1. To Kill a Mockingbird
Narrative

2. Welcome! Agenda Learning Targets Jigsaw Historical Background
Tea Party with Novel Characters
Preview a Text
Cover Books
Homework:
Learning Targets
I can identify what I know about To Kill a Mockingbird and the historical background.
I can work with my peers to increase my understanding of the novel.
Welcome!

3. Notebook Setup for the Day
Left Side of the Page
Right Side of the Page
Notebook Setup for the Day
Notes from Tea Party and Historical Jigsaw
Know
Want to Know
Learned

4. Know Want to Know Learned
In your interactive notebook set up a KWL chart on the
right side of the page.
Know
Want to Know
Learned
What do you know about To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, or America in the 1960s?

5. Know Want to Know Learned
In your interactive notebook set up a KWL chart on the
right side of the page.
Know
Want to Know
Learned
What do you want to know about To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, or America in the 1960s?

6. Historical Background Jigsaw
In your groups, read the article you were given using the active reading strategies.
Harper Lee Biography
Civil Rights in the 1950s
Great Depression and Race Relations
Critical Overview
Take notes on the left side of your notebook.
When everyone has finished reading, come up with a summary and the important details from the text.
Historical Background Jigsaw

7. Historical Background Jigsaw
Form new groups where everyone has a different reading:
Harper Lee Biography
Civil Rights in the 1950s
Great Depression and Race Relations
Critical Overview
Share out your summary and important details.
Take notes about the readings on the left side of your notebook.
Historical Background Jigsaw

8. To Kill a Mockingbird Tea Party
When you get your role read it over and keep your character to yourself.
When the party starts, you are going to get up and meet all of the characters.
Take notes
To Kill a Mockingbird Tea Party
I remind folks to not use voices/accents or stereotypical behavior.

9. Know Want to Know Learned
In your interactive notebook set up a KWL chart on the
right side of the page.
Know
Want to Know
Learned
Using your notes synthesize what you learned about To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, or America in the 1960s?

10. STEPS To PREVIEWING Fiction
Read everything on the front and back covers inside and out.
Read everything before chapter 1—includes: copy right page, author’s information, dedication, foreword, prologue, reviews, and so on.
Read chapter 1 (or first 10 pages or so).
Consider a) the Author’s Background; b) the Subject of the book (characters, setting and plot); and c) the Author’s Purpose (similar to theme) for writing the book. Don’t be afraid to guess and make predictions on a-c.
Preview a Text: This is a great pre-reading activity to do on any non-text book text you are reading.

11. Preview Book Cover Activity Why book covers?
After previewing the book, following the steps on above, you will be making a book cover on which you will SYMBOLICALLY represent THE PERTINENT DETAILS OF THE AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND, THE SUBJECT OF THE BOOK, AND THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE IN WRITING THIS BOOK. You will be doing musical clock partners to help you gather information and ideas for your own book cover . The book cover will be evaluated using the following checklist:
Preview Book Cover Activity Why book covers?

12. Checklist for scoring Book Cover
All of the this bulleted items should be SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTED ON YOUR BOOK COVER
A. 4 important details about the author’s life that influence the writing of this book, and/or help convince us that he is a reliable author/narrator
B. The subject of the book (page numbers for supporting text is not a bad idea. Or mark with post-its)—for a, b & c you need descriptive details not just names. d & e are events not ideas. f is an idea, not an actual event.
Three-five main characters
Time it is set
Place it is set
Conflict (guess)
Resolution (guess)
Thesis
C. The purpose, or reason why the author wrote this book on this topic (this will be related to the author’s life as well as the subject of the book. (Consider the title— What does the dedication, quote, and title represent?)
Reason 1—(guess)
Reason 2—(guess)
Checklist for scoring Book Cover

13. Sign up 4 class mates, that are not at your desk group, not your elbow partner, for each hour on the clock. You both must put your names down on each other’s clock at the same hour. When you meet with your clock partners, discuss both the ideas for each bullet on the checklist and how to represent the assigned preview idea on your book cover. Take notes in the clock quadrants as you meet with your clock partners Listen for the music type that will tell you which hour partner to go to. Rap=12:00 (Author’s background 1. a-d) Country=3:00 (Subject 2. a-b) R & B/Soul=6:00 (Subject 2. c-e) Rock=9:00 (Subject 2.f—thesis and 3. a-b author’s purpose)
Musical Clock Partners: Make a clock with 12, 3, 6, and 9 on it. Label each hour with musical genre as listed here.