January Master Class

January Master Class

Study/Learn

1 - Watch this introduction to "To Kill a Mockingbird".

2 - Read: “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee.



Know/Understand
(Choose 1 of the following)

- There are many characters throughout the book that show courage.  Choose one of them and write a letter to that character telling them what courage you noticed in them, how you feel about the courage they showed and what you are committing to do to live more courageous in our own life.

- Which character in the book do you relate to the most?  Why?  Write a paragraph about why you feel that you relate so well to them.  How are you alike?  How are you different?  If you were that character what would you do the same or different?

- Do you like the way the book ended?  If not, rewrite the ending of the book to your liking.

- Choose your favorite scene from the book and with some friends from class, act if out for us.  Be prepared to tell us why it is your favorite part.

- What, if any, prejudices do people face in today's world? Have the issues that Lee discusses in To Kill a Mockingbird been resolved or are they ongoing? What forms of prejudice can you identify in your own community? Have you ever been the victim of prejudice? Did the situation end justly? Explain.

- Watch the movie, "To Kill a Mockingbird" from 1962. What elements in the story are different? What limitations does the book have that film doesn't? What limitations doesfilm have that the book doesn't? Does the movie tell the same story that Harper Lee does? What events do the movie highlight as important? Why do you think they made those choices? Do you agree with the choices? Write a paragraph in agreement or disagreement.  Did you like the movie or book better?


Become/Serve

In Chapter 10 of "To Kill a Mockingbird", Atticus showed his children that he was a courageous man when he stepped into the street to face down a rabid dog. Although he didn't consider the act particularly courageous and was completely uninterested in proving anything to his children, Jem and Scout were proud of, and impressed by, his courage in such a precarious situation. But shooting something wasn't really Atticus' idea of courage. He viewed courage on a more intellectual level, as a moral thing, not as something that can be proved with a weapon.

Do you agree or disagree with Atticus' idea of courage?  Think about this and then record your feelings in your journal.