1. U NIT EQ: H OW DO AUTHORS USE LITERATURE TO HELP READERS DEVELOP AWARENESS OF HOW KNOWLEDGE EXPANDS AN INDIVIDUAL ’ S UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AROUND HIM / HER ? What is symbolism? a technique in which a person, place, thing, or idea represents not only itself, but also a deeper, more complex reality beyond itself.

2. LEQ: W HAT IS THE SYMBOLIC EFFECT OF BIRDS IN T O K ILL A M OCKINGBIRD ? Universal Symbols Identifiable and used by people in many cultures and countries Cultural Symbols The meaning is shared by people with the same ethnic background, faith, or other cultural connection National Symbols Meaning is understood in a particular society, regardless of cultural group, station, or class a person comes from Contextual Symbols Meaning applies only in the context of a particular work or works.

3. LEQ: W HAT IS THE SYMBOLIC EFFECT OF BIRDS IN T O K ILL A M OCKINGBIRD ? Read about Finches, Mockingbirds, and Robins on my teacher webpage Octorara Senior High School Teacher pages Complete the Cornell Notes “Notes” column: just take notes on the reading “Main Idea / Key Points”: AFTER reading, pull out the main ideas, key points, terms “Connection”: make a connection to the novel Share your ideas with a partner Anything interesting?

4. LEQ: W HAT IS THE SYMBOLIC EFFECT OF BIRDS IN T O K ILL A M OCKINGBIRD ? As you listen, complete the ICI 2 Interest: anything you found interesting Connect: make connections to your own experiences or readings Investigate/Interrogate: questions you have, or what you want to investigate further Share your ideas with a partner Anything interesting?

5. LEQ: W HAT IS THE SYMBOLIC EFFECT OF BIRDS IN T O K ILL A M OCKINGBIRD ? Assignment: Write a Found Poem using the information you learned with the bird handouts, the Youtube poetry reading videos, and TKAM. A found poem uses language from non-poetic contexts and turns it into poetry. Think of a collage – visual artists take scraps of newspaper, cloth, feathers, bottle caps, and create magic. You can do the same with language poems. Writing this type of poetry is a kind of treasure hunt. Search for interesting scraps of language, then put them together in different ways and see what comes out. Putting seemingly unrelated things together can create a kind of chemical spark, leading to surprising results.