1. Humanizing Boo Radley

2. Rewriting History Take 10 minutes in your pod. –Share your story –Discuss the following: How does hearing the story from a different perspective change it? Do Scout, Jem, and Dill’s games still seem innocent? Why does this story seem significant in the novel?

3. Gettin’ Literary with it In Chapter 5, how does the picture of small town life in Scout and Ms. Maudie’s evenings create tension with the other events that surround these slow evenings? –Why does Harper Lee sandwich stories and come back to stories like she does? (think about how often Boo Radley is mentioned) How and why does Harper Lee humanize Boo Radley?

4. Tritina poems Tritinas are 3-stanza poems that use 3 words, not rhyme scheme, following this pattern: A.. B.. C... C.. A.. B... B.. C.. A... A,B,C... Example: A ten line poem we’ll write, just you and I But let’s call it Tritina, shall we, love? Connecting lines together...fun with you! Could we take turns so I could share with you? Although it might be hard, for sometimes I Begin with words you might not like or love. But we could try, okay, for I would love Co-ordinating all the lines with you At last, our own creation, you and I. It ends, Tritina says, with I love you.

5. Got item Pick a person, an item, and a place Write a tritina about your three items. It should explain what the items symbolize. Miss Caroline Aunt Alexandra Uncle Jack Finch Francis Dill The cement in the tree The Snow The Snowman The Fire The Blanket The Radley House Finch’s Landing Miss Maudie’s azaleas The school house The yard Remember: Symbols are objects, characters, figures, and colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts.

6. Journal Entry #4 Why does Jem seem so affected by Boo Radley? Using examples from Chapter 9, list some ways that Scout has changed since the beginning of the book.