1. Coming of Age in Changing Times
Level 4 Unit 3

2. 3.12 Analyzing Boo Entry Task (pg 213)
Go back to the pages in Chapter 1 that introduce the story of Boo Radley.
Complete the graphic organizer below to separate fact from rumor, and provide textual evidence of each.
Add your own questions about Boo’s story and your opinion or personal commentary.

3. 3.12 Analyzing Boo Learning Targets
Analyze subplot and motif in a text to determine how characters develop through coming-of-age experiences.
Make predictions, form inferences, draw conclusions, and find evidence to support an analysis of a literary text.

4. 3.12 Analyzing Boo During Reading (214-216)
In Chapters 4–6, the children are beginning to come of age as they question their assumptions about Boo and the Radley place. As you read the following excerpt, mark the text for significant details.
Annotate your evidence with the following:
Questions and/or commentary about details related to Boo or the Radley Place
Predictions about how details will be developed later in the text
Inferences and conclusions that you draw from “reading between the lines” of suggestive details.

5. Key Ideas and Details (214-216)
3.12 Analyzing Boo
Key Ideas and Details ( )
How has Jem’s attitude shifted now that he is with Scout when she finds something in the knot-hole?
What do you think Jem is thinking? With the difference in their ages, what might he understand that Scout doesn’t?

6. 3.12 Analyzing Boo After Reading (217)
As a table group, work together to construct an interpretive statement about how the experience of finding gifts in the knot-hole of the Radley live-oak tree has helped Jem and Scout come of age.
Finding the gifts in the knot-hole of the Radley tree has helped Scout and Jem overcome their initial fears based on prejudice and rumor.

7. 3.12 Analyzing Boo Literary Terms
A motif is a recurring image, symbol, theme, character type, subject, or narrative detail that becomes a unifying element in an artistic work.
The plot, or sequence of events that make up a story, is often accompanied by a subplot, or secondary or side story, that develops from and supports the main plot and usually involves minor characters.

8. 3.12 Analyzing Boo
Analyzing Boo ( ) 4. The character of Boo Radley is a motif in To Kill a Mockingbird, and the incidents involving the children’s fascination with him form one of the major subplots of the novel. In your table group, divide up the following passages that explore this motif and subplot in further depth. Complete the graphic organizer on page 218 (your assigned section).

9. 3.12 Analyzing Boo Analyzing Boo (217-218)
Objective Summary of the Passage
Statement About How This Is a Coming-of- Age Experience
Key Textual Evidence to Support Your Interpretation

10. 3.12 Analyzing Boo HW -- Chapters 4-6
Independent Practice: As you read the rest of Chapters 4–6, revisit this graphic organizer to add additional details, commentary, and evidence…