To Kill a Mockingbird Lesson Plan

Students read chapters 7-11.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   Work on reading well: learning how to track themes and characters; appreciating the narrative structure of achievement of good writing.

2. 2

   Introduction to thinking well: using the discussion questions to do more than just read; assessing the oral reading of peers.

3. 3

   Introduction to speaking well: developing oral skills through vocabulary development, discussion of thought questions, and reading aloud.

4. 4

   Expressive skill: drawing caricatures.

5. 5

   Understanding race: considering how the town reacts as Atticus, a white lawyer, defends a black man against serious legal charges.

6. 6

   Introduction to justice and courage: considering...