Trial Evidence Chart
Directions: For each question, state the answer from the text. After your answer, write the page # you found the information.
Question
Had Tom ever
come inside the
Ewell’s fence
before?
On the day in
question, when
Mayella asked
Tom to come
inside the fence,
what did she ask
Tom to do for
her?
What happened
when Tom was
inside the house?
Who was Bob
Ewell yelling at?
Heck Tate’s Answer
(Chapter 17)
Bob Ewell’s Answer
(Chapter 17)
Mayella Ewell’s Answer
(Chapter 18)
Tom Robinson’s Answer
(Chapter 19)
I believe_________
because…
Question
Why did Tom run
away?
Who harmed
Mayella Ewell?
Where did this
person get their
information
from? For
example, were
they an
eyewitness or did
they hear it from
someone?
How did this
person behave
on the witness
stand?
Heck Tate’s Answer
(Chapter 17)
Bob Ewell’s Answer
(Chapter 17)
Mayella Ewell’s Answer
(Chapter 18)
Tom Robinson’s Answer
(Chapter 19)
I believe_________
because…
Question
Heck Tate’s Answer
(Chapter 17)
Bob Ewell’s Answer
(Chapter 17)
Mayella Ewell’s Answer
(Chapter 18)
Tom Robinson’s Answer
(Chapter 19)
I believe_________
because…
Was this person
willing to admit
information that
might make them
look bad?
Why/why not?
How would you
describe this
person’s body
language?
Now you will watch the courtroom scenes from the movie. As you watch, list three similarities and three differences between the movie and the text.
Similarities
Differences