Chapter1 and 2 What do people say about Atticus What do they say about Boo Radley Is that fair 3 What are the three confrontations that Scout encounters at school 4 How is Miss Caroline different from Atticus ID: 703745
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Discussion QuestionsSlide2
Chapter1 and 2
What do people say about Atticus?
What do they say about Boo
Radley
? Is that fair?
3
.What are the three confrontations that Scout encounters at school?
4
. How is Miss Caroline different from Atticus?Slide3
Chapter 3 and 4
How is the Cunningham family different from the
Ewell
family?
What is the difference between the children’s idea of Boo
Radley
and the truth about Boo
Radley
?
How does Atticus’ view of Boo
Radley
differ from everyone else in the town?Slide4
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Looking at a Character
You will be assigned a character to research. Consider all that has happened to the character from chapters 1 to chapter 8
2. Around the character you should draw speech bubbles, each containing a quote or statement from that text that shows their character’s personality
3. Describe the character. What traits are demonstrated by the chapter in the first few chapters.
At
the end, then determine if this individual will
demonstrate prejudice
or tolerance towards other people in the future.
Characters
Atticus,
Jem
, Scout, Boo
Radley
, Calpurnia, Bob
Ewell
, Miss
Maudie
, and Mr. Cunningham, Miss Caroline, Mr.
Radley
, Slide5
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From Chapter 6-8, what are we starting to learn about Boo
Radley
?
Why did Mr.
Radley
cover the tree?
What are some examples of acceptance in the three chapters?
What does the snowman symbolize? Oak tree?
What does the fire symbolize?Slide6
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Group Writing Assignment
Imagine you are Boo
Radley
at the end of Chapter 8.
Write a diary entry of what is happening from Boo’s point of view.
Draw inferences about Boo’s diction and keep in mind the background information that we have on him.Slide7
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Journal
Pick a quote from Chapters 1-8
This quote should illustrate one of the major themes in the novel.
State why it is important, what is the significance of this quote at this point in the novel and what does this quote reveal about one of the themes in the novel.Slide8
Create a Timeline of the Key Events
“Walking in someone else’s shoes”
Under each event, you need to state what each main character (Scout,
Jem
, Atticus) feel about each event.
Chapter 1-12Slide9
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Chapter 9-14
Create a flow chart that illustrates the following key development in the novel.
Atticus tells the children several times that they need to walk in someone else's shoes before judging the person. Describe times when Atticus, Scout or
Jem
walked
in someone else's shoes. How does this change how they view the situations? What role does this advice play in sympathy and compassion? Slide10
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A hero is born, not made”Slide11
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Pictures of what some people would define as courageous acts. Group the pictures into two categories, courageous and acts that lack courage.
Out of these
events
in the novel:
Atticus shoots the mad dog
Mrs. Dubose’s struggle with her health
Atticus deciding to defend Tom
Robinson
Atticus standing up to Aunt Alexandra on behalf of Calpurnia
Jem
touching the
Radley’s
door on a dare from Dill.
Scout beating up the kid who called her father a
“nigger lover.”
Atticus informing Scout not to fight with Miss Caroline at school.
Pick one of these
six
events from the novel and explain why or why not you think that this person is courageous or if this person was not courageous? Slide12
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How does Scout an
Jem
perceive their father at this junction of the novel?
Scout is involved in three altercations. What is their relationship to the larger context of the novelSlide13
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Examine the symbols in
the novel. Slide14
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Symbols
For each of the four major themes find at least three symbol that
best symbolize that
theme in the novel: (courage/prejudice/
acceptance/discrimination and tolerance)Slide15
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Work on the Comparisons of Family ChartSlide16
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The old adage, “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt you,” is true.Slide17
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Outline for the next few weeks
1. Journals are due
1-8, 9-16, 17-22
23-27 and 28-31 (Pick 3 out of the 5) due Thursday 20
th
Wednesday/Thursday/Friday (TKAM Soundtrack Project)
Monday/Tuesday: Essay Preparation and In Class Essay
TKAM
Test ThursdaySlide18
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Who appreciated what Atticus had done for Tom Robinson? Who did not?
How did they show their appreciation to Atticus
Who has changed after the developments of the trial
How does the trial affect
Jem
?
Do you think the townspeople
are slowly changing?