To Kill a Mockingbird Lesson Plan

Students read chapters 12–17.

Common Core Objectives

1. 1

   Reading well: continuing to track themes; examining character development (especially as the children age and as readers learn more about Atticus); appreciating how the author constructs the courtroom scene.

2. 2

   Thinking well: using the discussion questions to draw conclusions from evidence and to use evidence to weigh arguments and counterarguments, particularly as students consider the testimony at the trial.

3. 3

   Speaking well: developing oral skills through vocabulary development, debate, dramatic readings, and group discussion.

4. 4

   Listening well: assessing the dramatic reading; developing a taste for good grammar and strong...