It is time to think about some symbols we’ve found in our reading. Who can be categorized as a mockingbird? why?
How is Mrs. Dubose like her prized camellia’s?
What secret do we learn about Mayella Ewell from her red geraniums? To get at this, we’re going to write an acrostic. Please follow the link provided, follow the instructions, post your acrostic here, and print your acrostic when you are done as a back up. Use the word “geranium” and try to incorporate some thoughts about hopes and dreams. What do you think Mayella may have secretly hoped for? What lesson can we learn from her? Here is the link: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/
This is my attempt:
Green hope
Ever bright against an early evening sky.
Reaching from the ground (like me),
Always in my dreams, but nowhere else.
New leaf and petal tell the secret, oh
If hope could find fertile ground, then
Up the scarlet banner of defiance!
My merry message to a bleak world.
Mrs. R
bueno! it is really good. i like how it flows
green grass growing.
everlasting hope.
real lives.
amiable people.
not normal.
ingenious.
unsimilar.
matrimony.
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Growing tall from the ground
Everlasting hope
Right sometimes
Alone once again
Newly
Is incomplete in the inside
Uniqueness
Memories of my past
Giving life to fragile dreams
Exactly what no one sees
Rarely understanding
As bold colors enter nothingness
Near a life which none know
Inviting hopes
Upon lifeless souls
Mayella’s Geraniums
Green like the sea
Empty like me
Right most the time
Although i’ll never ryme
Never to blue
Incomplete after you
Unique like Nikki’s shoes
Memories never lose
Jordan
Green unlike the earth
Ever lasting love
Ready to live
Annoying loneliness
Never with you
Insane stupidness
Unforgettable
Memorable times
Gay for the geraniums
Even in the
Rain
All day
None the less
In the courtroom
Under cover
Mayella loves red flowers; and lying in court
Guilt over the lies
Everything turns out wrong
Regreting what I’ve done
Always alone
Not like the ones around me
Isolated from people like you
Unable to stand myself
Maybe one day you can forgive me
Green as the fresh mountain leaves.
Love as far as the eye can see.
living with fear.
As lonely as a lonely infant at the park.
Away from the world.
Lying.
M e m o r i e s that last a lifetime.
Grand hopes
Evening fantasies
Rainy day thoughts
Afternoon daydreams
Night time dreams
Indigo nights full of love
Unrealistic wants
Midnight ideals
Taylor
Green growing leaves
ever growing stem
ready to thive for life
abnormal flower
neverending love
issues with
unable to let go
mayella loves flowers
Green as the fresh mountain leaves.
Ever lasting fun
Runing as fast as you can
Alone in a world full of people.
Never regreting love.
In love with a stranger.
Unforgetable memories.
M e m o r i e s that last a lifetime.
Glows like a star in the sky
Ever lasting time with you
Round the clock fun
Alone in a garden
Never leting love get in the way
In so deep
Unbeliviable at what you do
MAGICAL MEMORIES
garden flower
easy to care for
radiant petals
attractive leaves
neat looking
individually isolated
unusual
Majestic
Growing like a weed
Everlasting moments
Raised hopes
Awakening from sleep
Never ending moments
Internal heart beats
Under tan flesh
Memories shall crowd your mind
Tyler wrote this ryme
Geraniums vivid
Extreme loneliness
Red vibrant flowers
A desperate call for help
Naive girl
In this crazy world full of her
Unfulfilled dreams
Mayella trying to find her way
Growing hope
Existing hope
Rape victim
Asks for help with chores
Nineteen-years-old
Is pitiable
Unhappy daughter
Miserable existence
Gets abused
Exposed
Rarely gets help from others
Always alone
No one cares for her
In pain
Under scrutiny
Mayella needs someone
green stalks soar
ever so high in the sky
raped
asked for help
native like
irigated
unpleasant site
makeing stuff up
Getting Older
Everything is changing
Rough times
All the time
Neverending problems are occuring
Imperfections are brought out
Unforgettable memories from the past
Maybe this will get better
Gates to no
Exiting escape
Roads all lead to
Abusive father
Neglecting the truth
Indecisive stories (lead to)
Unfortunate tale of
Mayella Ewell’s case
2 points for stacy! ♥
Gets beat
Everyday lives lies
Raped by dad
Always alone
Never right
In a huge lie
Under deep water
Mayella needs help
Gorgeous flowers
Emotional
Right away happiness
All about love!
Never an unhappy day
Important message
Un realistic
Mine forever
Today and always
Great beauty
Everlasting hope
Reaching for something more
And breathing in the atmosphere
Never alone
Innocent
Understanding
Misunderstood
rachael=)
Grand Hopes
Evening Fantasies
Rainy day thoughts
Afternoon day dreams
Night time dreams
Indigo nights full of love
Unrealistic wants
Midnight ideals
Geraniums
Glisting in the sun
Elegant in the evening glow
Radient Beauty
Amazing petals
Never-ending existance
Irreplacable in my heart
Un-mistakable presence
Magical essence
Shares secrets with the world
Gleaming with amusement
Entirely beautiful
Rrevealing
Astonishing
Not ending
Incomeplete
Unending beauty
Missing love
Great fear
Endless tears
Rising hopes
Abused horribly
Noticing the truth
Important decisions
Unthinkable dreams
Many mistakes
Grown up to be a lonely child
Embarrassed of her life
Radiant
Afraid
Not who she wants to be
Interesting
Useless
Mainly afraid of her father
Geraniums are the symbol of
Everlasting love. Thier
Red petals
Are
Nice to look at. They’re color
Is
Unique and reminds me of
Mariage and everlasting love
Gets hit
Eager to get help
Raped
Amusing beauty
Not understood
In trouble
Under pressure
Made up stories
Hopes and Dreams
Gave up my dream
Ended my aspirations
Rested all thoughts to what I could have been
All sense of trust disappear into thin air…
No I said to myself
I am capable
Unique and most of all, glad to be who I am
Me