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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 1961

Author: Harper Lee

Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co.

Genre: Bildungsroman, Historical Fiction

First Publication: 1960

Language:  English

Major Characters: Scout Finch, Atticus Finch, Jem Finch, Arthur Radley, Mayella Ewell, Aunt Alexandra, Bob Ewell, Calpurnia (housekeeper), Tom Robinson, Miss Maudie Atkinson, Judge John Taylor, Dill Harris, Heck Tate, Stephanie Crawford

Setting Place: The fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama during the Great Depression

Theme:  Community and Convention, Female Sexuality and Friendship, Faith, Suffering, and God’s Will, Science and Superstition, Justice and Judgment

Narrator:  First person

Book Summary: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.

Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee takes readers to the roots of human behavior – to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos.

Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

Book Review: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

With endless books and infinitely more to be written in the future, it is rare occasion that I take the time to reread a novel. And this time it’s To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a timeless classic. The first time I read this I was much, much younger and I remember loving it then. Over fifteen years later, it still held so much for me – wonderful language and characters that I never forgot about, profound themes explored , and relevancy even so many years later. Harper Lee is one of the best female authors.

The story in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is told from the point of view of Scout (Jean-Louise Finch), a six year old girl , through various events that happen in the town of Maycomb and in particular, the court case of Tom Robinson as her father Atticus Finch acts as Tom’s defence lawyer. Tom, a black man who has been accused of raping a young white woman, has to endure multiple racial attacks. Atticus, widely described as the “most enduring fictional image of racial heroism”, describes the events to Scout so that she sees that all people should be treated equally.

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

The narrator of this story is young tomboy Jean Louise (Scout), and her observations of Maycomb and people’s behavior are simple, honest, and visually very rich. I had no problem picturing Scout, Jem and Dill’s childish efforts to draw Boo Radley out of his house, or Calpurnia taking the kids to a colored church.

But when, after 128 pages, the court case begins and the plot really becomes intriguing, you immediately feel a rise in tension and excitement. Here Jem and Atticus become the main characters instead of Scout because they are more aware of the risks and importance of the case, although Scout’s moment with the mob was heartwrenchingly beautiful in it’s innocence.

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”

The last part of the book was less tense but never dull: it was important to show the aftermath and the effects of the case on different class – and races – of people to convey the impact of Atticus’ actions. Because back in 1935 and even now, in our current political situation, standing up for what’s right while the majority is against you, is an incredible brave and difficult thing to do.

One thing especially about this story that stood out to me, are the interesting gender roles in this book. We have Atticus who isn’t only presented as an amazing father but also as a great male character, because he’s patient, courteous, clever…but not traditionally masculine. In contrast with Bob Ewell, the main antagonist, Atticus isn’t physically strong, doesn’t use strong language, and hates violence (example: he keeps his shooting skills a secret from his children).

“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”

His sister, aunt Alexandra, is a very traditional female figure who wants Scout to behave more ‘lady like’, and because Scout doesn’t like her (at first), we as readers dislike her too. Acting as her opposites are Calpurnia and Miss Maudie, who neither show traditional feminine characteristics like politeness and charm, but both are presented as good and right.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a well-loved book for many good reasons, but I was very surprised by its diverse male and female characters, who make this story even richer than it already is.

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• Find the date of the class you missed.
• Read through the Daily Agenda (the black slide).
• Then, work through all the slides (white) that are below the black slide with your date on it.
• All links are active. If you see a word or phrase that underlined and/or in a different color, check to see if it is a link. It will take you to the document or power point you need.
• If you have any questions, email Mrs. Petersen OR stop in during ICE on the White Days of each week.

Honors 9 – Dec. 19 & 20

Learning Objective:

• Critically read To Kill A Mockingbird for insights and understanding.
• To Kill A Mockingbird books

For Next Class:

• OPTIONAL StrongWrongPlan due to Schoology by 10:00am on Wednesday, 12/21/16

Upcoming Work:

• None! Enjoy your Winter Break!
• Of Mice and Men Bookmark and Annotation Expectations
• TKAM Final!
• Editorial and Literary Analysis “Revisions”
• Strong/Wrong/Plan – then put plan into action – carpet spot check!

Of Mice and Men Reading Expectations

• Download the Of Mice and Men Bookmark and access a copy of Of Mice and Men . You can find a copy online here. Review the Signpost expectations.
• Over the course of the novel, you are required to identify and note 20 signposts and/or annotation-worthy moments. There is a tinyurl link to the Signpost power point for those of you who need a reminder. Annotations due 1 st day of class in 2017.
• You will identify these signposts and/or annotation-worthy moments directly in the text – either by writing in your own book or using sticky notes. You cannot write these on a piece of paper and turn it in for credit.
• In order to earn an “A” on the Annotations, you need to go beyond the surface and obvious in your annotation. This is very similar to what you had to do for your Sunflower Annotations – go more in depth and identify the weight or meaning the section of the text has.

We took the TKAM Final today. If you need to make it up, please contact Mrs. Petersen and make plans to make it up either on Wednesday, 12/21/16 before 9:00am OR make it up during the first week of the Spring 2017 school year. All accommodations for the final must be made by 3:10pm on Tuesday, 12/20/16.

Editorial and Literary Analysis Revision Option

Log on to Schoology and access the “ Editorial Strong Wrong Plan ” page and the “ Literary Analysis Strong Wrong Plan ” page. Read through the directions and get started. This assignment is OPTIONAL, and is due, uploaded to Schoology, by 10:00am on Wednesday, 12/21/16. No late or incomplete assignments will be accepted for credit.

Honors 9 – Dec. 15 & 16

• Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme. (CCSS: RL.9-10.3)
• Literary Analysis due to Turnitin.com by 11:59pm on Tuesday, 12/13/16.
• One Pager #3 to Turnitin.com
• TKAM Reading 10 Quiz
• Journal Set 3
• Literary Analysis Peer Editing – Rough Draft and Packet
• Prep for the Final
• Prep for the Final!
• Journal 3:6 – TKAM Courtroom Dissection

Journal 3:7 – The Game Reflection and Analysis

Access the Reminders power point and review the expectations for Late Work, Of Mice and Men , and Literary Analysis due dates.

Ways to Prepare for the Final

• Think about the main themes in TKAM and how they are developed throughout the novel: plot, character, conflict, symbols, etc.
• If you would like, watch the video we will view on Finals Day next week – A Class Divided . Watch the first 26 minutes. Think about connections to TKAM and to The Game. We will view the video at the beginning of class on Finals’ Day.
• Review proper online discussion etiquette and expectations.
• Review proper paragraph structure and response structure.

Journal 3:6 - Courtroom Dissection

Access the Courtroom Dissection Power Point and review the expectations for Journal 3:6. See Mrs. Petersen for help! We got through the handout only.

You missed “The Game”! Come in during ICE and discuss with Mrs. Petersen. She will be talking about it at 7:30am, 8:00am, and 8:30am only. Make sure you connect with her at one of those times. The Game is on the final, so it’s imperative that you check in!

• How did your role in THE GAME make you feel about yourself? About others?
• What was the most frustrating thing that you encountered while playing?
• What was the most interesting thing that you observed while playing?
• Rank the groups in order from most to least privileged. Explain your reasoning.
• How does what we just did connect to To Kill A Mockingbird?

Honors 9 – Dec. 13 & 14

TKAM Reading 9 Quiz

• Atticus’ Closing Argument
• Reminders, OM&M, and Final
• Journal 3:7 – Author’s Choice Analysis

If you were excused absent today, you have TWO blocks (that means through Thursday, 12/15) to complete the TKAM Reading 9 Quiz. You can take the quiz in Mrs. Petersen’s room during ICE - E2252 - OR you can take it during your off block in the BOOST main room. All quizzes can be found in the “Petersen” folder in the teacher bucket. After this time, you can only earn a 75%, as it is considered “late.”

If this is a MAKEUP quiz (you bombed or you didn’t read), then please come in during ICE to E2252 OR go to the REGULAR ICE room to take the MAKEUP quiz. You will need your book for the MAKEUP quiz. Remember, you can make up any two quizzes during this unit.

We also discussed this section of the text. If you would like to earn up to two discussion points, you can do so by coming in to ICE and discussing this section of the text with Mrs. Petersen.

Journal 3:6 & 3:7 - Courtroom Dissection

Honors 9 – Dec. 12

• TKAM Reading 8 Quiz
• Final Draft is due by 11:59pm on Tuesday, 12/13/16, to Turnitin.com
• TKAM Reading 9
• TKAM Courtroom Breakdown
• Reading/Work Time
• The LAST day Mrs. P will be accepting late work is Tuesday, 12/13, at 9:00am. This is regardless of emergency or wolverine (Wolverine?!) attack.
• Any assignments that come due after this date will not be accepted past the due date. (This means they will be marked as a ZERO with no chance to make up the assignment: DUE MEANS DUE).
• Example: Journal Set 3 is due on Thursday, December 13 th and Friday, December 14 th . The set is due THAT day – no late work accepted.
• You can use a homework pass for a 24-hour late full credit turn in. See Mrs. Petersen if you have questions regarding HWPs.

Essay Reminders - Thesis

• The thesis sentence I provided for you is a bit structurally off in the way many of you are using it.
• E.g.: Jenny Downham develops the idea that people don’t live life until death comes knocking through the mood of the book.
• While all the parts here there, the sentence structure is awkward. Try this instead:
• E.g.: Through the repeated development of mood, Jenny Downham develops the idea that people don’t live life until death comes knocking.

Essay Reminders - Embeds

We are also having some difficulty with punctuation in our embedded quotes. Here is a reminder

• With dialogue (usually need a comma):
• E.g.: When Harold’s purple crayon gets lost, he sighs, “I wonder where I put it this time.”
• As part of the sentence (do not capitalize the quoted words):
• E.g.: Harold’s purple crayon gets lost, and he “[wonders] where [he] put it this time.”
• Notice some of the words are in brackets – this is because they were minimally changed to make contextual sense.

Hooray, Hooray, it’s Reading Day!

• We took advantage of the rest of class to catch up on reading the novel! Reading 9 is due next class, and your final One-Pager is due at the end of the week.
• Utilize your extra time!

Honors 9 – Dec. 8 & 9

• I will accurately represent my language and literature ability .
• Rough Draft - Printed out, ready to go when the bell rings or it’s late!
• TKAM Reading 8
• Literary Analysis Peer/Self Edit

Final Draft Work Time

Literary Analysis Self/Peer Edit

• Access the Literary Analysis Self/Peer Editing handout. Read through the directions and complete all parts of the assignment (including the Strong/Wrong/Plan).
• Mrs. Petersen will be collecting the all parts of the editing process on 12/14 and 12/15 (this includes the editing packet, the rough draft, and the Strong/Wrong/Plan). PLEASE DON’T LOSE YOUR PARTNER’S HARD WORK!!!

Access the “Thesis Check and Lit. Analysis Rough Draft” power point. Read through the Final Draft Reminders and Final Draft Suggestions and get to work!

Honors 9 – Dec. 6 & 7

• TKAM Reading 7
• MAP Testing
• TKAM Reading 8 - pushed back to Monday, 12/12
• TKAM Quiz Reading 7 - Take Home Quiz
• Rough Draft Work Time
• Change the TKAM Reading Schedule for Readings 8-10 (this includes the One-Pager).
• Literary Analysis Rough Draft is due printed out when you walk in the door NEXT CLASS. Absent? Email it to [email protected] by class time. Late? So is your essay.
• Come in during ICE on Thursday, 12/8/16, and sign the Late Work Contract. If you do not complete this task, Mrs. Petersen is not required to accept late work from you for the remainder of the semester.
• MAP Testing IS REQUIRED, and you MUST complete it by Tuesday, 12/13. You can do this in the BOOST testing room during your off block OR during ICE. If you do not complete the MAP testing during your own time, Mrs. Petersen will pull you from class on 12/14 or 12/15 to complete it, and you will have to make up the entire day’s lesson.
• TKAM Reading 7 quiz can be found on Schoology and is due by midnight on 12/6 to Schoology. Open book, open notes.

Honors 9 – Dec. 5

• TKAM Reading 6 - Chapters 15-17 (this includes all of chapter 17!)
• One Pager #2 (Ch.10-17)
• Rough Draft due Thursday/Friday (12/8 & 12/9)
• TKAM Quiz #8
• TKAM Quiz Reading 6 - CANCELLED
• Reminder: We have an After School Study Session TODAY, 12/5 in E2252 from 3:00-5:00pm! Snacks! Chromebooks! Personal help from Mrs. P!

Access the “Thesis Check and Lit. Analysis Rough Draft” power point. Read through the Rough Draft directions and get to work!

Honors 9 – Dec. 1 & 2

• TKAM Reading 5 - Chapters 12-14 (this includes all of chapter 14!)
• Literary Analysis Mentor Text Assignment - turned in to Schoology - Blocks 2 & 4
• Literary Analysis Evidence Collection - turned in to Schoology
• TKAM Quiz #7
• TKAM Quiz Reading 5
• Journal 3:5- Thesis Check
• Reminder: We have an After School Study Session on Monday, 12/5 in E2252 from 3:00-5:00pm! Snacks! Chromebooks! Personal help from Mrs. P!

TKAM Reading 5 Quiz

If you were excused absent today, you have TWO blocks (that means through TUESDAY, 12/5) to complete the TKAM Reading 5 Quiz. You can take the quiz in Mrs. Petersen’s room during ICE - E2252 - OR you can take it during your off block in the BOOST testing room. After this time, you can only earn a 75%, as it is considered “late.”

Thesis Check and Rough Draft Work Time

Access the “Thesis Check and Lit. Analysis Rough Draft” power point. Read through the directions and get to work!

Honors 9 – Nov. 29 & 30

• TKAM Chapters 10-11 (this includes all of chapter 11!)
• TKAM Chapters 12-14(this includes all of chapter 14!)
• Literary Analysis Mentor Text Assignment - turned in to Schoology
• TKAM Quiz #4
• TKAM Quiz on Reading 4 (Chapters 10-11)
• Journal 3:4 - Mining for Meaning - Literary Analysis
• Mentor Texts – Work on this if you didn’t get a chance to do it last night
• Literary Analysis Always/Sometimes/Never
• Literary Analysis Evidence Collection

TKAM Reading 4 Quiz

If you were excused absent today, you have TWO blocks (that means through THURSDAY/FRIDAY, 12/1 or 12/2) to complete the TKAM Reading 4 Quiz. You can take the quiz in Mrs. Petersen’s room during ICE - E2252 - OR you can take it during your off block in the BOOST testing room. After this time, you can only earn a 75%, as it is considered “late.”

Mining For Meaning

Access the Mining For Meaning power point . Watch the video and work through the questions.

We discussed the answers to these questions - come in during ICE on Thursday, 12/1, to earn up to two discussion points.

Lit. Analysis Work Time

• Because Schoology was being difficult from 6pm on 11/28 to 8am on 11/29, we had a “work where you’re at” day. Please be sure you have the following completed by the beginning of next class.
• Log on to Schoology, and then you should be able to use the following links:
• Mentor Text Noticings Chart
• Always/Sometimes/Never Assignment
• Choice Novel Literary Analysis Evidence Collection & Thesis Development.

Honors 9 – Nov. 28

• TKAM Chapters 1-9 (this includes all of chapter 9!)
• TKAM Reading Quiz Ch. 1-9
• One-Pager #1 - due to Turnitin.com by the time class starts
• TKAM Quiz on Readings 1-3 (Chapters 1-9)

TKAM Reading 1-3 Quiz

If you were excused absent today, you have TWO blocks (that means through WEDNESDAY, 11/30) to complete the TKAM Reading 1-3 Quiz. You can take the quiz in Mrs. Petersen’s room during ICE - E2252 - OR you can take it during your off block in the BOOST testing room. After this time, you can only earn a 75%, as it is considered “late.”

Literary Analysis Mentor Text Assignment

• On Schoology – under the Literary Analysis folder.
• Click on “Mentor Texts and Characteristics.”
• Follow the directions on the page. You will be reading Mentor Literary Analysis examples and identifying the characteristics of the Literary Analysis in practice. DO NOT TAKE MORE THAN ONE HOUR WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT.
• Turn in to Schoology by our next class time! Be sure you can access the assignment (either on your phone or on a printout) – we’ll be using them in class.

Honors 9 – Nov. 17-18

• Choice Novel Reading 9
• Choice Novel Annotations Readings 7-9
• Book Club #3 Prep
• TKAM Quiz #1
• Book Club #3

Journal 3:3 - Book Club Themes

• TKAM Books, Reading Schedule, and One-Pagers

Book Club Meeting #3 Makeup

Because you missed your Book Club Meeting #3, you will be required to complete a “makeup” assignment.

For your assignment, please write a (PA)PEAEA paragraph (6-8 sentences with embedded and cited evidence from this section of your reading only ) which addresses one of the following prompts:

• What is one theme that was fully developed throughout your novel? How do you know this?
• What character development does your author employ? How does this help to shape the characters.
• What patterns are developing in your novel? What role do they play?
• How does the conflict connect to your theme? How is this being developed in the Rising Action of your novel?
• Identify three themes in your Choice Novel. Use your Themes Cheat Sheet to help you come up with ideas. Write these down.
• Then, develop each seed theme into a fully-developed theme:
• Trust must be earned
• Hardships, while difficult at the time, make us stronger individuals
• Not Themes:
• Coming of Age
• Check your themes with your Book Clubs upon your return.

TKAM Novel Handout & Bookmark

Access the “ TKAM Reading Expectations ” power point and read through the reading expectations.

• Readings 1-3 (Chapters 1-9) are due on Monday when you get back from Thanksgiving Break. We will have a quiz at that time.
• One-Pager #1 is due to Turnitin.com by class time on Monday, 11/28. Be sure you are annotating for the one-pager as you read; this will help you write ‘em!

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To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee                                                   

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - review

To Kill a Mockingbird is one of those books that almost everyone reads at some point in their lives. Whether you've been forced to read it at school, or you've had a look because everyone's been urging you to, most people have their own personal experience of reading Mockingbird.

The book is about Atticus Finch, who appears as an unconventional hero and role model due to his morality rather than his physical capabilities. The theme of morals is apparent throughout the whole novel, especially in relation to religion and perception of sin. Take Mrs Dubose, a recovering morphine addict: she vows that she'll die beholden to nothing and nobody. She's pursuing her own dream of being a free human being because she knows deep down that it's right.

To Kill a Mockingbird focuses on that gut instinct of right and wrong, and distinguishes it from just following the law. Even the titular quote: "Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird" is in itself an allegory for this message. Being in itself a generic message, the idea of 'doing what's right' obviously has a different meaning depending on when and where you're reading the book. If you take 1960, when the book was written, America was in a state of ethical development as social inequality was - very - gradually being overcome. Women's rights and black rights movements were beginning to emerge and some campaigned through violence. Would Atticus Finch condone this?

In the 1930s, when the book was set, America was in the midst of the Great Depression. This was a time when economic difficulties meant that the American Dream was receding further and further away. We could consider that Atticus Finch felt that his own dream of an equal, morally decent society was also heading in the wrong direction.

Without denying the constancy of the moral message, and the pure ingenuity of the book, it's still open to debate whether, as with all classics, schoolchildren should be forced to read the novel and go over it page-by-page. The beauty of literature and the reason why I love it so much is that a writer must eventually relinquish the meaning of his or her book. Therefore everyone who reads it can take something out of it which no one has before. I find that a beautiful notion myself, but it seems that looking for these life lessons has become a less and less popular exercise as the years have gone by. Let it not be forgotten that a true piece of literature, like To Kill a Mockingbird, is meaningful in every period and that today, Atticus Finch's message should be heard in the midst of all the global conflicts that we hear of on the news every night.

To think that children are suffering across the world because of a tyrannical regime or an unfair justice system is a depressing notion, and I think a modern Atticus Finch would agree. I don't think he would be comfortable knowing that innocent lives were suffering because of inequality. Atticus would now be defending issues that Harper Lee did not consider when writing the book, such as gay and lesbian rights, because what is at the heart of his character is an acceptance of who people are. That is a moral standpoint that you can hold whoever you are or wherever you are born. Atticus Finch is not xenophobic or homophobic. He's not racist or sexist. He's human and he sees everyone else in the same way. Who knows? Maybe Atticus Finch would even be an animal rights supporter.

Should it be analysed, taught in schools and pulled to pieces? I can't say, but what I will say is I'm not against anyone reading for the sake of reading. I've read many a book which I've enjoyed, put down and never thought about since. But I honestly feel that Mockingbird is a book which should be read, be it in school or in adult life (or both), without complete and utter absorption. It's a book with so many layers of meaning that you can get so much out of it. I for one know that To Kill a Mockingbird is a book that really has changed my life and that every time I go back over it, I find something new that I assimilate into my own code of ethics. Going over it, whilst being an arduous task, was in the long run worth all the time it took, and plenty more besides.

I would really advise picking up a copy of Harper Lee's magnificent novel and giving it a try. Because whatever happens, it will never stop being a good book, and it will never stop inspiring good people.

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To Kill A Mockingbird. Harper Lee. Chapter 1. The story is narrated by Jean Louise Finch (Scout ). Scout is telling the story as an adult, reflecting on her childhood. As a successful lawyer, Atticus makes a solid living in Maycomb to support his two children, Jem and Scout.

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To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee

Chapter 1 • The story is narrated by Jean Louise Finch (Scout). Scout is telling the story as an adult, reflecting on her childhood. • As a successful lawyer, Atticus makes a solid living in Maycomb to support his two children, Jem and Scout. • Atticus is a widower. His wife died when Scout was two. • Calpurnia, their cook, helps to raise the children. • Jem is four years older than Scout and has memories of their deceased mother. Sometimes these memories make him unhappy. • In 1933, Charles Baker Harris (Dill) arrives next door. He spends the summers with his Aunt (Miss Rachel Haverford). • Dill quickly becomes a chief playmate for Jem and Scout. • Dill suggests they try to draw Boo Radley from his house. • Arthur Boo Radley is a recluse and no one has seen him outside in years.

Chapter 1 • According to the myth, Boo had gotten into trouble and his father imprisoned him in house as punishment. • He was not heard from for fifteen years later when he stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. • Mr. Radley refused to have Boo committed to an asylum. • When Mr. Radley dies, Boo’s brother Nathan came to live in the house with Boo. • Dill and the Finch children are fascinated with the myth of Boo Radley. • Dill dares Jem to touch the Radley house. • Jem does it and the children believe they see the shutters move as if someone was peeking out.

Chapter 2 • September arrives and Dill leaves for Meridian, Mississippi • Scout prepares to go to school for the first time. • Jem walks her to school on the first day because Atticus has paid him to do so. • Scout believes that her teacher, Miss Caroline Fisher, deals poorly with students. • Miss Caroline is from Winston County, which make the children believe she cannot be completely trusted. (When Alabama seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861, Winston County seceded from Alabama.) • Miss Caroline concludes that Atticus has taught Scout to read. • She makes Scout feel guilty for being educated.

Chapter 2 • Walter Cunningham has no lunch, so Miss Caroline offers him a quarter to go downtown. He refuses because he will be unable to pay her back. • Scout tries to explain the economic situation behind the Cunningham family but is again scolded by Miss Caroline. • Miss Caroline slaps Scout with a ruler and makes her stand in the corner. • The Cunningham family is hardened by the onset of the Great Depression. They pay Atticus for legal services with firewood, hickory nuts and turnip greens.

Chapter 3 • At lunch, Scout rubs Walter’s face in the dirt. • Jem breaks up the fight and invites Walter to join them at the house for lunch. • The two children, with Walter, meet Atticus at home for lunch. • Walter discusses farming conditions with Atticus; Jem and Scout do not understand. • At the table, Walter asks for molasses. He is reprimanded by Scout who makes issue with the manner in which Walter is eating his lunch. • Calpurnia pulls Scout into the kitchen and tells her that Walter is a guest in the house and should be treated with more respect. • Calpurnia tells Scout to be a better hostess, and if she cannot behave she can have the remainder of her lunch in the kitchen (which she does).

Chapter 3 • Back at school, Miss Caroline is terrified when a bug crawls from Burris Ewell’s hair. • The Ewell’s are much poorer than the Cunningham’s and less respected by the community. They are considered trash. • Burris informs Miss Caroline that he only comes to class the first day of school and then he will not return. • He leaves the classroom making vicious comments at Miss Caroline who is reduced to tears. • At home, Scout confesses that she does not want to return to school and that Atticus should teach her at home. • Atticus explains the school system to Scout and assures her she is in good hands and the law requires her to attend school, but he will continue to read to her as long as she does not tell her teacher.

Chapter 4 • The school year passes slowly for Scout. • When walking home from school one day, Scout passes the Radley house and sees some tinfoil in the knot of the tree. • She reaches into the knot hole and finds two pieces of Double Mint chewing gum. • She chews both pieces of gum and once Jem arrives home from school she informs him of her find. • He quickly makes her spit out the gum. • On the last day of school, Jem and Scout find two old “Indian Head” pennies hidden in the same knot hole. • Summer arrives and Dill returns to Maycomb. • One of the first games the children play involves rolling one another along the sidewalk in an old tire.

Chapter 4 • Scout loses control of the tire and rolls in front of the Radley house. • The children quickly panic and assume they have seen the shades move from the inside as though they were being watched. • The children then invent a Boo Radley game. They reenact stories they have heard from Boo’s life. • Eventually, Atticus catches them, but does not tell them they cannot play the game. • Golden Rule

Chapter 5 • As the summer progresses, Jem and Dill grow closer. • As a result, Scout feels left out and begins spending time with a neighbor, Miss Maudie Atkinson, a widow with a talent for gardening. • Miss Maudie was a childhood friend of Atticus’s brother, Jack. • Miss Maudie tells Scout that Boo Radley is still alive and believes that he is a result of a harsh father (a foot-washing Baptist). • She tells Scout that as a child Boo was always friendly and polite and admits that most of the rumors about his life are false. • She also states that if he was not crazy he is now. • While Scout is talking with Miss Maudie, Jem and Dill plan to give Boo a note inviting him for ice cream.

Chapter 5 • They try to stick the note in an open window of the Radley house with a fishing pole. • The boys are caught by Atticus and quickly told to “stop tormenting that man” with either their notes or their Boo Radley game.

Chapter 6 • Jem and Dill obey Atticus and leave Boo alone until Dill’s last day in Maycomb. • The boys plan to sneak over to the Radley house and peek through a shutter. • Scout accompanies the boys to the Radley house. • The children climb beneath the fence in the backyard and begin to peer through various windows until the shadow of a man appears. • The children flee the backyard as a shotgun explodes into the air. • As they crawl beneath the fence by the schoolyard, Jem’s pants get caught on the fence. • To escape he has to leave his pants behind. • Because of the commotion, the children know they will be missed.

Chapter 6 • As they arrive in front of the house, the neighbors have gathered in the street. • Miss Maudie informs the children that Mr. Radley shot at a negro in his backyard. • Miss Stephanie Crawford, the town gossip, informs the children that Mr. Radley is waiting with gun in hand for someone else to enter his yard. • At this time, Atticus notices Jem is not wearing pants. • Dill interjects and confesses that he won Jem’s pants in a game of strip poker. • Atticus is alarmed that the boys were playing cards, but they confess to only playing with matches. • Late that night, Jem sneaks back to the Radley house to find his pants.

Chapter 7 • After school begins, Jem admits to Scout that when he found his pants they were mended and neatly hung over the fence. • On the same, day the two children are on their way home from school when they discover another treasure in the tree. • They find a gray ball of twine and agree to leave there in case it belongs to someone else. No one claims it and eventually Jem and Scout take the twine. • Scout is still unhappy in school, but Jem encourages her that it gets better the further she goes. • Later in the fall, Jem and Scout find two more mysterious items in the tree. They find two soap carvings that resemble themselves.

Chapter 7 • The figures are followed with more chewing gum, a spelling bee medal and an old pocket watch. • The following day after this discovery, the children see Mr. Nathan Radley filling the knothole with cement. • He tells Jem he plugged the knothole because the tree was dying. • Jem cries.

Chapter 8 • For the first time in years, Maycomb endures a cold winter. It even snows on one occasion causing school to be closed. • Jem and Scout take the snow from Miss Maudie’s yard and attempt to build a snowman. They end up mounding dirt and covering with snow. • They make the figure look like Mr. Avery, an unpleasant man that lives down the street. • Once Atticus sees the figure he insists the two disguise the figure enough so that no once can recognize who it resembles. • In the night, Atticus wakes the children to show them that Miss Maudie’s house in on fire. • Some neighbors help her save some furniture and finally the fire truck arrives before it reaches any of the other neighboring houses.

Chapter 8 • Miss Maudie’s house burns to the ground. • In all the confusion someone drapes a blanket around Scout. Later when Atticus asks her about the blanket, she has no idea where it came from. • Jem realizes that Boo Radley put the blanket around Scout and reveals the whole story about knot hole, the presents and the mended pants to Atticus. • Atticus tells the children to keep this information to themselves. • Realizing how close Boo Radley has come to her, Scout nearly throws up. • Despite losing her home, Miss Maudie is in good spirits and plans to build a smaller house and a larger garden. • She says she wishes she had been there when Boo Radley put the blanket on Scout. • We learn Boo is a kind, gentle man in this chapter.

Chapter 9 • At school, Scout almost gets in a fight with Cecil Jacobs because Cecil insults Atticus. • Atticus has been asked to represent Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. • Atticus realizes that he cannot win the case, but he explains to Scout that it is the proper thing to do and that Tom deserves the best defense he can offer. • For Christmas, the family returns to Finch’s Landing. There, Alexandra’s grandson, Francis, gets on Scout’s nerves.

Chapter 9 • Scout believes Francis is the most boring child she has ever met. • Aunt Alexandra tells her Scout she should act more like a lady. • One night at the Landing, Francis calls Dill a runt. • Scouts proceeds to curse him and beat him up. • Uncle Jack immediately spanks Scout without hearing her side of the story. • Once they return to Maycomb, Scout informs Jack what Francis said about Atticus, and Jack becomes furious. • Scout vows never to tell her father. Jack promises as well. • Later, Scout overhears Atticus telling Jack that Tom Robinson is innocent but doomed, but it would be impossible for an all white jury to acquit him.

Chapter 10 • Scout notices how old her father is in comparison to the other fathers in the town. • Sometimes, the children feel embarrassed because Atticus is so much older and that he enjoys reading as opposed to hunting and fishing. • One day a mad dog wanders onto the street where the Finch children are playing. • Calpurnia calls Atticus who quickly brings Heck Tate, the sheriff of Maycomb. • Heck brings a rifle and asks Atticus to shoot the dog. • To the amazement of Jem and Scout, Atticus kills the dog with one shot from a considerable distance.

Chapter 10 • Later, Miss Maudie confesses that when Atticus was young he was the best shot in the county. The townspeople called him “one-shot Finch” • Scout is eager to brag about this, but Jem tells her to keep it a secret because if Atticus wanted them to know he would have told them. • Mockingbird symbol – p. 119

Chapter 11 • Mrs. Dubose, an old cranky lady who lives on Main Street, says Atticus is no better than the trash that he defends. • Atticus tells Jem to treat her with respect because she is old. • Jem cannot contain his rage and takes a baton from Scout and destroys Mrs. Dubose’s camellia bushes. • As punishment Jem must go to her house each day and read to her. • Scout accompanies Jem to his punishment and the children are constantly worried by Mrs. Dubose’s fits near the end of reading sessions. • Each session seems to last longer and longer until finally the punishment is over.

Chapter 11 • Mrs. Dubose dies a little more than a month after Jem’s punishment is complete. • Atticus reveals to Jem that Mrs. Dubose was addicted to morphine and the reading sessions served as a way to kick her habit before she passed. • Atticus gives Jem a box from Mrs. Dubose. In the box is a single white camellia. • What does this symbolize???

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