To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill A Mockingbird

• Objectives for this Week
• Chapters 1-8
• Monday Quick Check of Reading, Themes
• Tuesday-Wednesday Characterization
• Thursday-Friday Symbolism
• Friday Projects Due for full Credit

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Quick Check Chapters 1-8 QC data will be
displayed on the back wall, note goal and actual
score.

• Describe the misunderstanding between Scout and
  Miss Caroline on Scouts first day.
• What kind of man is Atticus? (Job/father)
• What is your impression of Maycomb, Alabama?

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Themes from Reading Provincialism

• Student Examples
• Fearful of visitors or unexpected events
• Cal spoke differently around different people
• Miss Carolines reading
• Education is not important
• Families did not borrow money

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Themes from Reading Provincialism

• Student Examples from 2nd Period
• Add s where it does not belong
• Use aint unformal register
• Leave off letters/words-bettern/better than
• No maam, nome
• Education not essential, kid only comes the first
  day
• Agriculturally dependent-students miss school
  during key planting or harvest periods.
• Sealed deals with a spit laden hand shake.
• Barter system

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Themes from Reading

• Find two examples from the text to support each
  of the following themes
• Pride in ancestry and tradition
• Distrust of those who are different
• Evidence of societal hierarchy
• Racial intolerance

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Methods of Characterization

• Author or Narrators descriptions
• A characters own thoughts, words, or actions
• Through another characters own thoughts words or
  actions
• Characters are either flat/static or
  round/dynamic

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Characterization Textual Scavenger Hunt

• Select 3 characters from this first section.
• For each character, find at least 2 passages from
  the text that describes him or her. You must
  write the page and the passage on your paper.
  You may create an organizer or use the trusty old
  t-chart.

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Characterization Composition

• Which of Harper Lees characters she has
  introduced thus far strikes you as the most
  interesting?
• Remember to
• Write a topic sentence using key words from the
  question.
• Incorporate 3 examples from the book
• Introduce each character by stating a fact about
  the character.
• Write a concluding sentence that predicts the
  future of the character.

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Symbolism

• You will work in Pairs to find the Literal
  Definition and Symbolic Nature for
• The Snowman
• Miss Maudies Fire
• Describe the characters responses to each
  symbol, and explain whether the characters are
  dynamic or static.