To kill a mocking bird

introduction
Why we want to read it?
Scout Finch: main character, rebellious, fun
Set in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 1930s
Open discussion of race
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
One of the most infulential books in U.S.
Fill in the blanks….
The author of this book is ___________
The book was published in ____________
The novel is set in the _______ during __________
The main characters are ____________________
Many believe that Harper Lee modeled _________ after herself
Activity
Watch this video clip and think about how historical events happen
while ordinary life goes on.
What kind of novel would you write about events that are happening
today? Who would your main characters be and where would it be set?
Would your novel be relevant in 50 years time?
Background
• The great depression
• Civil right movements
• 1930's Scottsboro Boys trial.  
Newspaper project
Objective: 
Create the front page of a newspaper set during that period,
It could be about the great depression, the civil rights movement
Or the trial
Student Instructions:
1.Create a title for your newspaper and a catchy headline for
the main story. 
2.Use appropriate scenes, pictures and items to create
"photographs" for your article.
3.Include captions for "photographs".
4.Write the accompanying text for the main story, and any
other articles on the front page.
template
rubric
Homework
• Read the first chapter of the book
• Due date: 11.7
Write a reflective essay
• 2 pages (about 1000 words)
• MLA style (use reference from chapter 1, at least 2 times, but no
more than 10 percent!)
• Upload to Turnitin
Due: 11.11
Write a reflective essay
• A reflective essay is an essay that conveys the personal opinion of the
author.
• It allows the author to explain their own thoughts or feelings about a
certain subject, rather than simply laying out the facts.
Write a reflective essay
• First-person statements
Ex. I believe….
Write a reflective essay
• Introduction
• Body paragraphs
• Conclusion
Introduction
• Attention-grabbing hook(optional)
• Overview the subject matter
• Thesis statement(1-2 sentences)

It could be about class/race/inequality……

Or it could be about how you feel about the Radley family, the Finch
family……
Body paragraphs(at least 3)
• Make sure that all of the content within the body of your essay truly
reflects and supports your thesis statement
• Purpose: to convince the reader of your viewpoint, or at least let
them understand your point and see where you are coming from
• Hone in on Why you feel the way you do
Body paragraphs(at least 3)
• Describe(use specific details, reference!)
• Reflect
Think:
What did you learn? How did you feel? Did it change your beliefs? What
were the positive or negative outcomes? How did it influence others?

• Transition(provide a seamless, logical connection to the next idea)

Conclusion
• Reference the thesis statement
• Explain the impact
• Offer a single takeaway
By the end of this class…
• 5 sentences
• 1: thesis statement
• 3: body paragraphs main points
• 1: conclusion
Homework
• Read the second chapter of the book
• Due date: 11.14
Agree or Disagree
•School is the most important
influence on a young person.
Let’s think……
• Would Scout agree or disagree?
• Would Miss Caroline agree or disagree?
Character cube!
• Objective:
• Have a deeper understanding of the characters.(choose from scout,
jem, dill, atticus, calpurnia)
• Can express your opinions about the characters. (oral presentation)
• Have fun!
Rubric

Criteria Exemplar (5) Developed (3) Limited (1)

Fill out all the sections Fill out all the sections
and include citation
Content from the book. Ex.
and use full, correct Fill out all the sections.
(page X) sentences.
Chapter 4
Create a 10-question-multiple-choice test with an answer key.
Be sure each question has at least 4 choices of which 2 are
possible answers, but one is the best. 
Chapter 4
Times new roman, 12
easy3/medium4/difficult3
Chapter 4
easy( example from C3
Chapter 4
medium
Chapter 4
difficult
Chapter 4
10 points for creating your test
10 points for taking your classmate’s test
• What does Scout think of current fashions in education? 
• What superstitions do the children have in connection with the
Radley house? 
• Why do the children make Boo's story into a game? 
• What do they do in this game? Do you think the game is an
accurate version of what happens in the Radleys' home? 
• What might be the cause of the laughter from inside the house?
Ppt(3-5 slides)
• 1. make your slides （ prejudice/stereotype/discrimination; their
relationship; one real-life example about prejudice ）
• 2. one slide, no more than 3 lines
• 3. ready to present (5 mins)
rubric
  5 4 3 2 1
Content Content is
accurate and all
Content is
accurate but
Content is
accurate but
Content is
questionable.
Content is
inaccurate.
required some required some required Information is not Information is not
information is information is information is presented in a presented in a
presented in a missing and/or missing and/or logical order, logical order,
logical order. not presented not presented in making it difficult making it difficult
  in a logical a logical order, to follow. to follow.
order, but is still making it
generally easy difficult to
to follow. follow.
Presentati Well rehearsed.
No pronunciation
General level of
rehearsal. Few
Acceptable level
of rehearsal. Some
Low level of
rehearsal.
No rehearsal
indicated. Too many
on errors or other pronunciation pronunciation Numerous pronunciation
Skills mistakes. errors or other
mistakes.
errors or other
mistakes.
pronunciation
errors or other
errors or other
mistakes.
mistakes.
• Find evidence in the book, fill in the blanks and
discuss the other three themes with your partner
Education
• We see how Scout learns from the people around her.
o Learns to read from Atticus / to write from Calpurnia / general
knowledge from Jem
• Harper Lee presents a critique of the formal schooling.
o Atticus never went to school and Scout sees him as one of the most
intelligent people she knows.
o Miss Caroline tries out new pedagogical methods which seem
irrational and ineffective.
• There does seem to be a connection between level of social class and
level of education. The Ewells never become educated.
Prejudice
• The children have prejudged Boo Radley.
o They have never actually met him and don’t actually know his
story, but they have already decided that he is malevolent
• Miss Maudie presents the problem of prejudiced views in her
metaphor of the weeds.
• o Racist/prejudiced views can be so insidious that they take root and
spread across the whole of society.
• Atticus tries to teach Scout to not prejudge her teacher Miss Caroline,
but rather to first try and imagine things from her perspective.
Femininity
• As this is the story of Scout’s growing up – it is not surprising that it
also explores what it means to be a woman.
• o Scout doesn’t have a mother, so she learns about femininity from
the women around her.
• o Lee presents different types of women in Calpurnia, Miss Maudie,
Miss Stephanie (and later in Aunt Alexandra and Mrs Dubose)
• Women in that time were viewed as the property of men. As we see
even in the humorous account of Dill’s ‘proposal’.
Growing up
• We see Dill, Scout and Jem behaving as typical children, going
through the maturing process and playing as children do. They are
extremely innocent and naive to the more complex issue of society.
• Scout is growing up and learning from the world around her. She
doesn’t always quite understand things that we as the reader
understand (e.g. the complexities of Boo’s situation).
• Scout, in the way of a child, often says it how it is and then is
perplexed when she has been misunderstood (as with Miss Caroline)
• Jem and Scouts relationship shifts as he matures and leaves her
behind.
• Choose one theme and write a thematic essay
about it
• 500-800 words
• Due 11.28 (next Tuesday
Thematic essay
• Discuss a piece of literature primarily through its themes
• State what themes are present
• Explain and analyze how the author managed to pull it off
ex
• How is the theme of femininity explored in TKAM chapter 1-5
• What is Harper Lee saying about education in TKAM chapter 1-5
• Introduction
• First sentence grab the reader
• 2-3 sentence give any necessary background
information
• End with your thesis statement
• 2 Body paragraphs
• Arguments with evidence (MLA style)
• Do not paraphrase, do not summarize the story, and
express your own opinions
• How the claim relates to your thesis
• Conclusion
• Restate your thesis using transitions such as “In
conclusion”
• Briefly summarize your two central claims and how they
relate to your thesis
• End it with some broad statement that gives a wider
global relevance to your readers