COMING OF AGE IN CHANGING TIMES Level 4 Unit 3

3.22 Controversy in Context Entry Task (pg 243) Before Reading 1. Quickwrite: Chapter 27 ended with the line “Thus began our longest journey together.”  What are the literal and figurative meanings of the word “journey”?  How is reading a novel similar to and different from taking a journey?

3.22 Controversy in Context Learning Targets  Analyze a nonfiction text about various controversies surrounding the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.  Evaluate the techniques and effectiveness of an argument.  Use the RAFT strategy to compose an argument in writing.

3.22 Controversy in Context Table Group Discussion Now that you have read most of To Kill a Mockingbird, consider what you have learned about the early 1960s and make inferences about how readers would respond to this novel at the time of its publication:  How would the experience of reading the book then be different from the experience of reading it now?  How could the novel itself have contributed to the Civil Rights Movement?

3.22 Controversy in Context Pages During Reading  3. Mark the first paragraph of the text, noting textual evidence of the reader response to the novel.

3.22 Controversy in Context Chunk the remaining paragraphs into two sections of two paragraphs each. As you read each chunk, mark the text and take notes to identify the following:  What were the arguments against the novel?  What groups of people opposed the novel?  What reasons does the author give in defense of the novel?

3.22 Controversy in Context After each chunk, evaluate the validity of the arguments for and against To Kill a Mockingbird.

3.22 Controversy in Context Key Ideas and Details ( )  What is the claim this author makes about the career of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?  What evidence is presented to support the author’s claim about the importance of To Kill a Mockingbird during the 20th century?  What does it mean that a literary work should have “a life within the world,” and how does To Kill a Mockingbird still remain “a part of the ongoing activities” of our world?

3.22 Controversy in Context Homework  Read Chapters 28-31…. Think about Scout’s mental picture of Boo Radley before Chapter 29, and then how this picture changes in the remaining chapters of the book.