DO NOT LOSE THIS PAPER!

As you are reading To Kill a Mockingbird, you need to be keeping a log of all the quotes that deal with the theme you have
chosen. I will be periodically checking this evidence log (like I did with your Journal Check). This document is imperative for your final paper.

Name:______________________ Period:_____

NOTES ON LITERARY THEMES

Theme:__________________________________________________________________________________
Themes ______/________throughout the individual story.
Themes always deal with _____________ human______________ &_____________
Themes are an author’s _________________________________________________________________

Human Condition: _______________________________________________________________________

Themes in To Kill a Mockingbird

1. 3. 5. 7. 9.
2. 4. 6. 8. 10.
Once you’ve chosen the theme you’d like to focus on, please highlight or circle it on the list and write it at the top of
the second page where it says “Evidence Log for Theme.”

Essay Prompt
How do _________ have the power to _________, ___________, and ___________ in the context of the
theme in the theme of ______________________?

Based on the prompt, how would you organize your essay? Fill out the blank spaces below.

I. ____________________
II. ____________________
III. ____________________
IV. ____________________
V. ____________________

EVIDENCE LOG FOR THEME: _________________________

 DO NOT LOSE THIS PAPER! As you are reading To Kill a Mockingbird, you need to be keeping a log of all the quotes that deal with the theme you have
chosen. I will be periodically checking this evidence log (like I did with your Journal Check). This document is imperative for your final paper.

Theme, Chapter Quote w/Lead-in (EMBED) Analysis: What is this quote a response to? Why Analysis:HOW is this quote calming, provoking,
#, Page # did the person say it? What “power” words were or inspiring?
used? Why? What would have happened if the
person did not say the quote? Or had replaced
specific words with less “powerful” ones?

Theme:________

Chapter_______

Page #________

Theme:________

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Theme:________

Chapter_______

Page #________

Theme:________

Chapter_______

Page #_______

Theme, Chapter Quote w/Lead-in (EMBED) Analysis: What is this quote a response to? Why Analysis:HOW is this quote calming, provoking,
#, Page # did the person say it? What “power” words were or inspiring?
used? Why? What would have happened if the
person did not say the quote? Or had replaced
 DO NOT LOSE THIS PAPER! As you are reading To Kill a Mockingbird, you need to be keeping a log of all the quotes that deal with the theme you have
chosen. I will be periodically checking this evidence log (like I did with your Journal Check). This document is imperative for your final paper.

specific words with less “powerful” ones?

Theme:________

Chapter_______

Page #________

Theme:________

Chapter_______

Page #________

Theme:________

Chapter_______

Page #________

Theme:________

Chapter_______

Page #________

Theme, Chapter Quote w/Lead-in (EMBED) Analysis: What is this quote a response to? Why Analysis:HOW is this quote calming, provoking,
#, Page # did the person say it? What “power” words were or inspiring?
used? Why? What would have happened if the
person did not say the quote? Or had replaced
specific words with less “powerful” ones?

Theme:________
 DO NOT LOSE THIS PAPER! As you are reading To Kill a Mockingbird, you need to be keeping a log of all the quotes that deal with the theme you have
chosen. I will be periodically checking this evidence log (like I did with your Journal Check). This document is imperative for your final paper.

Chapter_______

Page #________

Theme:________

Chapter_______

Page #________

Theme:________

Chapter_______

Page #________

Theme:________

Chapter_______

Page #________