1. Chapters 4-5 To Kill a Mockingbird
Quote Analysis
Chapters 4-5
To Kill a Mockingbird

2. For today’s activity, you will work with a partner to identify the speaker, discuss the context, and explore the significance of select quotes from chapters 4-6.

3. Quote #1
“Inside were two scrubbed and polished pennies, one on top of the other. Jem examined them.”

4. Quote #2
“When it was time to play Boo’s big scene, Jem would sneak into the house, steal scissors from the sewing machine drawer when Calpurnia’s back was turned, then sit in the swing and cut up newspapers. Dill would walk by, cough at Jem, and Jem would fake a plunge into Dill’s thigh.”

5. Quote #3
“…I heard another sound, so low I could not have heard from the sidewalk. Someone inside the house was laughing.”

6. “Miss Maudie, do you think Boo Radley is still alive?”
Quote #4
“Miss Maudie, do you think Boo Radley is still alive?”

7. Quote #5
“Dill took a piece of paper from his pocket and gave it to Jem. The three of us walked cautiously toward the old house.”

8. “I thought I wanted to be a lawyer but I ain’t so sure now.”
Quote #6
“I thought I wanted to be a lawyer but I ain’t so sure now.”