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Mrs. Harwitz English 10 Reading Schedule for To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Directions: Each due date, you will be given a brief, short answer quiz, based upon that week’s reading assignment. Keep up with the schedule!! Chapters Assigned Due Dates 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Monday, 4/1 Monday, 4/8 Monday, 4/15 Monday 4/22 Monday, 4/29 Monday, 5/6 Monday, 5/13 Monday, 5/20 Tuesday, 5/28 Chapters 1-3 & Study Guide Questions Chapters 4-7 & Study Guide Questions Chapters 8-9 & Study Guide Questions Chapters 10-11 & Study Guide Questions + 3 Reading Response Journal Entries Chapters 12-14 & Study Guide Questions Chapters 15-17 & Study Guide Questions Chapters 18-21 & Study Guide Questions + 3 Reading Response Journal Entries Chapters 22-25 & Study Guide Questions Chapters 26-31 & Study Guide Questions + 3 Reading Response Journal Entries Mrs. Harwitz English 10 Reading Response Journal As you read, write your personal responses on a

separate piece of paper. State your feelings, thoughts, reactions and questions about situations, ideas, actions, characters, settings, symbols, plots, themes, and any other elements of the work. You can’t be wrong in your responses, so take risks and be honest Write about what you like and dislike, what seems confusing or unusual to you. Tell what you think something means Make predictions about what might happen later. Relate your personal experiences which connect with the plot, characters, or setting. Don’t simply summarize the plot Let me hear your voice The starters listed below are simply suggestions for you to use. Remember, your Reading Response Journal is a place to record your reactions and questions, not a place to simply summarize what you’ve read. Sometimes, a brief summary will be necessary to get your point across; however, support your summary with what you are feeling as you read the novel. Doing this will help you get the most from To Kill a Mockingbird

Assignment Directions By the due dates on the reading schedule, you must submit a minimum of 3 Reading Response Journal entries. (More than 3 will earn extra credit). You may respond to any of the chapters – you are not limited to the due dates on the schedule. Each entry must be a minimum of two paragraphs in length Include the chapter and page numbers you are discussing. Proofread carefully – conventions count! Sample Journal Prompts (these are simply suggestions) 1. I wonder what means 2. I really don’t understand 3. Are the characters realistic? Why or why not? 4. Describe a character that you would like to meet What four questions would you ask the character? 5. This character reminds me of someone I know because 6. This character reminds me of me because 7. This character is like (character name) in (title of movie, novel, song, etc) because 8. I think the relationship between and is interesting because 9. This part is

realistic/unrealistic because 10. I like/dislike (name of character) because 11. This situation reminds me of a similar situation in my life because 12. If I was (name of character), I would 13. Questions I have for the author 14. Describe a conflict What side are you on? 15. Examine a character’s actions, values, behavior, etc with which you disagree What is happening? Why is the character thinking or acting this way? What do you see wrong with it? What would be a preferable response or behavior? 16. Compare yourself to a character? How do you think the character would feel about you? Short Answer Guide Study Questions – To Kill a Mockingbird Answer each question on a separate piece of paper, using complete sentences and details from the novel. Chapters 1-3 1. Identify Atticus Finch, Jean Louise Finch (Scout), Jeremy Atticus Finch (Jem), Maycomb, Calpurnia, Charles Baker Harris (Dill), The Radley Place, Miss Stephanie Crawford, Arthur Radley (Boo), Miss Caroline Fisher, Walter

Cunningham Jr., and Burris Ewell 2. What does Dill dare Jem to do? 3. What is Scout’s first “crime” at school? 4. What is Calpurnia’s fault? 5. Why does Scout rub Walter Cunningham’s nose in the dirt? 6. Scout says, “He ain’t company, Cal, he’s just a Cunningham” What does she mean by that, and what is Cal’s answer? 7. What two mistakes does Miss Caroline make on the first day of school? 8. Why don’t the Ewells have to go to school? Chapters 4-7 1. What do Scout and Jem find in the Radley’s tree? 2. Identify Mrs Dubose 3. How does Jem get even with Scout for contradicting him about “hot steams?” 4. What is the Boo Radley game? 5. Identify Miss Maudie 6. What does Miss Maudie think of the Radleys? 7. Why do Dill and Jem want to give Boo Radley a note? What does Atticus say when he finds out about their plan? 8. How does Jem lose his pants? What does he find when he goes back for them? 9. What else do Jem and Scout find in the Radley’s tree? 10. Why would

there be no more surprises in the tree? Chapters 8-9 1. What happens to Miss Maudie’s house? What is her reaction? 2. Identify Cecil Jacobs 3. What “disaster” happens at Christmas between Scout and Francis? Chapters 10-11 1. What does Scout’s Uncle Jack learn from Scout and Atticus? 2. What brave thing does Atticus do in chapter 10? Why are Scout and Jem shocked? 3. What does Jem do when Mrs Dubose says Atticus “laws for niggers?” 4. What is Jem’s punishment? 5. What does Jem learn from his encounter with Mrs Dubose, and following her death? Chapters 12-14 1. How does Jem change? 2. Identify Lula, Zeebo, and Reverend Sykes 3. What does Scout learn about Calpurnia? 4. Who is waiting for the children when they came home from the church service? Why has she come? 5. “Aunt Alexandra fit into the world of Maycomb like a hand in a glove, but never in the world of Jem and me.” Explain 6. Atticus and Alexandra disagree about how to deal with the children How does Atticus

handle the situation? 7. Describe Jem and Scout’s relationship through these chapters as Jem matures 8. Why does Dill run away from home back to Maycomb? Chapters 15-17 1. What does Mr Heck Tate’s mob want? 2. What is the purpose of Walter Cunningham’s mob? 3. Why does Mr Cunningham’s mob leave? 4. Identify Mr Dolphus Raymond 5. Identify Tom Robinson, Mr Gilmer, Bob Ewell, Mayella Ewell, and Judge Taylor 6. What is the importance of Mayella’s bruises being primarily on the right-hand side of her face? Chapter 18-21 1. What is Mayella’s account of the incident with Tom Robinson? 2. What is Tom’s side of the story? 3. What is Tom’s handicap? Why is it important to his case? 4. What do Dill and Scout learn from Mr Raymond? 5. What are Atticus’ closing remarks to the jury? 6. What is the jury’s verdict? Chapters 22-25 1. Why does Jem cry? 2. What is “round the back steps” when Calpurnia comes in Monday morning? 3. What is the significant of Maudie’s two little

cakes and one large one? 4. Describe Bob Ewell’s meeting with Atticus at the post office 5. What is Atticus’ reaction to Ewell’s threats? 6. Alexandra doesn’t want Scout playing with Walter Cunningham Why not? 7. Jem says, “I think I’m beginning to understand why Boo Radley’s stayed shut up in the house all this time.it’s because he wants to stay inside” Why does he say that? 8. Mrs Merriweather of the missionary circle complains about her cooks and field hands What does this tell us about her? 9. What happens to Tom Robinson? 10. What more do we learn about Alexandra after Atticus and Calpurnia leave? 11. What does Mr Underwood’s editorial say? Chapters 26-31 1. What is Scout’s fantasy regarding Arthur (Boo) Radley? 2. What does Scout hear Miss Gates say at the courthouse? In class, Miss Gates says “That’s the difference between America and Germany. We are a democracy and Germany is a dictatorshipWe don’t believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution

comes from people who are prejudiced” What does this tell us about Miss Gates? 3. What happens to Judge Taylor? 4. What happens to Helen Robinson? 5. What is Scout’s part in the pageant? 6. Why do Scout and Jem not leave the school until almost everyone has gone? 7. What happens to Jem and Scout on the way home from the pageant? 8. Who saves Jem and Scout? Who kills Bob Ewell? 9. Why does Heck Tate insist that Bob Ewell fell on his own knife? 10. Scout arranges things so that “If Miss Stephanie Crawford was watching from her upstairs window, she would see Arthur Radley escorting (her) down the sidewalk, as any gentleman would do.” Why does she do that? 11. As Scout leave the Radley porch, she looks out at the neighborhood and recounts the events of the last few years from the Radley’s perspective. Why is this important?