1. To Kill a Mockingbird

2. Close Reading for Chapter 1
“According to Miss Stephanie, Boo was sitting in the living room cutting some items from The Maycomb Tribune to paste in his scrapbook. His father entered the room. As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent’s leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities” (Lee 13).

3. Close Reading 1 Response Recipe
Context – what part of the novel does this quote come from?
Paraphrase – Write the quote using your own words
Analysis – Write two sentences explaining why the quote is important.

4. Reading Quiz for Chapter 1-3
Who is Dill? Write a one sentence description.
Who is Miss Caroline? Write a one sentence description.
What was the misunderstanding between Miss Caroline and Walter Cunningham?
How are the professionals (lawyers, doctors, dentists) paid when some of the farmers do not have money?
In Chapter 3, why did Calpurnia punish Scout? What did she do?
What crawled out of Burris Ewell’s hair?
What agreement did Atticus and Scout come to about going to school?

5. Close Reading for Chapter 2
“The Cunninghams never took anything they couldn’t pay back – no church baskets no scrip stamps” (Lee 26).

6. Close reading for chapter 3
“He’s one of the Ewells m’am Whole school is full of ‘em. They come the first day every year and leave” (Lee 36).

7. Character posters
In groups of three, your group will research and create a poster of your character. You need an illustration of your character and three quotes that give us information about your character. The quotes must be pulled from chapters Your group will present your poster to the class.
Scout Atticus Walter Mr. Radley
Jem Miss Caroline Burris Stephanie
Boo Calpurnia Dill

8. Close Reading for Chapter 4
“It was the kind of box wedding rings came in, purple velvet with a minute catch. Jem flicked opened the tiny catch. Inside were two scrubbed polish pennies, one on top of the other” (Lee 46).

9. Reading quiz for chapter 5
What game had Dill and Jem created? How did the rules change in chapter 5?
Whose house did Scout spend the day at? What or whom did they talk about?
What plan did Jem and Dill come up with? Were they successful?
Why was Atticus mad?

10. Close reading for chapter 5
“We’re asking him real politely to come out sometimes, and tell us what he does in there – we said we wouldn’t hurt him and we’d buy him an ice cream”(Lee 62).

11. Vocabulary Word Castles Chapters 6-9
Cantankerous
Peril
Inconspicuous
Malignant
Evasion
Tormenting
Fanatical
Perplexity

12. Quickwrite
Have you ever had a personal experience with racism or prejudice? Have you ever been singled out for being different? Explain.

13. Class System in Maycomb
Draw a triangle and put the following labels from bottom to top – Lower class, middle class, upper class. Put the following characters in the triangle where you think they belong with a one sentence explanation. Be prepared to defend your choices.
The Finches
The Cunninghams
The Radleys
The Ewells
Miss Caroline
Miss Maudie
Calpurnia

14. Plot Triangle for Chapter 6

15. Reflection
Write a half page response to the racism activity. How did it make you feel? Which group were you in?

16. Chapter 6 Reading Quiz
What “performance” did Mr. Avery give at the beginning of chapter 6?
What did Mr. Nathan Radley do when he thought someone was in his yard?
What did Jem loose?
How did Dill cover up for their absence?
Why was Scout scared at the end of the chapter?

17. Quickwrite
Have you ever done something you knew was wrong and could have had life and death consequences? Or have you ever done something you knew you weren’t supposed to and knew your parents would be furious if they found out?

18. Close Reading Chapter 6
In pairs, re-read from the top of page 69 to the bottom of page 72. Create a plot triangle for this scene. Underneath your plot triangle you need to write a paragraph explaining what happened in the scene and how you think Jem will change from this scene.

19. Reading Quiz Chapters 7-8
What did Jem tell Scout about the night he lost his pants?
Name one thing Jem and Scout find in the knot hole. (There are several answers)
What happened to the knot hole? Do you believe Mr. Radley?
Chapter 8
4. What strange occurrence happened in Maycomb?
What did Jem and Scout create?
What happened to Miss Maudie?

20. Close Reading Chapter 8
“Jem scooped up some snow and began plastering it on. He permitted me to cover up only the back, saving the public parts for him. Gradually, Mr. Avery turned white (Lee 89). Top of page 67 in old book

21. Close Reading Chapter 8
“Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you”(Lee 96). This quote comes from the part of the novel when everyone is watching Miss Maudie’s house burn down. Atticus told Scout that Boo Radley put the blanket around her. Boo Radley came out of the house and it shows he cares about Jem and Scout like a father.

22. Close Reading Chapter 8
“Mr Nathan put cement in that tree, Atticus an’ he did it to stop us findin’ things- he’s crazy” (Lee96).

23. Close Reading Chapter 9
“The main one is, if I didn’t I couldn’t hold my head up in town, couldn’t represent this county in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you and Jem not to do something again” (Lee 100). Bottom of 75 in old book

24. Close Reading Chapter 9
“Maycomb’s usual disease. Why reasonable people go start raving mad when anything involving a negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand”(Lee117).

25. Quiz Chapter 10 Why did Calpurnia called Atticus at work?
What is Heck Tate’s profession?
What or whom was shot?
What nickname did Atticus have as a teenager?

26. Symbolism Chapter 10
1. The rabid dog represents the town of Maycomb sick with it’s disease. 2. The rabies represent racism. 3. Mr. Tate is a policeman and he had Atticus shoot the dog. This represents the police handing over power to Atticus to keep the town safe. 4. Atticus took off his glasses to see better. This represents how Atticus had to remove society and look at the problem of racism in Maycomb without bias.

27. Symbolism Continued
5. The closed shutters represents how the people of Maycomb are hiding from their problems (racism) and are unwilling to help Atticus. 6. The one shot represents how Atticus has only one shot (the case of Tom Robinson) to end racism in the town. 7. The dead dog represents how even if Atticus ends racism with the Tom Robinson case, if people talk about racism it is just as dangerous if he hadn’t killed it.

28. Reading Quiz Ch.12 + 13 Where did Scout and Jem go with Calpurnia?
What was the reaction of the people there?
Which character shows up to live with the Finches?
What is he/she obsessed with? What he/she won’t stop talking about and is explained in chapter 13?

29. In the Head
I want you to get inside the character’s heads and decide what they are thinking during the visit to Calpurnia’s church.
In your group, choose one of the four characters: Scout, Calpurnia, Reverend Sykes, Lula and Zeebo. Share your character’s reactions to the other students in your group. Pg new book old book.

30. Atticus
Atticus is thinking that it would be a great experience for Jem and Scout to go to Calpurnia’s church. He thinks that it would help Jem and Scout understand the other side of the Tom Robinson trial. He is hoping they treat his children with the respect he has treated them with.

31. Quickwrite
Write about a time you thought about or actually ran away. Write at least a five sentence response on why you wanted to run away and what you thought would happen because of it.

32. Dill
He explains to Scout why he ran away. Re-read the passage bottom of 142 old book and page 190 in new book. Pretend to be a psychologist and write a one paragraph response. First explain why Dill ran away and then give suggestions like a psychologist for Dill to improve his life.

33. Background for the Case
In pairs, answer the following questions underneath your quickwrite.
What is Tom Robinson being charged for?
Who tells Scout?
What is Atticus’ explanation of the charge to Scout?

34. Predictions
The first part of the novel is all exposition setting the reader up for the court case which is the major conflict of the novel. Now that you understand the town of Maycomb, Atticus and the charges brought against Tom Robinson, I want you to make a prediciton of how you think the trial is going to go and what the verdict may be. Write a one sentence response.

35. Chapter 15 Tableau
In your groups you will be assigned a scene and characters that you have to arrange into a living picture or tableau.
You need to:
Assign roles
Figure out a dramatic pose for your character
All the characters need to make a scene
Create a two sentence explanation of your pose and how you are feeling during the scene.

36. Groups and Scenes
Group 1 – page 193 in new book in old – characters: Dill, Jem, Scout, Atticus, Aunt Alexandra and Heck Group 2 – page in new book in old – characters: Atticus, Heck, Dr. Reynolds, Mr. Avery, and other farmers Group 3 – page in new book – characters: Jem, Scout, Dill, Atticus, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Cunningham, Tom Robinson and other farmers

37. Tableau Reflection
Write a two paragraph response on the activity you just completed. The first paragraph should explain how you now understand chapter 15. The second paragraph is a reflection on yourself as a learner and participant. Talk about how you worked in your group. Does this activity help you understand the novel?

38. Group #s and Characters for Scenes
All scenes have a narrator, attorney, witness and Judge Taylor. If your group only has three people, the narrator reads the part of Judge Taylor.

39. Close Reading for Chapter 20
“When I come to town, which is seldom, if I weave a little drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond is in the clutches of whiskey – that’s why he don’t change his ways” (Lee 268). Write a close reading response – context (which part of the novel) Paraphrase (put the quote in your own words) and Analysis (explain why this quote is important)

40. Chapter 22 Close Reading
“ Atticus Finch won’t win, he can’t win, but he’s the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that. And I thought to myself, well, we’re making a step- it’s just a baby step but it’s a step” (Lee 289 new book).

41. In the Shoes Page Numbers
Scout 282(new) 211 (Old)
Jem (new) 212 (Old)
Dill (new) 199 (Old)
Atticus (new) 219 (Old)
Aunt Alexandra 284 (new) 212 (Old)
Black Community 286 (new) 213 (Old)
Miss Maudie 289 (new) 216 (Old)

42. Symbols vs. Illustrations
Draw an illustration and symbol for the following terms: Love Friendship Ignorance Prejudice

43. Rough Draft
Theme: Background Symbol: 5 symbols and 5 quotes. I want to see actual drawings (rough stick figures are ok) and actual quotes copied out of the book.

44. Discuss and take notes on the following questions
Discuss and take notes on the following questions. In your groups of 3-4. One paper per group.
If the Tom Robinson case was tried today, in Fremont, what would the verdict be? Are there other places in the US or in the world where you think the verdict would be different? Why?
Briefly explain what a mockingbird is to Harper Lee the author of the novel. Make a list of 6 people or groups who would be considered “mockingbirds” today.