TKaM Final Project - (In class completion)
Assignment: Choose one project to show your understanding of theme and character development in To Kill a
Mockingbird. If you choose a partner project, your partner must be in your English class--no groups of three or
more. You may also work independently. All responses will be typed and submitted through Turnitin to
check for plagiarism.
Choice 1: Partner or independent
Choice 2: Partner or independent
Diary entry series
Character Growth Timeline
Write a series of diary entries from Atticus’s
perspective showing how Scout or Jem grows over
the course of the text in relation to a particular
theme (see page 2).
Create a timeline showing events in the life of either
Scout or Jem. The events should show how the
character grows over the course of the text in
relation to a particular theme (see page 2).
Each diary entry should be dated and discuss
specific events from the text related to
either Scout or Jem (choose one).
All entries must focus on the same theme.
The series of entries should work together to
show Scout or Jem’s development through
the course of the novel related to the theme
you choose.
Diary entries must span the entire book:
beginning, middle, end to effectively show
character development.
If working with a partner, you must write at
least four diary entries.
If working alone, you must write at least
three diary entries.
Each entry must include a direct quote from
the text that relates to Scout or Jem’s
development. This does NOT have to be
something Atticus said; it could be
something Scout, Jem, or another character
said that was important to Scout or Jem’s
development.
Your timeline must cover all parts of the
novel: beginning, middle, and end.
Partner projects: 8 timeline events;
independent projects: 5 timeline events
Each event must be relevant to one specific
theme and how Scout or Jem showed growth
related to that theme.
Each event should be named, dated (as close
to the date as you can get), and given a 2-3
sentence description.
At least 3 events must include a direct quote
from the text, cited with MLA format, that
was important to the character’s
development.
Timeline should include color illustrations
that correspond to places in Maycomb,
symbols from the text, events from the text,
or other thematically related material.
A one-paragraph reflection on the theme
and how the character showed growth
related to that theme throughout the novel
must be submitted.
Choice 3: Independent only
Essay: Write an essay showing how Scout or Jem grows over the course of the novel in relation to a
particular theme (see below).
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Format: 5 paragraphs:
○ One introductory paragraph
○ Three body paragraphs discussing three different stages of the character’s development
○ One conclusion paragraph.
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Body paragraphs will focus on unique examples of experiences or interactions from the text that
illustrate the growth of the character.
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Each body paragraph must include a direct quote from the text that relates to Scout or Jem’s
development. This could be something Scout, Jem, or another character said that was important to
Scout or Jem’s development, or you could directly quote a line or passage that was not speech,
including thought, effect of others, action, or look (character description) .
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Body paragraphs should cover the span of the novel: beginning, middle, and end.
Theme choices: All projects must trace a character’s development in relationship to ONE particular theme.
See the list below.
● Courage
● Innocence
● Growing up
● Justice
● Good vs. Evil
● Prejudices
● Gender roles
Direct Quotes
● See list of some important quotes from the novel (view in Canvas)
Submission: Anything that is written should be typed in ONE Google Doc and submitted on Canvas (Turnitin).
From the Google Doc, things can be printed and pasted or handwritten onto postcards, timelines, etc.
TKAM Final Project
Title Page
Name(s): _____________________________________________________________________
Period: Blue Gold
1 2 3 4
Project Choice:
Choice 1: Atticus’s Diary
Choice 2: Character Growth Timeline
Choice 3: Essay
Which theme are you tracking?
Courage
Innocence
Growing up
Justice
Rubric:
Good vs. Evil
Prejudices
Gender roles
Total: _______/100
Standard 9.RL.2.3 (30%)
Analysis of
Character
Development
I can analyze what a text says both explicitly and implicitly
about a character.
I can draw inferences to make accurate interpretations about
a character.
I can analyze how a dynamic character develops in a text.
______/30
Standard 9.RL.2.3 (30%)
Analysis of
Advancement
of Theme
I can identify a relevant theme from the text.
I can analyze how a theme is supported by a character’s
development.
______/30
Standard 9.RL.2.1 (30%)
Textual
Evidence
I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support my
analysis of character.
I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support my
analysis of a theme.
______/30
I can apply correct usage of capitalization in writing.
I can apply correct usage of punctuation to indicate
independent clauses (complete ideas) and usage of
apostrophes.
I can apply correct usage of spelling.
______/10
Standard 9.W.6.2 (10%)
Command of
Grammar and
Usage:
Capitalization,
Punctuation,
and Spelling