Perry come up with money to support themselves in the days after the murders?  Explain.

7.  Where are Perry and Dick planning to go after they raise enough money?  What are their plans once they get there?  Do you find their plans plausible?  Why or why not?   

8. Which details within the Clutter household convince Dewey that at least one of the murders must have felt emotionally attached to the Clutters?

9. At this point of the novel, describe the effect Dewey’s work is having on his wife and children.  What is the implied answer to Marie’s question about having a normal life? 

10. What does Beverly Clutter decide to do just three days after the funeral of her father, mother and brother?

11. Describe Perry’s family background

12. Before Perry and Dick murdered the Clutter family, why did Perry tell Dick the story of a time that he “fixed a guy?”

13. What are some of Holcomb’s residents (like the Ashido’s) starting to do?

14. What is the last thing Perry does before he and Dick part ways with Otto in Mexico?

II-Persons Unknown (Part 2)

1.     Who is Jonathan Daniel Adrian? 

2.     What motivates Perry’s father to write “A History of My Boy’s Life”?  How does Tex John Smith characterize his son?

3.      Briefly describe Perry’s time in the Merchant Marines

4.     What did Perry and his dad plan to do together when they reunited in Alaska?  What was the outcome of their plan?

5.     In one thorough paragraph, describe Perry’s letter from his sister. 

6.     How does Willie-Jay interpret Barbara’s letter?

7.     What becomes of the Adrian lead?

8.     How is Dewey handling the stress and pressure of the case? 

In cold Blood: Comprehension Questions

The Last to See Them Alive (Part 2)

1.     Who was Willie-Jay and why did he take to Perry?  What did he have in common with Perry?  What did Willie-Jay have to do with Perry’s acceptance of “the score?”

2.     Name one of the habits Herb Clutter was known for.  How is this pertinent to the crime? 

3.     Herb and Bob Johnson make a business deal on the very same day that Herb is killed.  How does this deal provide a potential motive for the murder of the Clutters?

4.     What was the last stop made by the two travelers before they visited the Clutter household?  What was the bad omen Perry perceived while they were there?

5.     What was it that ultimately convinced Dick that Perry would make a good partner for his plan? 

6.     What was the last thing Nancy Clutter was known to have done before going to sleep?

7.     Who are the first people to find the Clutters?  What was one of the first clues they spotted once inside the Clutter household?

8.     Provide one reason that the sheriff ruled out robbery.

9.     Does Mrs. Clare’s attitude toward the news of the murders surprise you?  Why or why not?

10. What is Mr. Johnson talking about when he says legally obliged and morally obliged?  What does he decide to do?

11. How does Bobby find out about Nancy’s murder?  What is his reaction to the news? 

12. Where do Perry and Dick go after he murders?  What do Perry and Dick do after the murders?

Asignment for Monday 10th

Dear Class,

For monday the 10th you have to write a file on each of the members of the Clutter family (Nancy, Kenyon, Herb and Bonnie).  This activity will be graded.

Regards,             CarolinaYancovic

Lexicopaedia

Hello Class,

Here I am leaving you the vocabulary we have been learning in class.

thug - bandit - ruffian - desperado -cut throat - hoodlum -delinquent-miscreant
 
harsh/severe-heavy-fitting-corporal-heavy + punishment (adj)
 
administer -hand out -dish out/dole out - mete out -inflict+ punishment (verb)
 
 
battery  - shoplifting -theft - murdery - assault - molest - kidnap - jaywalking - hijacking - bribery -

arson - forgery - libel - treason - perjury - poaching - trespassing - looting - embezzlement -

pilfering - mugging - burglary.

You have to look for the meaning of each word, write one or two examples and say which type of word it is (for example: adjective or noun)