Monday, March 15

Today, chapters 24-27 of To Kill A Mockingbird were due. In honor of that, we asked you to make your understanding of many of the characters, and your thinking about their relationships and their places in the world that Harper Lee creates, as visible as possible.

To do this, we allowed you to find a partner, or to work independently. Next, we gave you a sheet with 18 character names, 1 place name, and a "wild card" box, where you could write any name (or object, or place) from the book. We then asked you to follow these directions:

Step 1: Cut out each of the text boxes. One of them is a “wild card” -- you can write any TKM-related name or “thing” in it.

Step 2: With your partner, make sure you understand who each character is. Feel free to use your book for clarification.

Step 2: With your partner, in discussion, arrange the text boxes on your poster in some way that will demonstrate two things:

A) Your understanding of the events in TKM so far;

B) Your thinking about the events or characters in TKM.

Step 3: Once you and your partner have come up with an arrangement that makes sense to both of you, ask Mitch to take a picture of your arrangement. Then, make it permanent with glue.

Step 4: If you need to add anything to your poster (lines, arrows, words, symbols), do so.

Step 5: When you are finished, find Mitch or Liz and explain your poster and your arrangement. Be prepared to have your explanation recorded via Flip.

Most of you completed Step 3, and a few of you completed Step 4 before the end of class. Tomorrow, all of you will have the opportunity to explain your poster and arrangement before a wider audience.

For a copy of the two handouts (character/place names and assignment), please click on the link below:

Character Names Assignment

Your only homework (aside from Philosophy) is to finish the novel by next Monday, March 22.