To Kill a Mockingbird Day One Standards and Agenda

I can… I can demonstrate understanding of common foreign words and phrases. I can summarize concisely information presented orally by others including the purposes, major ideas, and supporting details or evidence, and demonstrate the ability to distinguish more important from less important details. I can take and organize notes on relevant knowledge, identifying multiple perspectives and areas for research.

Standards CLE Demonstrate critical listening skills essential for comprehension, evaluation, problem solving, and task completion. CLE Summarize, paraphrase, and critique information presented orally by others. CLE Gather relevant information from a variety of print and electronic sources, as well as from direct observation, interviews, and surveys. CLE Comprehend and summarize the main ideas of complex informational texts and determine the essential elements that elaborate them.

Agenda 1 st half –Bell Ringer: Foreign Word du jour –Redo test. (1 st block only) –Hook: Images –Instruction: The Big Read Audio –Group Work: Read and present important points from essays. 2 nd half –Independent Practice: Read Chapters 1-3. As you read, take notes on the social conventions of Maycomb. After you read, pretend you are Scout and you have been asked to make a list of social rules for her teacher to follow. –Closure: Journal

Images of Segregation

Independent Practice Read Chapters 1-3. As you read, take notes on the social conventions of Maycomb After you read, pretend you are Scout and you have been asked to make a list of social rules for her teacher to follow.

Journal The novel begins with an epigraph by Charles Lamb: “Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.” Based on what you’ve learned from the Audio Guide, why do you think Lee chose this quote to begin her novel?