To Kill a Mockingbird
Novel Hyperdoc
Table of Contents
Click below to access each learning activity for every chapter of the book.
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Teacher’s Guide found here!
Learning Outcomes
4. Use technology, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
5. 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.
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Introduction to the novel
Before you read, complete Section One:
Introduction to the novel.
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Watch the digital book trailer here:
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SETTING
Where does the story take place? Read about it here.
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“Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. . . . 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. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.”
SETTING and AUTHOR information
Author Information
Read about the author Harper Lee here, and in the box list information on her upbringing (especially where she was born.)
More Setting?
Considering where Harper Lee lived, let’s take a look at her town. Look around a bit using maps, check out the Courthouse and try and find her house!
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General Background Information
This Prezi will give you LOTS of information on the author, themes in the book, history, and more. List at least three topics you predict will be in the book (based on what you have seen in the Prezi) by clicking Answer Garden on the right.
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Let’s BLOG!
Step 1: Create a blog
You will be creating a blog using Blogger. Name your blog To Kill a Mockingbird and your name. We will be using this blog quite often during this novel.
Step 2: Personalize
Choose your theme, edit your font, colors, and make it your own. Add video, pictures, and more in all of your blog posts.
Step 3: Answer the first prompt
Using the Answergarden topics, choose one and explain a time in your own life where that topic arose.
(ie. Experiencing racism in your life, Education or lack of education influencing values)
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THEME and CONFLICT
Definitions and Examples in To Kill a Mockingbird
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Theme
Watch the video on Theme here and complete the questions embedded into the video.
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Conflict
Watch the video to the left and complete the short quiz here. When you are done, create a new Blogger post that gives an example of an external conflict in any books, movies, or shows you have read or seen. In the same blog post, tell about a time when you have had some sort of internal conflict.
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CHAPTERS 1-5
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As you read you will be filling out this running log on conflict, theme, and topic.
Don’t forget to keep it open!
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INTRODUCING SOME CHARACTERS
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Gray
White
What are your first impression of each character? Post on each character’s padlet!
CHARACTER TRAITS
When we talk about a character, we often describe that character in terms of character traits: descriptive adjectives like happy or sad that tell us the specific qualities of the character. ��They're the same kinds of words that we might use to describe ourselves or others, but we're using them to describe fictional characters in something we've read.
The author may tell us these traits directly, but more often the author will show us these traits in action. Our job as readers is to draw a conclusion - or infer - about the character's traits from what the character says, thinks, and does. ��We might infer a character trait from something a character does only once, or we might draw our conclusions from a series of things the character says and does. Sometimes a character’s traits may be different by the end of a story than they were at the beginning.
What are character traits?
How do we find a character’s traits?
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Hyperdoc by @ktylercuesd, adapted from @beardsleyteach
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As you read you will be analyzing important quotes for each chapter. Complete it as you read! Have any of your own favorite quotes? Post them on your blog!
BLOG, BLOG, BLOG!
Head to your blog and answer these comprehension questions in your own lingo. Add to your blog to make it your own! You’ll be sharing your blog with your classmates, so make sure you state your opinion strongly.
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1. Describe Maycomb by combining the real-life background information we learned before reading and the information about Maycomb given by Lee in the novel.
2. Who does Scout tend to spend time with? Briefly describe these two characters.
3. Scout and Miss Maudie begin to form a friendship in chapter 5 that will build throughout the novel. What were the reasons given for this bond being formed? Did Scout want this friendship or did society have an impact on her decision?
CHAPTERS 6-11
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Keep going on your running log on conflict, theme, and topic.
You should add more quotes if you see the same conflict, theme or topic arise.
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Important Characters This Chapter
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Gray
White
What was your first impression of each character (they could have appeared earlier than chapter 5)? Post on each character’s padlet!
Miss Maudie
Nathan Radley
Tom Robinson
CHARACTER TRAITS
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Different characters, same directions
You should be considering all aspects of character analysis while reading, check out this video for help.
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This chapter brought up some deep and difficult concepts. Read these quotes and research them thoroughly as you fill out your analysis chart.
Connecting
with History
In order to REALLY understand our characters, we must understand how they thought and what was going on at this point in History. Complete the hyperdoc to the right which directly connects with Chapter 9.
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BLOG, BLOG, BLOG!
Head to your blog and answer these comprehension questions in your own lingo. Add to your blog to make it your own! You’ll be sharing your blog with your classmates, so make sure you state your opinion strongly.
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1. Who do you think has been leaving things in the tree for Jem and Scout? Why?
2. Does Atticus think that he is going to win the case? Why do you think he believes this? Support your response with quotations from the text.
3. Why does Scout get in a fight with her cousin Francis? In your opinion, do you still see this kind of behavior in your generation?
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BEFORE YOU MOVE ON…
The story is about to change, so let’s make sure you understand the order of the storyline, and the author’s overall message up to this point.
You are going to get into a group of four and create a video of what has happened so far in the novel using one of the following apps:
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BEFORE YOU MOVE ON…
Make sure you go through all of your Hyperdocs before you begin writing a script for your video. You should also plan out what the video will show in your script.
Your video must be at least 1 minute long, include at least 6 of the characters, and go over what the author was intending to explain in the first section of the book.
CHAPTERS 12-16
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Keep going on your running log.
Remember, it’s in your Drive.
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WE KNOW THE CHARACTERS, BUT...
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How are they changing?
Interacting with others?
Advancing the plot?
SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW (CHARACTER STYLE)
From what has happened these last four chapters, take two characters and develop Fakebooks for them including their information, friends, and who would be writing on their wall (from the last four chapters). Consider the last four chapters when writing what would their status would be, photos and videos that they would be posting.
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Quotes from these chapters are dealing with some deep issues. Read these quotes and research into them deeper as you fill out your analysis chart.
Chapter 15: Study in History
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Watch the video of this scene from Chapter 15, and then complete the Hyperdoc to the right.
Hyperdoc
CHAPTERS 17-21
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Time to enter the court..
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Enter
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Lots of quotes from the trial are up for you to analyze.
Compare and Contrast Tom Robinson’s Trial with the Scottsboro Trials
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Check out the Scottsboro Trials and then click the Venn Diagram to compare/contrast the two trials.
CHAPTERS 22-26
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You may see repeating themes, conflicts, and topics, just keep citing evidence.
Remember, it’s in your Drive.
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“typical of a n***** to cut and run.”
“Typical of a n*****'s mentality to have no plan...”
STEREOTYPES!
Where else have you seen stereotypes in this novel? Find a quote and post it on this padlet.
Where can you see stereotypes in the news/media today? Be ready to share this with the class in a discussion. You can post your sources in your notes to refer back to them.
BLOG, BLOG, BLOG!
Head to your blog and answer these comprehension questions in your own lingo. Add to your blog to make it your own! You’ll be sharing your blog with your classmates, so make sure you state your opinion strongly.
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1. What occurs in the aftermath of Tom’s death? Is it surprising to you at all?
2. The roles of being a gentleman and a lady seem to come up quite often. Explain how you feel the book deals with the role of gender. Choose at least one piece of evidence from the text that supports your answer.
3. In class, Scout's teacher Mrs. Gates, discusses Adolf Hitler and the persecution of the Jews and reveals her hatred of such persecution. Scout seems to be confused by the hypocrisy of Mrs. Gates. Explain why she feels like this. Include evidence from the text. Do you see any such hypocrisy in your generation?
CHAPTERS 27-31
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Doing it until the VERY end.. Let’s finish strong!
Remember, it’s in your Drive.
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The final quotes of the novel are some of the most important. A new question is also added to this document, so make sure you answer how these quotes help conclude the novel.
BLOG, BLOG, BLOG!
Head to your blog and answer these comprehension questions in your own lingo. Add to your blog to make it your own! You’ll be sharing your blog with your classmates, so make sure you state your opinion strongly.
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Chapters 27-31 conclude the book with a LOT of drama. Summarize what happened with all of the main characters and explain whether you would have ended the book the way Lee did. If you would have done it differently what would you have liked to add or keep out of the story? Do you find this novel optimistic or pessimistic? Did you like the novel? (This is your chance to share how you feel about ALL of it).
ASSESSMENT
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Assessment
Choose ONE of the following expository essays as your assessment for the novel.
Explain how the greater historical context of the setting of the book helps develop the overall theme of To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Explain how Lee’s development of characters conveyed themes throughout the novel.
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Interested in MORE?
Check out the reviews in Amazon on Go Set a Watchman, or click the review image to the right to see a darker review on Harper Lee’s novel. Click the news title on Harper Lee’s death for more information..
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