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

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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

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