3/16/15 – Guest Speaker
3/17/15 Aim: REVIEW - Characters.
Do Now: Read the character list – What don’t you know?
***ADD BOB EWELL AND MAYELLA EWELL
TO THE BACK OF YOUR SHEET***
Static characters – remain the same throughout the novel.
Dynamic characters- learn/grow/change throughout the novel
Protagonist – “pro” the character who learns/grows/changes
throughout the novel – typically the main character
Antagonist – “anti” the character who causes the protagonist to
grow/change/learn
HW: Complete the review sheet on TKAM characters.
*****9th Grade Dodgeball event THIS Friday –
For tickets, see Ms. Mason or Dr. St.John-Broomes*****
3/18/15 Aim: REVIEW - Quotes.
Do Now: Read the quotes.
***ADD BOB EWELL AND MAYELLA EWELL
TO THE BACK OF YOUR SHEET***
Static characters – remain the same throughout the novel.
Dynamic characters- learn/grow/change throughout the novel
Protagonist – “pro” the character who learns/grows/changes
throughout the novel – typically the main character
Antagonist – “anti” the character who causes the protagonist to
grow/change/learn
HW: Complete the review sheet on TKAM quotes.
*****9th Grade Dodgeball event THIS Friday –
For tickets, see Ms. Mason or Dr. St.John-Broomes*****
3/17/15 Aim:REVIEW - Quotes.
Do Now: Read the quotes.
HW:
1. Complete the review sheet on the quotes.
2. Study for the test on the novel.
3/19/15 Aim: Final Review TKAM - Who are
the mockingbirds in the novel? Explain.
Do Now:
1. Take out your review sheets (to be checked)
2. In your notebook,
– Define mockingbird
– With a partner create a chart of the
“mockingbirds” in the novel. Be sure to
explain how they are mockingbirds.
HW: Study for tomorrow’s test on the novel.
The Mockingbirds
• The mockingbird does nothing to harm anyone.
All it does is make beautiful music.
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Tom Robinson
Boo Radley
Jem Finch
Atticus Finch
Mayella Ewell?
Mockingbirds
1. Atticus Finch
2.Boo Radley
3. Jem Finch
4. Tom Robinson
Mayella Ewell???
Reasons
Tries to do the right thing
(Tom Robinson)
Doesn’t harm anybody,
Protects Jem and Scout
Tries to protect his sister
from harm
-Tries to help Mayella with
her chores, feels bad for
her
Part 1
Full Circle
• J, S, & Dill try to make Boo
come out of his house
• Boo leaves gifts in the oak
tree
• Town is united by Miss
Maudie’s house fire (try to
save her stuff)
• Tim Johnson is shot by Atticus
(he protects the innocent)
• Atticus tells S & J it’s a sin to
kill a mockingbird
• Kids act out The Gray Ghost
• Atticus does everything by the
book.
• Bending the law: hunting out
of season/ Ewells and school
• Jem broke his arm when he
was 13
Part 2
• Boo comes out of his house to
save Scout & Jem (his children)
[He comes out to protect and save
them: blanket /pants]
• Boo gives them the greatest gift:
life.
• Town is divided by the Tom
Robinson trial.
• Tom is shot by a prison guard.
Atticus tried to protect this
innocent man.
• Scout tell Atticus if they didn’t
protect Boo, it would be like killing
a mockingbird
• Boo Radley is The Gray Ghost
• Atticus breaks the rules to protect
Boo
• Bending the law: Saying Ewell fell
on his own knife to protect Boo
• How Jem broke his arm is
explained in Ch. 28
Wrap - Up
Foreshadowing
Irony
Birds
Placing the blanket over
Scout = protection from
Ewell @ the end.
Missionary tea: The women
feel sorry for the Mrunas who
are pagans. Yet, they have no
compassion for the (Christian)
African Americans in their own
town.
Mockingbird: an
American bird famous
for its singing and its
ability to imitate the
sounds of other birds.
They help man by
eating insects and
weeding seeds.
His gifts in the tree in part
1 foreshadow the greatest
gift in part 2: Life.
Hitler and the Jews: Ms. Gates
Injustice/evil done to Tom and the students discuss the
horrors happeneing to the Jews
Robinson in Part 2 is
foreshadowed by events in at the hands of the Nazis. Yet,
Ms. Gates, @ the trial said it
part 1: What are they?
was about time “they” were
taught their place.
Town’s reliance on Atticus
to shoot Tim Johnson
How do these ironies help
demonstrates Atticus’s
Lee illustrate her theme of
courage which will be
having respect for other
tested in Part 2. ***
human beings?
Finch: family of seedeaters. Many sing
beautifully.
Robin: friendly birds;
like to live in open
areas, near people.
Few birds have more
dignity and beauty, or
a lovelier song. ***
Themes
• In order to really know a person, you have to walk
around in his skin
– Examples from novel:
• It’ a sin to kill a mockingbird.
– Examples from novel:
Themes, 2
• Courage isn’t a man with a gun in his hand. It’s
knowing you’re licked before you begin, but you begin
anyway and see it through to the end.
– Examples from novel:
• Deliberate cruelty toward the weak and harmless is one
way man shows his inhumanity to his fellow man.
– Examples from novel:
Symbols: How do each of these support Harper
Lee’s themes?
• The Mockingbird
• Respect for other human
beings
• Tim Johnson
• Town’s racism/ Town’s
dependence on Atticus
• Mrs. Dubose’s camellias
• Courage in the face of
opposition/ You never really
know a person until you walk
around in his shoes
• Jem’s broken arm
• Break/division in the town
[nation] b/c of racism
Foreshadowing: Injustice/evil done to Tom Robinson
in part 2 is foreshadowed by events in part 1:
• Scout is unhappy at school b/c she feels the teacher
punished her unjustly [reading/Cunningham episode]
• Uncle Jack spanked Scout w/o hearing her side of
the story.
• Town’s reliance on Atticus to shoot Tim Johnson
demonstrates his courage which is tested in P2.
• Boo making contact w/kids [presents, mending
Jem’s pants] foreshadows his rescue of them in P2.
• Boo’s gifts in P1 foreshadow the greatest gift he
gives them in P2: life.
Irony: How does Lee use the following ironies to illustrate
her theme of respect for other human beings?
• Missionary Tea:
– The women feel sorry
for the Mrunas who
are pagans
– Yet, they have no
compassion for the
African Americans in
their own town.
• Hitler and the Jews:
– Ms. Gates and the
students discuss the
horrors that happened
to the Jews at the
hands of the Nazis.
– Yet, Ms. Gates at the
trial said it’s about
time “they” were
taught their place.
Miscellaneous
• Boo – leaving trinkets for them = shows
he was watching after them [which
allowed him to save their lives]
• Boo covering Scout w/ a blanket on the
night of the fire = foreshadows his
protection of them from Ewell at the end.
Birds
• Mockingbird: an American bird famous for its
singing and for its ability to imitate the sounds
of other birds.
– They help man by eating insects and weeding seeds.
• Finch: family of seed-eaters. Many sing
beautifully.
• Robin: friendly birds; like to live in open areas
near people. Few birds have more dignity and
beauty or a lovelier song.
The Legend of the European Mockingbird
• It’s called a pious bird and
• It has a scarlet breast b/c, according to legend, it
picked a thorn from the crown of Christ as he was
on his way to Calvary. A drop of blood fell onto its
breast, dying it red.
• The robin showed compassion and mercy.
• Tom Robinson helped Mayella out of compassion
for her.
3/17/15 Aim: Who are the mockingbirds
in the novel? Explain.
• Aim: How can we use literary elements to
uncover the deeper meanings in Lee’s To Kill a
Mockingbird ?
• DN: Copy HW/aim
• Today you will work in groups.
• HW: Study for the part 2 test on TKM
SWBAT
• Complete and share responses to the above.
• Work in a group to identify conflicts and their
resolution, and themes.
– Share responses with the class.
• Discuss symbols, foreshadowing, irony, conflict,
characterization, etc.:
– Students will work in groups and then present to class
on Thursday
• Thursday: miscellaneous and birds: robins,
finches, mockers. AND next slide
Day 26
• Aim: How can we use our excellent knowledge
of Lee’s opus to help our classmates on the first
test of the marking period?
• DN: Copy HW/Aim
• M: Jeopardy. See other slide show
• HW: Study for tomorrow’s test.
SWBAT
• Play the Jeopardy game (other slide show)
• Winning team gets extra points on test.
Day 27
 Aim: To take the test on To Kill a Mockingbird.
 Do Now:
Copy HW/Aim
 Put your heading on loose leaf paper AND
number it 1-50.
 Are there any questions?
SWBAT
– Complete and share responses to the above
– Take the test
Day 28
• Aim: How can we use our analysis of To Kill a
Mockingbird to assist us in writing a Regents practice
essay?
• DN: Copy Aim/HW
• M: Which of the following do you have more respect for?
Explain your response.
– A. Rabbi Eliahou’s son who left his father behind on the
run to Gleiwitz, hoping to save himself OR
– B. Elie who ran with his father and gave him his own food,
even when they were both on the verge of death?
• HW: Complete the essay.
SWBAT
• Complete and share responses to the
above and connect to the critical lens
• Talk about possible grabbers
• Outline the essay
• Begin writing the critical lens essay:
– “The ultimate measure of a man is not where
he stands in moments of comfort and
convenience, but where he stands in time of
challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther
King, Jr.