Role-play cards
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Dill
You are travelling home on the train
from your summer with Jem and Scout.
You are full of excitement about your
adventures, especially those of your last
night, and want to share them with
someone. You talk to a lady sitting next
to you.
Scout
You are Scout as an adult, spending
time with Jem at a Christmas family
get- together. You are both grown up
and have children of your own now, who
sometimes get up to their own naughty
tricks. Atticus died some years ago.
You are enjoying a conversation looking
back on the events of the night of
chapter 6. Discuss whether Atticus
knew what was really going on and how
you felt that night.
Atticus
It is late on the night of the events of
chapter 6. You are having a
conversation with Miss Maudie about all
the excitement. Of course you know
Jem was responsible. Talk about your
worries and/or anything you find
amusing in the situation. You will have
to explain to Maudie why you didn’t
think it appropriate to reveal your
knowledge to the children and punish
them.
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Train Passenger
You are travelling on a train next to a
very talkative little boy. You are a
traditional old lady with knitting to do.
You are slightly deaf. The little boy is
telling you about his summer and you
don’t quite believe everything he’s
saying, but you find his chatter amusing
and he is very polite so you let him go
on. You also want to tell him about
your grandchildren, who are aged 6 and
8.
Jem
You are Jem as an adult, spending time
with Scout at a Christmas family get-
together. You are both grown up and
have children of your own now, who
sometimes get up to their own naughty
tricks. Atticus died some years ago.
You are enjoying a conversation looking
back on the events of the night of
chapter 6. Discuss whether Atticus
knew what was really going on and how
you felt that night.
Miss Maudie
It is late on the night of the events of
chapter 6. You are having a
conversation with Atticus about all the
excitement. Of course you know Jem
was responsible. You find the situation
quite amusing but you don’t think
Atticus was right not to punish the
children and you try to persuade him to
do so tomorrow.
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