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To Kill A Mockingbird (TKM)

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Heroes:

FLIP IT

F Focus on the novel To Kill A Mockingbird and heroes

L Link to btwikilmc, become an “expert” in assigned area, teach your peers

I Investigate, interpret, involve everyone – use graphic organizer for input!

P Produce a one-pager to help your peers understand what you read:

Title it!

Design it!

Tag it!

Question it!

Quote it!

IT! Intelligent Thinkers – What makes a hero?

Jigsaw Grouping: You will be assigned a color and a number.

Color Group/Home Group -- Vocabulary assignment: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/crossword/
Number Group/Expert Group -- Become an expert and teach your classmates!
Home Group -- Clarify what you have learned and create one pager!

TKM Vocabulary: Go to Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) http://www.avl.lib.al.us OED

ReadWriteThink Crossword Puzzle: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/crossword/

aberrations condescended feeble inevitable reluctantly

aggravate conscience frivolous irk sullen antagonize contradict gingerly melancholy tedious apprehension convict harbor notoriety testimony auspicious cordial hypocrites perplexed tranquil benevolent ecclesiastical impertinence persevere unfathomable

cantankerous erratic impudent propensity unsullied

compel erratically inconspicuous recluse verdict

INTRODUCTION:http://neabigread.org/books/mockingbird/readers02.php

The Author

Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) http://www.avl.lib.al.us

1. Biography Reference Bank

2. Literature Resources from Gale

3. http://www.neabigread.org/books/mockingbird/mockingbird04.php

Make a Prediction! Think about the issues Harper Lee might write about based on her life story.

The 1930s -- a personal perspective

1. 1930s Picture Show http://www.flickr.com/photos/americanartmuseum/sets/72157614238464621/

2. Growing up black in the 1930s http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/mculley.html

3. Growing up white in the 1930s http://library.thinkquest.org/12111/girl.html

Think about it -- Is race a factor in your convictions?

The 1930s -- a historical perspective

1. Historical Context http://www.neabigread.org/books/mockingbird/mockingbird03.php

2. The Scottsboro Boys http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_scotts.html

3. The Great Depression http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_depression.html

Although TKM was written in 1960, the setting is 1930. Given what you learned about the 1930s from the Scottsboro Boys and the Great Depression think about how the setting of TKM might look.