To Kill a Mockingbird 5 5H 23

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

English Literature 

Road Map

• Recap 
• Chapters 17 & 18 - Check
• Group work chapters 19, 20, 28, 29 and 30.

24 February: hand in your reading list!

Test 

1. About 20-25 multiple choice questions on the novel

2. About 10-12 items in a 'fill in the gap'- exercise on Harper Lee's life

3. 30 true/false questions

4. 1 open question (you use about 60-80 words, either Dutch or English. Well-written English may give you bonus points). 

DICTIONARIES ARE ALLOWED (BYO)

Test Material

• The content from chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird  that you had to read - Full text on SOM
• The film
• The life of Harper Lee (booklet) 
• Style and language in the book (booklet)

Recap

What do you know so far about:

- Scout

- Jem

- Atticus 

- Dill

- Tom Robinson

Chapter 17

The trial takes places in Maycomb's courthouse. Heck Tate, the sheriff, and Mr Bob Ewell testify and are questioned by Atticus and the prosecutor, Mr Gilmer. Scout, Jem, and Dill are watching the trial form the balcony (where the African-Americans were also sitting bc. they were not allowed to sit in the same space as white people then). 

Chapter 18

Mayella Ewell testifies. She cries a lot and is very emotional. She also seems to be scared and insecure, perhaps because she is thinking of what actually happened on the night and she is  committing perjury, or perhaps by acting like this she thinks she can get the jury's sympathy. 

Chapters 17 & 18

Assignments

Chapters 19 & 20, 28, 29 and 30

In groups of 4 or 5 (4 groups of 4 and 1 group of 5)

Find the answers to the questions that you are assigned. 

Chapters 19 & 20, 28, 29 and 30

• Group 1: questions chapter 19
• Group 2: questions chapter 20
• Group 3: questions chapter 28
  
• Group 4: questions chapter 29
• Group 5: questions chapter 30

Recap of chapters at the back of your booklet!

Chapters 19 & 20, 28, 29 and 30

Share your answers.

Discuss the questions, note their  answers. If you don't understand something: ask for clarification!

The week ahead

• Wednesday: Watching and listening practice

• Friday: Continue with To Kill a Mockingbird - the film 

Note: no homework so there's definitely time to read!

Homework

Make sure you have finished the assignments to chapters 19, 20, 28, 29 and 30

(Re)read the chapters and make sure you understand them. 

Chapter 19

Tom Robinson takes the stand and tells his side of the story. He is not being treated very nicely by the prosecutor, Mr Gilmer, who addresses him in a very condescending way. Dill tells Scout it just made him sick to hear how Mr. Gilmer was talking to Tom.

Chapter 20

This chapter relates Atticus' closing statement. He closes by referring to Thomas Jefferson's famous line that all men are created equal, and says that this doesn't mean that everyone is just as talented as everyone else, but that everyone is equal under the law.

Chapter 28

Jem and Scout go to school for a Halloween pageant in which Scout features as a ham. It's dark and Jem forgot to bring a flashlight. On the way to school they are scared by Cecil Jacobs. Later, when they're returning home, Scout is still in her ham costume. Close to the Radley house, Jem and Scout are attacked by Bob Ewell. As Scout is still in her costume, it is not really clear to her what is going on.  Jem and Scout are saved by Arthur - Boo- Radley. In the fight to save them, Bob Ewell is killed. 

Chapter 29

Heck Tate comes as does Dr Reynolds. Jem is unconscious and has broken his arm. Heck investigates what happened and questions Scout. Boo Radley is also present and Scout finally gets to meet him. 

Chapter 30

Atticus is convinced that Jem has killed Bob Ewell. Heck Tate, however, believes that Bob Ewell is responsible for his own death. As he is the sheriff, he is the one who decides whether or not to press charges. It is not specifically mentioned, but in all probability Boo killed Ewell and Heck does not want to see him go to jail. Scout understands: she said it would be like killing a mockingbird.