2. Decide before the bell: Choose a seat Choose Roles: Groups: No more than 5, no fewer than 3 Double up or share roles— depending on the # of group members Review your journals: Were there areas where you had questions about the reading? Facilitator—make sure everyone participates, help the timer keep everyone on track Timer—work with the facilitator to keep group on track. Divide the time by the # of people so everyone has a turn to lead Fact-checker—listen for general statements & require text- support Reporter—talks for the group Note-taker: Everyone!

3. Group Discussion, Chapters 1-8 First Second 1. Someone reads their chapter summaries to the group. 2. Everyone else listens and adds in any missed information. 3. Talk about anything in the reading that you need clarified. Each person takes a turn initiating a portion of the discussion by: 1. Asking one of the discussion questions 2. Sharing observation written about in the 100 words. Also, be sure to discuss: 1.What details in the text clue you into the setting? 2.How do the Cunninghams differ from the Ewells? 3.Look for the way in which different characters show there is more to them than initially meets the eye?

4. Prepare to Report In 5 minutes, decide together what are the 3 most important ideas, concepts, or insights that came out of this part of the reading? Everyone writes these down in their journals. Reporter—You’ll be telling the class what the group came up with!

5. Period 2—Chapters 1-8 1. It seems like when the hole in the tree was filled, the kids felt like they lost their connection with Boo. 2. Page 9, description of Radley house resembles how the children feel about Boo—ominous and mysterious 3. Page 33, Atticus’s words: “Walking around in other people’s positions” a recurring theme. It’s about look before you judge others. 4. Kids originally see Boo but over time come to see him as a kind person. 5. Scout is level-headed and knows what to do, but she follows her older brother’s lead. 6. Miss Maudie’s house burned down, decent society—they all came out to help her. Boo came out, too. 7. Boo represents poor society, less fortunate b/c of the way the town views them. 8. Miss Caroline hits Scout—she’s narrow-minded. 9. Boo Radley over the course of the book, the children become less afraid of him. 10. Replacing Boo’s father with his brother shows how similar the brother/father are, but Boo is different. 11. Why that father is gone, why doesn’t Boo leave the house.

6. Periods 8/9 Chapters 1-8 1. Why do Dill and Jem want to communicate with Boo so badly. 2. Boo can be a caring person. 3. Why did Jem cry when the hole got filled in the tree? 4. Why did Nathan Radley fill the hole? 5. How are the gender roles in Maycomb reflected in Jem and Scout’s relationship in the last few chapters? 6. Why don’t the neighbors tell the kids what they know about Boo? 7. Why did Miss Caroline get so upset with Scout for knowing how to read and write. 8. Why did Harper Lee add in the snow scene? 9. Why did the kids make the snowman look like Mr. Avery. 10. Why is Boo interested in Jem and Scout? 11. Atticus and Calpurnia want the kids to be accepting of others. 12. Why do Jem and Scout call their dad by his first name? 13. Why doesn’t Boo want to go out of his house? 14. Why does Scout not like being called a girl? 15. Why does Boo cover Scout with the blanket? 16. How poor is the Finch family in relation to the others? 17. Did Mr. Nathan know about the stuff in the tree? 18. Do the tree treasures have a meaning?

7. Group Discussion, Chapters 9-14 First Second 1. Someone reads their chapter summaries to the group. 2. Everyone else listens and adds in any missed information. 3. Talk about anything in the reading that you need clarified. Each person takes a turn initiating a portion of the discussion by: 1. Asking one of the discussion questions 2. Sharing observation written about in the 100 words. Also, be sure to discuss: Social codes of conduct related to race, gender, class Coming of age—moving from innocence to experience Education of children—what are the learning and from whom? Symbolism: --mockingbird, shooting the dog, other? Themes: justice, courage, evil, compassion

8. Period 2, Ch. 9-14 1. The mockingbird quote was connecting Boo to everyone—gifts, like mockingbirds. 2. The town takes Bob Ewell’s word over a black person’s. 3. The white flower symbolizes Mrs. Dubose’s purity (deep, deep down) 4. Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra fighting over influence over the children. 5. Jem grows up, and the roles of the characters change. 6. The mad dog foreshadows Mrs. Dubose’s death, symbolizes her. 7. Atticus tells Jem Mrs. Dubose was brave for battling her addiction. 8. Atticus is a very civilized man in an uncivilized society. 9. These chapters shows the ignorance of the adults v the innocence of the children.

9. Periods 8/9 Ch. 9-14 1. Why does Atticus hide his life from his kids? 2. The children are being exposed to the adult world and are expected to fit into their social/gender roles. 3. Why did have to be August for the dog to have rabies? 4. What is the significance of the dog? 5. Why did Mrs. Dubose give Jem the box with the flower inside it? 6. How is Atticus to accurate with the rifle with no practice? 7. Why does Cal want to take the kids to church with her? 8. What’s going to happen to Dill? 9. Why didn’t Atticus tell his kids about being the best shot in town? 10. Why would Bob Ewell accuse Tom Robinson of all people? 11. What is it that Aunt Alexandra has over Atticus? 12. Will Atticus continue to change the longer Alexandra stays? 13. Will Miss Rachel send Dill back to his home? 14. Did the dog have rabies or not? 15. Why is Aunt Alexandra invading their household? 16. Do you think that Aunt Alexandra’s staying with the Finches is for the better? 17. What characters represent the mockingbird? 18. Will Dill and Scout’s love last? 19. What is the symbolism of the mockingbird?

10. Group Discussion, Chapters 15-21 First Second 1. Someone reads their chapter summaries to the group. 2. Everyone else listens and adds in any missed information. 3. Talk about anything in the reading that you need clarified. Each person takes a turn initiating a portion of the discussion by: 1. Asking one of the discussion questions 2. Sharing observation written about in the 100 words. Also, be sure to discuss—use text evidence for all: 1.Significance of the lynch mob in Chapter 15—what does it show about Jem? How did Scout’s conversation affect Mr. Cunningham and why? 2.How do you know that Mayella and Bob Ewell are lying? 3.Describe what’s the below the surface of Mayella. 4.Significance of Dolphus Raymond—how does his behavior comment on the town? 5.Discuss what’s happening to Jem.

11. Prepare to Report In 5 minutes, decide together what are the 3 most important ideas, concepts, or insights that came out of this part of the reading? Everyone writes these down in their journals. Reporter—You’ll be telling the class what the group came up with!

12. Period 2 Discussion, Ch. 9-21 1. P. 175 Scout doesn’t know what’s happening. 2. P, 206 Mayella and Bob are lying because they contradict each other. 3. P.183 Dolphus Raymond’s behavior is protesting the racism of the town. 4. Scout’s innocence saved Atticus 5. Raymond doesn’t care about anyone or the prejudice of Maycomb 6. Mayella doesn’t want to face the consequences that come with the truth 7. Tom Robinson’s arm represents how blacks are crippled in society 8. Jem realizes for the 1 st time the awful ways people mistreat blacks, and shatters his heart that nothing is done about it 9. Mr. Raymond’s like Boo because Boo chooses to live the way he does, but since society wouldn’t accept it, he goes under the excuse of the scissors incident.

13. Period 8/9 Discussion, Ch. 9-21

14. Group Discussion, Chapters 22-31 First Second 1. Someone reads their chapter summaries to the group. 2. Everyone else listens and adds in any missed information. 3. Talk about anything in the reading that you need clarified. Each person takes a turn initiating a portion of the discussion by: 1. Asking one of the discussion questions 2. Sharing observation written about in the 100 words. Also, be sure to discuss—use text evidence for all: 1.Examples of hypocrisy in these final chapters 2.How/why does Scout change by the end of the tea party? 3.Who really killed Bob Ewell? Reread those parts of Chapter 29 and 30. 4.Significance of Jem and the roly-boly bug (vs Jem and the turtle from the beginning of the book). 5.How do we know that Scout’s achieved what Atticus wanted for her?

15. Unit Feedback—Yellow paper 1. What did you like about the way we covered this novel? 2. What did you dislike? 3. Suggestions.

16. Period 2 discussion-Ch 15-21 1. The Hitler comparison showed that racism of Maycomb is comparable to the anti- Semitism of Nazi Germany 2. Atticus says when racism occurs only children cry because their reason hasn’t been affected yet. This is why the book is told from the view point of children. 3. Throughout the book other children Scout and Jem's age begin to adopt the racist ways of Maycomb. Atticus tries his best to show his children how racist the society they live in is. Jem and Scout learn to think for themselves by the end of the book. 4. Bob targets Scout and Jem instead of Atticus because he wants to torture Atticus. 5. An example of hypocrisy is Ms. Gates saying that Hitler’s persecution of Jews is wrong, while she is a racist. 6. Boo comes out of his house at the end of the book to save Scout and Jem because he’s been watching over them for so long and he cares about them. 7. Turtle and roly poly incident show how much Jem has changed, and how it’s a feminist trait 8. Ms Gates talks about Holocaust and how it was wrong, but believes in racism in Maycomb 9. Boo killed Bob-good thing even though it was “wrong” (mockingbird) 10. Kids stop pestering Boo Radley(like the turtle) since they realized that’s not the way to get him to come out; its pointless to annoy something innocent 11. Heck Tate changed the story to let Boo go since Boo has always kept to himself and didn’t need the drama of the neighbors. Also to “let the dead bury the dead”.

17. Period 8&9 Discussion Ch 22-31 1. Why did Boo protect Scout and Jem? 2. How did Scout know it was Boo? 3. Is Jem or Scout right about the divisions of people in Maycomb? 4. Why Ewell want revenge for the trial if he won the case? 5. Heck lied to protect Boo and keep attention away from him. 6. Why does Boo go back inside and never come back out? 7. Why did Heck cover up for Boo? 8. Why Bob go after Jem and Scout rather than Atticus? 9. Why did Scout get so upset about the Hitler discussion? 10. If Boo hadn’t saved them, would Bob have killed Jem and Scout? 11. Why would the school’s teach about Hitler persecuting the Jews if American persecutes blacks? 12. Why did Heck say, “Let the dead bury the dead”? 13. What do we all think is the most important moral in the book? 14. Do think the story of Tom Robinson’s death is 100% believable? 15. Why Jem yell at Scout when she mentioned the trial? 16. Do you think Boo will ever come out again? 17. Why does Atticus think he raises his kids poorly? 18. Do you think Maycomb’s view of Boo will change?