Students read chapters 7-11.
Common Core Objectives
- 1
Work on reading well: learning how to track themes and characters; appreciating the narrative structure of achievement of good writing.
- 2
Introduction to thinking well: using the discussion questions to do more than just read; assessing the oral reading of peers.
- 3
Introduction to speaking well: developing oral skills through vocabulary development, discussion of thought questions, and reading aloud.
- 4
Expressive skill: drawing caricatures.
- 5
Understanding race: considering how the town reacts as Atticus, a white lawyer, defends a black man against serious legal charges.
- 6
Introduction to justice and courage: considering...
