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Guided Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapter One
Sense and Style
In order to make sense of Harper Lee’s style of writing, it is helpful to look at how she uses literary devices to achieve her goal of setting a scene.
DefinitionsSensory Detail
Simile
Alliteration
Repetition
Instructions: Write the example of the literary device next to the quotation:
“In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square.” ____________________
“There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb county.” ____________________
“Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.”____________________
“Bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square.” ____________________
Creating a Setting
From this paragraph, interpret what is it that Harper Lee wants us to know or see about Maycomb County as the setting for her story.
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Characterization
Our Narrator
Her name:
Her age:
Her perspective:
Her reliability:
Other Important Characters
Instructions: Write bullet point notes to summarize what you know about each character.
The Finch Household Neighbors
Atticus Finch Miss Rachel Haverford
Jeremy (Jem) Finch Boo Radley
Calpurnia Visitor/Friend
Dill Harris
Name:______________________________
Guided Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters Two and Three
Episodes Connected By a Thread
Early in her book, Harper Lee reveals her characters’ true natures through several episodes in their lives, tying them together in the end with a quotation that becomes the foundation of her book.
The Key Quotation: A Thread Tying the Story Together
“’First of all,’ he said, ‘if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider
things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it’” (p. 30).
What is Atticus Trying to Teach Scout?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Episodes Leading to This Quotation
Scout & Miss Caroline Walter Cunningham & Miss Caroline
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Summary In Your Words:
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Summary In Your Words:
Scout & Calpurnia Miss Caroline & Burris EwellPage #:
Summary In Your Words:
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Summary In Your Words:
Other Important Characters
Instructions: Write bullet point notes to summarize what you know about each character.
Miss Caroline Fisher Walter Cunningham
Miss Blount Burris Ewell
Name:____________________________Guided Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters Four and Five
Instructions: These are the types of reading questions you will find on your quiz next week. In order to prepare, practice answering them. The questions are marked
according to degree of difficulty.
Close Reading QuestionsChapter Four
(Easy) What does Scout find in the tree? Why is Jem suspicious?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(Hard) How does Harper Lee build suspense at the final paragraph of Chapter Four? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter Five
(Medium) What is Boo Radley’s real name? How does knowing his real name change the way you view him?
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(Hard) Why does Dill lie about his father?
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Both Chapters(Medium) Why do Dill and Jem occasionally exclude Scout from their games on the
basis of her gender this summer? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Language
Instructions: Translate the following regional expressions that appear throughout the book.
You reckun? _______________
Yessum/Yes’m _______________
Nome _______________
Yawl _______________
Harper Lee writes in this type of regional southern dialect throughout the novel. Do you like it? Why or why not?
Other Important Characters
Instructions: Write bullet point notes to summarize what you know about the character.
Miss Maudie:
Do NOT complete the paragraph below for HW:
Creating a Feeling through Description
Instructions: Harper Lee strives to bring us into the lives of characters and the passing of time through her descriptions of the small details of life. Imitate her style
in a paragraph of your own describing what a season (winter, spring, summer, fall) means to you.
“Summer was on the way; Jem and I awaited it with impatience. Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill” (p. 34). ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Overhead Chapters 4 & 5
Close Reading Questions
Hint # 1: Answering close reading questions requires you to think first, and then organize your thoughts into a response. You need to break your thinking and
answering into two different steps to help you form a better answer.
Hint #2: Close reading questions require different kinds of thinking. Some are concrete, or based on facts. Some are abstract, making you come up with an opinion
based on facts. Some are a combination of both.
Hint #3: Here’s a breakdown of question types from easy to hard:
Easy: The answer is stated fairly directly in the book. This is a concrete question (based on stated facts)
Medium: Part of the answer is stated in the book, but the other part you need to analyze as you interpret the book. This is a combination of concrete and abstract
(facts + opinions based on those facts).
Hard: The answer is not directly stated, but instead requires you to think about the evidence you know so far, and what you can assume based on what you know. This is
a completely abstract question (opinion based on facts taken as a whole)
(Easy) What does Scout find in the tree? Why is Jem suspicious?
Thought Process1. She finds gum 2. Jem is suspicious because the tree is on the Radwell’s property
Answer:
Scout finds gum in the tree. Jem is suspicious because the tree is on the Radwell’s
property, and he doesn’t want Scout going near there.
(Medium) What is Boo Radley’s real name? How does knowing his real name change the way you view him?
Thought Process
Concrete: His name is Arthur Radley
Abstract:1. When you learn someone’s name, it’s like meeting them for the first time.2. Meeting someone is personal; you usually try to get to know them.3. This is impossible with Boo because he doesn’t come out of the house. We
learn about him from other people.4. Miss Maudie’s desciption is the first kind/normal thing we learn about Arthur
Radley.5. This makes us need to reevaluate him as a character.
Answer:
Boo Radley’s name is Arthur Radley. Learning Boo’s real name makes him into a real
person for the reader; we feel as if we need to know him better. As Miss Maudie’s
information is the first positive thing we have learned about Boo, the reader realizes
that he or she may need to reevaluate Arthur Radley as a character.
(Hard) How does Harper Lee build suspense at the final paragraph of Chapter Four?
Thought Process
Concrete: Harper Lee describes laughter at the end of chapter four.
Abstract:
1. Scout is relieved the game is over because she hears laughter.2. Her relief means the laughter felt frightening or harmful to her. 3. It must be frightening or harmful because it relates to Boo Radley. 4. Clearly Scout believes Boo was laughing at them, and this scares her because
it means he closely watches them. 5. Harper Lee holds off this information until the end because it makes you want
to jump into the next chapter.6. It also helps to deepen the mystery of Boo Radley’s personality and reassure
the reader he is still alive.7. The fact that we have now “heard” from Boo Radley means we will likely hear
from him again.
Forming the Answer:
Scout hears laughter at the end of chapter four. She feels threatened by it because it
comes from Boo Radley. This creates a feeling of suspense because it is the first
time we
have “heard” from Boo Radley, and it means we are likely to hear from him again.
Name:________________________________
Guided Notes: To Kill a MockingbirdChapters Six and Seven
Mystery Solved! The Knot Hole in the Tree
Where is the tree located?
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Who is putting objects in the tree?
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List the objects found in the tree
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Which characters know the identity of the person leaving presents in the tree? Which do not?
(Jem, Atticus, Mr. Radley, Scout)
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Look at the front cover of the novel. Why is the knot-hole in the tree the choice for a cover design of the novel? What is its significance?
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Jem’s Transformation in Quotations
Information: Somewhere in the space of these few chapters, Jem ages into an adolescent, while Scout remains a child. The following two quotations demonstrate his development in contrast to Scout’s child-like understanding.
“It was then, I suppose, that Jem and I first began to part company. Sometimes I did not understand him, but my periods of bewilderment were short-lived. This was beyond me” (p.56).
What does Jem feel he must do?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why does Scout disagree?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why won’t Jem accept a “licking” as punishment from his father?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What does this show Jem understands about his father? Himself?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“Atticus left us on the porch. Jem leaned on a pillar, rubbing his shoulders against it…He stood there until nightfall, and I waited for him. When we went in the house I saw he had been crying; his face was dirty in the right places, but I thought it odd that I had not heard him” (p. 62)
What does Jem realize about the tree? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What does Jem realize about Boo Radley’s life when the knot hole is covered? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why does this make him cry?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Overhead Chapters 6 & 7
Quotations that Reveal a Character
Quotation:“But while no one with a grain of sense trusted Miss Stephanie, Jem and I had considerable faith in Miss Maudie. She had never told on us, had never played cat-and-mouse with us, she was not at all interested in our private lives. She was our friend” (p. 44).
Shows:
Bad: Miss Maudie doesn’t care about the childrens’ lives, so she is a good friend.
Better: Miss Maudie is a good friend because she is loyal and trustworthy.
Best: Miss Maudie an adult who is actually respectful of children. Jem and Scout recognize her as someone who cares about them but doesn’t patronize them, which they like.
Quotation:“It was then, I suppose, that Jem and I first began to part company. Sometimes I did not understand him, but my periods of bewilderment were short-lived. This was beyond me” (p.56).
Shows:
Bad: Jem and Scout part company over Jem’s pants. This shows Scout doesn’t understand why Jem needs his pants.
Better: Jem and Scout disagree over the reasons why Jem should or should not retrieve his pants from the Radley’s house. Scout can’t understand why Jem would risk it.
Best: Jem and Scout’s disagreement over Jem retrieving his pants shows the differences in their ages and maturity. Jem feels he owes it to his father to keep his word and not force Atticus to “lick” him. Scout would rather take the easy way out and face a “licking.” Jem does not want to put Atticus in that position, as he has never hit him before.
Name:_____________________________
Guided Notes: Chapters Eight and NineTo Kill a Mockingbird
Symbolism
The Snowman (pages 66 & 67)
What is the snowman made out of?
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Who does it look like?__________________________________________________________________________________________________
How might the colors of snow and mud be symbolic?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
In the end, the snowman melts and is burned. What does this say about the significance of color?
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Foreshadowing
The House Fire (pages 68- 73)
What is foreshadowing?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What might the extremes of cold and then the heat that burns Miss Maudie’s home foreshadow for the town of Maycomb in the coming months?
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Boo Radley Reappears
How does he help Scout? How does Jem react?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Quotations
Instructions: Examine the following quotations Scout uses to describe her family. Select one and explain what the quotation reveals about Scout’s feelings toward that
character and how you reached your answer.
“Aunt Alexandra would have been analogous to Mount Everest; throughout my early life she was cold and there” (p. 77).
“Uncle Jack was a head shorter than Atticus; the baby of the family, he was younger than Aunt Alexandra. He and Aunty looked alike, but Uncle Jack made better use of
his face: we were never wary of his sharp nose and chin” (p. 78)
“Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean. He was the most boring child I had ever met” (p. 81).
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Understanding Significance
“I scurried to my room and went to bed. Uncle Jack was a prince of a fellow not to let me down. But I never figured out how Atticus knew I was listening, and it was not
until many years later that I realized he wanted me to hear every word he said.”
What has Atticus been talking about with Uncle Jack?
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Why does he want Scout to “overhear” him?
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What is “Maycomb’s usual disease” that Atticus refers to? (p. 88)
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In-Class Notes
Note: Do NOT complete for HW
Four FreedomsWho painted the four freedoms?
What were the freedoms inspired by?
Notes on Paintings
What are common themes among the pictures?
Which picture attracts you the most? Why?
How do these scenes reflect typical people?
How do these scenes reflect an ideal?
Personal ThoughtsWhich freedom do you prize the most?
Group ThoughtsWhich freedom does Maycomb County prize the most? The least? Why?
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In-Class Notes
Note: Do NOT complete for HW
Poem AnalysisThe pedigree of honey
Does not concern the beeThe clover any time to him
Is aristocracy(Emily Dickinson)
What does the bee know in this poem?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What does the bee care about?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What doesn’t the bee care about?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is the lesson readers of this poem can take away?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What could these symbols stand for in Jem’s relationship with Boo Radley?
Clover Honey Bee Pedigree
Name: _________________________
Guided Notes: Chapters Ten and ElevenTo Kill a Mockingbird
“Much Madness is Divinest Sense”
To a discerning eye;Much sense the starkest madness.
‘T is the majorityIn this, as all, prevails.
Assent and you are saneDemur,--you’re straightaway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.--Emily Dickinson
What does this poem express to you?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“He simply went mad…”
Atticus and the Dog Jem and Mrs. Dubose’s FlowersWhat “madness” makes the dog act so
strangely?What “madness” makes Jem destroy the
flowers?
What does Atticus do to resolve the situation?
What is his punishment?
How does Scout and Jem’s perspective on their father change as a result?
What does Jem learn from reading to Mrs. Dubose?
An Understanding of Courage
Quote #1: “Atticus said to Jem one day, ‘I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you’ll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit
‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird’” (p. 90).
Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?
Quote#2: He would return his hat to his head, swing me to his shoulders in her very presence, and we would go home in the twilight. It was times like these when I
thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived” (p. 100).
What does Scout admire about her father’s actions?
Quote #3: “I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do” (p. 112).
How did Mrs. Dubose show courage? Why does Atticus want Jem and Scout to witness this type of courage?
Name: _________________________
Guided Notes: Chapters Twelve and ThirteenTo Kill a Mockingbird
Reading Questions
Where does Calpurnia take Jem and Scout? Why does she take them there?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who sings at the church and what is his relation to Calpurnia? Why does he “line” the verses of the song by singing them aloud first, then waiting for the congregation
to repeat? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Describe why the church is taking up a collection for Tom Robinson.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why does Aunt Alexandra come to visit?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What does she try to teach Scout?______________________________________________________________
Aunt Alexandra and the Caste System of Maycomb County
What is a caste? Why do they exist?
Note: Do NOT complete for HW
Quotation
There was indeed a caste system in Maycomb, but to my mind it worked this way: the older citizens, the present generation of people who had lived side by side for years and years, were utterly predictable to one another: they took for granted attitudes, character shadings, even gestures, as having been repeated in each generation and refined by time. Thus the dicta: No Crawford Minds His Own Business, Every Third Merriweather Is Morbid, The Truth Is Not in the Delafields, All the Bufords Walk Like That, were simply guides to daily living: never take a check from a Delafield without a discreet call to the bank; Miss Maudie Atkinson's shoulder stoops because she was a Buford; if Mrs. Grace Merriweather sips gin out of Lydia E. Pinkham’s bottles it's nothing unusual-her mother did the same.Aunt Alexandra fitted into the world of Maycomb like a hand into a glove, but never into the world of Jem and me (p. 131)
The Caste System of Maycomb The Caste System of DSMS
Note: Only Complete this section for HW if Mrs. Selover tells you to!_____________
Guided Notes: Chapters Fourteen and FifteenTo Kill a Mockingbird
Reaction and Reflection: What events in the two chapters you read last night surprised/interested, or stood out to you?
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Instructions: Now that you have seen plenty of examples of how I create reading questions, I would like you to create three of your own based on the reading. . Mark
your questions as H (Hard), E (Easy), or M (Medium).
1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Note: Only Complete this section for HW if Mrs. Selover tells you to!_____________
Reaction and Reflection: What events in the two chapters you read last night surprised/interested, or stood out to you?
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Instructions: Now that you have seen plenty of examples of how I select quotations and ask you to explain them, I would like you to select one from your reading. When
you are done, read and respond to your quotation.
Quotation:
Page #:
Explain the significance of this quotation in the context of the chapters you have just read in To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Guided Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 18 & 19
The Trial
In order to understand the dramatic tension of the trial, we are going to split into groups to discuss the different characters, how they react on the stand, and create short reenactments of their time on the stand.
Describe the physical setting of the trial:
What is the behavior of the audience like?:
Testimony Summary
Character Summary of Testimony Behavior Outcome
Bob Ewell
How is Bob Ewell portrayed?
How is our perception of him affected by Atticus’ line of questioning?
What is dramatic about his testimony?
Character Summary of Testimony Behavior Outcome
Mayella Ewell
How is Mayella Ewell portrayed? Is she a victim?
How is our perception of her affected by Atticus’ line of questioning?
What is dramatic about her testimony?
Character Summary of Testimony Behavior Outcome
Tom Robinson
How is Tom Robinson portrayed?
How does Tom’s testimony differ from the Ewell’s? How does this affect our perception of him?
What is dramatic about his testimony?
Guided Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 20 & 21
The Verdict
“In the secret courts of men’s hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and screamed…”
What does this quotation mean?
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What is also on trial in Maycomb county?
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What is Tom guilty of?
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What is Maycomb guilty of?
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Guided Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 22 & 23
Jem was staring at his half-eaten cake. “It’s like bein’ a caterpillar in a cocoon, that’s what it is,” he said. “Like somethin’ asleep wrapped up in a warm place. I always thought Maycomb folks were the best folks in the world, least that’s what they seemed like” (p. 215).
How would you describe Jem’s attitude toward Maycomb after the trial?_________________________________________________
Other Reactions
Miss Maudie African American Community
Bob Ewell Dill
What do these reactions show about Maycomb County after the trial?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Caste Review
“Naw Jem, I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks” (p. 227).
1. Reread the page in which Jem and Scout discuss the people of Maycomb county.
2. How are their views different?
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3. Work on your caste for DSMS
4. Do you agree with Jem or with Scout on the subject of people being able to get along? Why?
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Guided Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 24 & 25
Contrasts
High Society Low News
Why does Harper Lee juxtapose (put together) these two contrasting scenes?
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Use three words to describe the Maycomb Ladies’ Tea Circle1.2.3.
Re-enactments
Group Page Quote Start & Stop
1 229 “Stay with us…“Nome, just a lady.”
2 231-2 “Jean Louise, you are a fortunate”“…witness for the lord.
3 232 “Mrs. Merriweather nodded wisely…“I could not see Mrs. Farrow”
4 233-4 “Aunt Alexandra got up from the”“If I was the mayor of Birmingham”
5 237 “Stop that shaking”“could be a lady, so could I”
Guided Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 26 & 27
Painting AnalysisNorman Rockwell’s “The Problem We All Live With”
What’s happening in this picture?
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How is this picture different from “The Four Freedoms?”____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is the “problem we all live with?”________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Analyzing Two Quotes
Quote One
Then Miss Gates said, “That’s the difference between America and Germany. We are a democracy and Germany is a dictatorship. Dictator-ship,” she said. “Over here we
don’t believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced. Prejudice,” she enunciated carefully (p. 245).
What is Miss Gates trying to teach the children?______________________________________________________________
Quote Two“Well, coming out of the courthouse that night Miss Gates was—she was goin’ down the steps in front of us… I heard her say it’s time somebody taught ‘em a lesson,
they were getting’ way above themselves an’ the next thing they think they can do is marry us. Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an’ then turn around and be ugly
about folks right at home?” (p. 247).
What does Scout also learn from Miss Gates?______________________________________________________________
Three Major Events:
Bob Ewell Judge Taylor Helen
Guided Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 28 & 29
“High above us in the darkness a solitary mocker poured out his repertoire in blissful unawareness of whose tree he sat in, plunging in from the shrill kee, kee of the
sunflower bird, to the irascible qua-ack of a bluejay, to the sad lament of Poor Will, Poor Will, Poor Will (p. 255)”
1. What literary device is Harper Lee using at the start of Chapter 28?
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2. Find one more example of this literary device used at the start of Chapter 28.
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3. What is funny about Mrs. Merriweather’s Pageant?________________________________________________________
4. How does Harper Lee build suspense during Scout and Jem’s walk home? Quote directly from the text to explain your answer.
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5. How does Scout know it is Boo who comes to rescue them?________________________________________________________
6. Let’s read the description aloud on p. 270. What does Boo look like? Is it the way you imagined him?
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Guided Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapters 30 & 31
Mockingbirds
When he gave us our air-rifles Atticus wouldn't teach us to shoot. Atticus said to Jem, "I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. "You're father's right," she said. "Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mocking bird." (98)
What does a mockingbird stand for in this novel?___________________________________________________________
Which characters are like Mockingbirds in the novel? Why?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Heck Tate’s Decision
"I'm not a very good man, sir, but I am sheriff of Maycomb County. Lived in this town all my life an' I'm goin' on forty-three years old. Know everything that's
happened here since before I was born. There's a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it's dead. Let the dead bury the dead this time, Mr. Finch.
Let the dead bury the dead."-Sheriff Tate (290)
Who killed Bob Ewell?___________________________________________________________
How does Heck Tate plan to report Ewell’s death?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you agree with his decision? Why or why not?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Neighbors
"Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and
chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it: we had given him nothing, and it
made me sad."-Scout (293)
What did Scout and Jem give Boo?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you feel sad for him? Explain.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Conclusion
“Atticus, he was real nice…His hands were under my chin, pulling up the covers, tucking it around me.
Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.He turned out the light and went into Jem’s room. He would be there all night, and
we would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.
What is the tone at the end of the book?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did you feel when you concluded your reading of TKM?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________