Unit Two: To Kill a Mockingbird

Texts
To Kill a Mockingbird
Speeches
Independent Research
Selected Poems and Short Stories
Learning Activities
Formative
Read and Journal from To Kill a Mockingbird
Journal per section as designated by teacher
Pick two quotes, Explain importance of two quotes in 3-4 sentences per quote, Make
one text-to-self or text-to-world connection, Pose two discussion question
Journal Rubric
Historical Perspective Connection Activity
Annotations and RACE: Urban Legends: How they start and why they persist?
Small group discussions
Use journal to discuss inferences and developments in the text
Should develop ideas for projects, socratic seminars, and essays
Discussion Rubric
Malala Speech
Summative
Social Justice Research Paper
Response to Literature
Speech Analysis Project
Literature Choice Board - TBD
Socratic Seminars
Seminar Rubric
Portfolio
Calendar
Monday 10-17

Tuesday 10-18

Wednesday 10-19

Post Polished
Writing to Portfolio

Socratic Seminar

Finish Polishing and

Post to Writing
Portfolio

Finish Socratic

Thursday 10-20

Friday 10-21

Historical Perspective Connection Activity

Start Reading TKAM

Seminar Questions
Monday 10-24

Introduce TKAM
Tuesday 10-25

Wednesday 10-26

Thursday 10-27

Friday 10-28

Share Historical
Perspectives
Acitivity

Journal One Focus

Who is the narrator? How does the narrators perspective impact the story?How would you
characterize Atticus, Jem, and Scout? How does the setting impact the story?

Read TKAM

Journal Two Focus

Continue to characterize Atticus, Scout, and Jem? How do we see social status developing as an
important element of life in Maycomb? What do you learn about the Radley family and why is it
important?

Monday 10-31
Journal One and
Two Due
Graded small group
discussion

Tuesday 11-1

Wednesday 11-2

Thursday 11-3

Friday 11-4

Urban Legends
Research

Finish Urban Legend

RACE

Read and journal

& individual writing
conferences about
RACE

Journal Work Day

8-11

Urban Legends
Article and RACE

Journal Focus
How is Scout
developing and
changing?
Why is Atticus
defending Tom?
Should he take the
case on?
What does the mad
dog incident show us
about Atticus?

Monday 11-7
Malala Speech
Activity
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Flipped Lesson

Tuesday 11-8

Wednesday 11-9

Journal Work Day

Journal Focus
How is Scout developing and changing?
Why is Atticus defending Tom?
Should he take the case on?

Thursday 11-10

Friday 11-11

Journal Chapters
8-11 Due

No School

Reading Check
Graded Discussion

What does the mad dog incident show us

about Atticus?

Monday 11-14
Journal Focus

Tuesday 11-15

Wednesday 11-16
Speech Mini-Project:

Thursday 11-17

Friday 11-18
Journal Work Day

How are gender roles

evolving?

Find own speech to annotate and analyze for rhetoric

Journal Chapter
12-15 Due at the
end of the day

How does power

define relationships
and interactions?
How does the scene
at the jail further
develop Jem and
Scout?
Chapter 12-15

Speech Mini-Project
Monday 11-21

Tuesday 11-22

TBD

TBD

Monday 11-28

Tuesday 11-29

Wednesday 11-30

Thursday 12-1

Journal Work Day

Compose Seminar
Questions

Seminar Prep

Journal Focus
Chapters 16-19
How does the use of
the word them
relate to racism?

Wednesday 11-23

Thursday 11-24

Friday 11-25

Thanksgiving Break

Journal Work Day

Chapters 16 - 19
Journals Due

Friday 12-2

Socratic Seminar

How do people react

in the mob would
they react differently
on their own?
How is the case
evolving in court? Is it
black and white?

Monday 12-5
Journal Focus
How is the case
evolving in court? Is it
black and white?
Compare and contrast
the reactions of the

Tuesday 12-6

Wednesday 12-7
Social Justice Research Project

Thursday 12-8

Friday 12-9
Journal Due
Chapters 20-25
Reading Check/
Discussion

characters to the
trial.
Why is the missionary
circle ironic? What is
irony?
How is Scout
developing as a
character?

Monday 12-12

Tuesday 12-13

Wednesday 12-14

Thursday 12-15

Friday 12-16

Journal Focus
What is hypocrisy? In
what way does
hypocrisy surface at
the end of the book?

Social Justice Work

Day

Social Justice
Research Due

Journal Due
26- end

TBD

Reading Check/
Graded Discussion

How has each

character evolved?
Is justice different
from the law? Is being
right different from
being correct?

Monday 12-19

Tuesday 12-20

Wednesday 12-14

Thursday 12-15

Friday 12-16

Compose seminar
questions

Seminar Prep

Final Socratic
Seminar

Essay Due/
Reflection

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