To Kill A Mockingbird: Experiencing the Old South through Evidence-Based Claims and Close Reading `

Forming EBC: To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee MATERIALS: To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee Notebook Making EBC worksheets

Independent Reading By yourself, read chapter fourteen of To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee. Insert: Kurt Vonnegut

EBC: To Kill A Mockingbird With your small group, use your text, notes and other recorded observations to make a local claim about Jem or Aunt Alexandra. Use the Making EBC Form worksheet to record your information. (The Making EBC is for your use to make presentations. They may be in rough note form.) Be prepared to share your information with the class. Student share a claim about Jem, Calpurnia or Aunt Alexandra. Have students use the Making Evidence-Based Claims worksheets in conjunction with their presentations. Insert: Run DMC

EBC: To Kill A Mockingbird With your small group, present a claim about Aunt Alexandra, Calpurnia or Jem. Students who are NOT presenting will listen attentively. As you listen, take notes and prepare questions for the presenters. Student present a claim about Jem, Calpurnia or Aunt Alexandra to the class. Have students use the Making Evidence-Based Claims worksheets in conjunction with their presentations. Insert: Wu Tang Clan

Independent Reading By yourself, read chapter fifteen of To Kill A Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee. Insert: Kurt Vonnegut