LIFE &

WORKSA Research Paper

English 9February 2013

WHAT ARE YOU WRITING ABOUT?1) The b i o g ra p hy s e c ti o n should include significant events in the author’s life. You can find this information in the reference and biography sections in the library and in online periodicals and scholarly journals.

2) The s u m m a r y o f t h e b o o k s e c ti o n must focus on telling the story of your novel. You will not be able to tell everything, and you will need to choose two pieces of information that help you explain your summary. This evidence can only be found in the novel, but you can use other sources to help give you ideas. 3) The c o n n e c ti o n s s e c ti o n of the paper should include one piece of evidence from the author’s life and one from the novel. It should show that events or experiences in the author’s life influenced something in the novel. You must use evidence from the novel and you must use evidence from any one of the other sources.

Who wrote this book?

What is it about?

Harper Lee and

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper was “an unruly tomboy.”

Harper was raised in Monroeville, AL

Harper’s father was a lawyer.

Harper was very familiar with the Scottsboro Trial.

Harper had 2 childhood friends:

Truman Capote and his cousin.

Harper grew up in the midst of a

racism.

Harper Lee had a reclusive neighbor.

Thank you to Ms. Caston-Smith for this graphic!

Scout

Maycomb, AL.

Atticus Finch

The trial of Tom Robinson

Dill and Jem

Mr. Ewell

Boo Radley

Source Options

The Novel

Print Source

Online Source

The NovelYou have it!

Print Source

Print source

Remember the word “Sidelights.”Use one of these reference

books. Find the volume you

need in Destiny.

Online Source

USE THIS DATABASE.

CHECK THIS BOX.

CHOOSE AN ARTICLE.

EMAIL OR PRINT THE ARTICLE.

READ THE ARTICLE AND PICK OUT WHAT YOU CAN USE IN

YOUR PAPER.

“Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama. Her father, Amasa Coleman Lee,

a lawyer in that town, served as her model for the

character of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.”

SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AVL ARTICLE UNTIL YOU SEE THE

WORDS “SOURCE CITATION.”

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Source Citation (MLA 7th Edition)"(Nelle) Harper Lee." Contemporary Literary Criticism Select. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Literature Resource Center. Web. 31 Jan. 2013.

CITE THE

ARTICLE.

Using a different source?Use the MLA Handbook, 7h ed.

Multiple copies are available at the circulation desk!

Quick online guides…

OWL @ Purdue Univeristyhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Easybib -- http://www.easybib.com/

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