Unit 3 - To Kill A Mockingbird

Competencies:

Writing: Argument: Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze and critique written or spoken arguments and write arguments that support claims with reasoning and sufficient evidence.
Writing: Informative/Explanatory: Students will be able to write informative/explanatory pieces to convey information and ideas accurately and clearly.
Vocabulary: Students will apply and acquire vocabulary through speaking, listening, reading, writing, and the use of vocabulary strategies.
Speaking and Listening: Students will demonstrate the ability to speak, listen and view effectively for a variety of purposes.
Reading Literacy Competency: Students will demonstrate the ability to comprehend, analyze, and critique a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print literary texts.
Reading Informational Texts Competency: Students will demonstrate the ability to comprehend, analyze, and critique a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print informational texts, including texts for science, social studies, and technical subjects.

Essential Questions:

How do effective readers infer or read between the lines?
How do we support our ideas or the truth?
How do we know our ideas about a piece of writing are valid?
How do we know what the author is trying to communicate to the reader?
What is the message?
How and why do individuals, events and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text?
How do we make meaning out of the written word?
How do organization and format lead to an understanding of a text?
Why is point of view and purpose important?
Why do writers choose to use a certain medium to convey their message?
What do effective readers do?
Why read?

Banned Books Information:

ALA website

Banned Book Mini Research

TKAM Banned/Challenged Reasons

ALA TKAM Reasons

Banned Book Reflection - General 9

Mrs. Wright Library Policies Slideshow

Historical Background/Author Information

Timeline: Historical Context

TO Kill A Mockingbird

Part 1 Full Text

Vocabulary

General 9 Answers

Blogs:

To Kill A Mockingbird Blog #1

To Kill A Mockingbird Blog

Time Periods:

Literary Time Periods

Before Reading To Kill A Mockingbird Assignments:

While Reading To Kill A Mockingbird Assignments:

Tabloid Assignment

Example Tabloid

Critical Reader Questions

Chapter Questions

Sentence Starters

Example of sentence starters

Example Sentence starters

More examples of sentence starters

Annotation Exercise

Illustration / Soundtrack

General 9 Example

Part II:

Annotation Rubric

Annotation Example

After Reading To Kill A Mockingbird Assignments:

Theme Notebook (General)

Theme Notebook Template

Theme Notebook Example

3 degrees of

TKAM & Remember the Titans

Courage Examples 3 degrees of

3 degrees of prep

Example 3 degrees

Example 3 degrees

Example 3 degrees

Model 3 degrees of

*Most Valuable Idea Example

Most Valuable Idea Rubric

Articles:

Racism theme:

https://newsela.com/articles/shopping-discrimination/id/1631/

https://newsela.com/articles/math-violence/id/936/

https://newsela.com/articles/New-civilrights/id/6294/

Courage theme:

https://newsela.com/articles/afghan-taxidriver/id/7949/

https://newsela.com/articles/nemtsov-march/id/7723/

https://newsela.com/articles/ferguson-pompomteam/id/7039/

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS:

TKAM Text Set Assignment (Honors)

Admissions Ticket Template

*Facebook Project

Facebook Template

Instagram Template

Essays:

* Author's Purpose Essay (Honors)

Student Model 1

Student Model 2

Student Model 3

*General 9 Essay Assignment

Essay Example 2

Enrichment General 9

Part II Sentence Starters

Comparison Film: McFarland USA

Articles:

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