Bobby demonstrated considerable insight today. First, he located strong textual support in Chapter 6 reflecting elements of the gothic writing style. Second, he questioned the depth of the observations of Scout, a 7 year old, noting that it seemed that both she and her brother were much older. We then discussed the flaws in the narrative style in that the narrator is telling the story of her childhood when she is an adult, and therefore often unrealistically infuses the children with adult understanding and recognition. We then addressed Jem's character development again noting how his changing life view seems a bit too mature for an 11 year old. Last, we began a writing exercise based on today's lesson. I placed a question in the notebook ,and we reviewed how to form a topic sentence in response . I then listed various ways to structure the paragraph and to connect the ideas within the paragraph. For homework, I assigned completing the one paragraphh writing assignment .