TKAM Chapter One

Bellringer #25 A Day: 11-9 B Day: 11-10 “There were other ways of making people into ghosts.” –Atticus Finch, To Kill A Mockingbird, p. 11 What do you think the following quote means? What does it mean to make a person into a ghost? How do you think this quote relates to the story Scout tells in TKAM?

Q2 Pre-Test 37 multiple choice questions Write on the scantron only. Remember to write your name and class period. Turn in your scantron to your class period tray and your test to the front table in a pile. Read your DEAR book or work on other homework quietly until everyone is finished taking the test.

TKAM Chapter One Listen to the audiobook and follow along in your copy of To Kill A Mockingbird. We are reading Chapter One, p. 3-15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWQ8I0Oop dQ&t=20904s 01:44-36:11

TKAM Chapter One Discussion What do we know about the characters and the town of Maycomb so far? What did we learn about the background of the Finch family? What is interesting about the Radley family? What was significant about the final paragraph of chapter one? Characters: Scout, Jem, Atticus, Calpurnia, Dill, the Radley’s (Boo, Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. Radley), Miss Stephanie Crawford, Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose, Miss Rachel Haverford Location: Maycomb, Alabama Time Period: 1930s, Great Depression

Bellringer #26 A Day: 11-13 B Day: 11-14 What was significant about the last paragraph of Chapter One in TKAM? 2-3 sentences.

TKAM Chapter One Worksheet With your table group, work on the chapter one worksheet. Discuss each question and answer completely. Refer to chapter one, pages 3-15, to help you answer the questions. Turn in your worksheet to the tray if you finish early. If you do not finish today, finish as homework and turn in next class.

Character Types – Characters page, Lit Terms Dictionaries Protagonist: The protagonist is the main character at the center of the story, makes the key decisions, and experiences the consequences of those decisions. Ex.) Scout Finch Antagonist: A person, group of people or thing that opposes the protagonist. Ex.) Voldemort, Death Eaters Dynamic Character: A literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude. Ex.) Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol Static Character: A literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop Ex.) Primrose Everdeen, The Hunger Games

Ch. 2 Audiobook Listen to the audiobook and follow along in your copy of To Kill A Mockingbird. We are reading Chapter Two, p. 15-22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWQ8I0OopdQ&t=20904s 36:11-55:37

Ch. 2 Discussion Jem told Scout, “You’ll see – school’s different” (p. 16). How is school different from the daily life Scout is used to? How can you describe Miss Caroline? What do you think about Miss Caroline scolding Scout for being able to read and write? How did Scout learn to read and write? What is important to know about Walter Cunningham and the Cunningham family? What does this tell us about how the community of Maycomb treats its residents?

Learning Logs – Entry #3 A Day: 11-13 B Day: 11-14 Record one thing you learned today and one question that you still have. Consider: Character types, events in TKAM, what might happen next Reading Homework: Chapters 3 & 4, p. 22-41 Finish chapter one worksheet & turn in next class