To Kill A Mockingbird
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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through, no matter what.
~Harper Lee |
~Background Knowledge~
Anticipation Guide
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Pre-Writing Activity
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Directions: Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. Be sure to answer all parts of each question in complete sentences. Check your spelling, punctuation and capitalization!
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Pre-Writing Activity
- Click Here to Access (Must be logged in with your OCHS GOOGLE EDU account)
Directions: Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. Be sure to answer all parts of each question in complete sentences. Check your spelling, punctuation and capitalization!
- The setting of the novel we are about to read is extraordinarily important to understanding the events contained within. Describe your neighborhood or a neighborhood you once lived in. Explain what it looks like, where it is located, and what the people in it are like. What are their attitudes and fears? What do you think about growing up there? Again, be descriptive and imaginative.
- Define innocence in your own words. Describe someone you know who is innocent.
- What does it mean to be a grown-up? How do you know when you are an adult? Why would someone refer to growing up as a “journey”?
- Define justice in your own words. What is the most unjust occurrence you’ve ever heard about?
- Based on the title of the novel, what do you think this story will be about? (Hint: No one actually kills a bird at any point. But what do you think of someone who would do that? Keep in mind that mockingbirds are small, gray and white songbirds known for mimicking the songs of other birds and are generally considered harmless and even delightful).
Background Research Project
Library Resources
Library Resources
~The Book~
BOOK COVERS OVER THE YEARS
Some of the images below are from "11 To Kill a Mockingbird Book Covers We'll Always Remember" in a tribute assembled after the passing of Harper Lee.
Some of the images below are from "11 To Kill a Mockingbird Book Covers We'll Always Remember" in a tribute assembled after the passing of Harper Lee.
It is and it isn't autobiographical. The trial, and the rape case charge that brings on the trial, are made out of a composite of such cases and charges. What I did present as exactly as I could was the clime and tone, as I remembered them, of the town in which I lived. From childhood on, I did sit in the courtroom watching my father argue cases and talk to juries. [on 'To Kill a Mockingbird']
~Harper Lee
~Harper Lee
Introduction to the Book
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TO DO: Watch the 2 crash course videos,
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TO DO: Watch this video that that shows film clips and tells you cool trivia about the film.
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~The Reading~
Writing Pre-Assessment
After Reading Chapters 1-3 complete the following writing prompt. Re-read the following passages CLOSELY looking for evidence to match the claim. Use Reading Passage 1 and Reading Passage 2 to find textual evidence of your claim. Make use of an TTS Reader if you need it. Write a paragraph using a topic sentence (claim provided below for you), evidence, and commentary. This is a pre-assessment so we can accurately gather data on your writing. Try your best because it will determine lessons, LEAD sessions, and reading for the rest of the unit. Your paragraph should be at least 5-7 sentences.
After Reading Chapters 1-3 complete the following writing prompt. Re-read the following passages CLOSELY looking for evidence to match the claim. Use Reading Passage 1 and Reading Passage 2 to find textual evidence of your claim. Make use of an TTS Reader if you need it. Write a paragraph using a topic sentence (claim provided below for you), evidence, and commentary. This is a pre-assessment so we can accurately gather data on your writing. Try your best because it will determine lessons, LEAD sessions, and reading for the rest of the unit. Your paragraph should be at least 5-7 sentences.
- PROMPT: Write a paragraph using a topic sentence (claim provided below for you), evidence (passages with evidence provided for you), and commentary. Your paragraph should be at least 5-7 sentences.
Reading Log
Check your Google Classroom For your Reading log. It includes links to the pages you are to read as well as ways you can listen to each section. OR Click Here
Check your Google Classroom For your Reading log. It includes links to the pages you are to read as well as ways you can listen to each section. OR Click Here
~Resources~
Video sparknotes for TKMB
Crash Course on To Kill A Mockingbird (fun video!)... and then watch John Green's second Crash Course on TKMB
Text set related to To Kill A Mockingbird
Video that shows film clips and tells you cool trivia about the film
Video sparknotes for TKMB
Crash Course on To Kill A Mockingbird (fun video!)... and then watch John Green's second Crash Course on TKMB
Text set related to To Kill A Mockingbird
Video that shows film clips and tells you cool trivia about the film
~The Film~
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Harper Lee, the acclaimed and controversial 1962 film "To Kill a Mockingbird" was directed by Robert Mulligan.
Members of the cast included Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Paul Fix, Brock Peters, James Anderson, Alice Ghostley, Robert Duvall, John Megna, Collin Wilcox, Estelle Evans, and William Windom. The film was nominated for 8 Oscars and won 3 (Gregory Peck for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Writing, and Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White). Peck also won the Best Actor Golden Globe award for his portrayal of Southern lawyer and widowed father Atticus Finch. |
~The Play~