1. To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 1-3

2. Setting Information: Time Great Depression- 1930’s Place
Poverty is extensive; few jobs, little $
Segregation- caused a lot of tension
Place
Small town in the south
Maycomb, Alabama

3. Characters Narrator: Scout (Jean Louise Finch)
Jem Finch – Scout’s brother
Atticus Finch- Scout and Jem’s father
Alexandra Finch – Jem & Scout’s aunt
Jack Finch – Jem and Scout’s uncle
Calpurnia- Finch family cook; takes care of Jem and Scout
Boo Radley
Arthur Radley- Boo’s father
Nathan Radley- Boo’s brother
Miss Caroline Fisher- Scout’s teacher
Walter Cunningham
Mr. Cunningham

4. Chapter 1
Introduction of Scout as the narrator
Introduction of Calpurnia, Dill,
and the Boo Radley legend

5. Chapter 2
Scout’s first day of school- September
Miss Caroline and Scout argue about Scout’s ability to read
Miss Caroline humiliates Walter Cunningham

6. Chapter 3
Walter comes to dinner
Miss Caroline meets Burris Ewell
Atticus talks to Scout about Miss Caroline

7. Group Review of Chapters 1-3
Go back to chapters 1-3 and jot down notes about what’s important that readers learn about…
1. Dill
2. Boo Radley legend / Radley house
3. Walter Cunningham – incident at school/ Finch house
4. Burris Ewell
5. Atticus
6. Miss Caroline Fisher

8. Chapter 1 Dill Real name is Charles Baker Harris
From Meridian, Mississippi, but spends his summers with his aunt, the Finches next door neighbor, Miss Rachel
Page 7- Tiny for his age, cowlick on his forehead, and snow white hair

9. Boo Radley Legend
Pg. 11- According to the legend, Boo Radley stabbed his father in the leg with a pair of scissors. After the incident, his father locks him up in his house for 15 years.
Mr. Radley dies – Nathan Radley comes in to take care of Boo and the lock-up continues
Atticus tries to teach Jem and Scout to mind their own business & leave Boo alone

10. Chapter 2 Walter Cunningham – extremely poor
Miss Caroline wanted to lend Walter money for lunch
Walter refused to take the money because he couldn’t pay her back
Miss Caroline scolds Scout for sticking up for Walter

11. Chapter 3
As the chapter opens, Scout is beating up Walter in the schoolyard
Jem stops her and invites Walter over for dinner
Scout embarrasses Walter by asking him why he’s pouring molasses all over his food
Calpurnia calls Scout into the kitchen and lectures her on hospitality- She tell Scout that Walter is a guest in their home and he can do as he pleases without being judged (this scene shows Scout’s innocence)

12. Burris Ewell
p. 26- comes to school with “cooties” in his hair – Miss Caroline tries to send him home
Burris is rude and disrespectful to Miss Caroline – tells her he is never coming back
Another student explains that the Ewell’s always come on the first day and never return (truancy)

13. Atticus Invites Scout to read with him after dinner
Scout tells her father that Miss Caroline scolded her for being able to read
Atticus tells Scout to try and see things from Miss Caroline’s perspective- Miss Fisher is trying to do her best in a new town
Atticus – fiercely non-racist –Believes in the law and the idea that civil liberties must always be respected

14. “You never really understand a person until…….!