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Students who are more musical may enjoy writing a song about one of the themes in To Kill a Mockingbird Activities that combine music and writing can be a great way to draw in students that wouldnt otherwise be interested. I made six game boards and had my students in groups of 4-5.
Choose one or more elements from the novel a theme image symbol allusion character mood or event to explore in your composition.
Fun activities for to kill a mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird Trial Organizer and Lesson Practicing Inference Skills This To Kill a Mockingbird activity helps students organize all the facts that are established through Heck Tates Mayella Ewells Bob Ewells and Tom Robinsons testimonies. It also has them decipher what Atticus lin. 10 To Kill a Mockingbird Pre-reading Activities 1 Build on prior knowledge Jim Crow and segregation.
Discover what students know about segregation the Jim Crow. 2 Talk about growing up and changing points of view. This To Kill a Mockingbird pre-reading activity starts students.
To Kill a Mockingbird Fun Activities Create a Map. Using the narrative of To Kill a Mockingbird as a guide create a map of the different settings and. Look in your local newspaper or archives for an article that involves some aspect of the novel and bring.
Create a game board tracing Scout and Jems journey through To Kill a Mockingbird. At the various spaces players land on which are pivotal to events in the text such as Mrs. Duboses house write a card in which you question the player about what.
To Kill A Mockingbird. Literature Games and Vocabulary Games are fun ways to expand your childs knowledge of the English language all while having fun. Kids learning ESL or kids just trying to expand their vocabulary can benefit from playing word games for kids.
I started with the Monopoly board template that I found on John Meehans Twitter. Focusing on Scouts neighborhood was perfect for this activity since the small-town mentality is so crucial to our understanding of the characters. Thus Maycombopoly was born.
I made six game boards and had my students in groups of 4-5. Create an original work of visual art sketch collage graphic design painting sculpture etc inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird. Choose one or more elements from the novel a theme image symbol allusion character mood or event to explore in your composition.
Include an explanation of your creative choices. Get your students prepped and ready to read To Kill a Mockingbird with these pre-reading activities. Show students photographs depicting life during the Great Depression.
Ask them to respond in. The dates on which you will tentatively be quizzed on the vocabulary words from To Kill a Mockingbird are detailed below. Please note that all dates are subject to change and should be verified in class.
Chapters 1-6 Friday April 20th th Vocabulary Quiz 2. Chapters 7-11 Tuesday May 1st Wednesday May 9. This activity bundle contains my most popular To Kill a Mockingbird activities to support the entire unit.
Activities include a background and introductory Socratic seminar on the Rosewood Massacre a quote exploration activity pack a Tom Robinson Trial Discussion Activity Bell Ringers for the ent. Students who are more musical may enjoy writing a song about one of the themes in To Kill a Mockingbird Activities that combine music and writing can be a great way to draw in students that wouldnt otherwise be interested. Have students share their creations with the class after working individually or in groups to create a song.
For To Kill a Mockingbird design a research paper that will give your students the opportunity to investigate a concept related to America in the 1930s since this is the setting of the novel. Breathe fresh air into a classic with Share My Lessons collection of free To Kill a Mockingbird lesson plans and activities. Harper Lees classic text was published in 1960 and its main themes of justice race and gender are just as relevant today as they were then.
Most importantly this often taught text can be a springboard to conversations about how these themes are still affecting people today and how the. The To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter and Activity Pack helps promote discussion about complex ideas and events throughout in the novel. The PowerPoint comes with various discussion questions and activities to help engender a deeper appreciation and understanding of the novel.
The 20 enjoyable interactive classroom activities that are included will help students understand To Kill a Mockingbird in fun and entertaining ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects games critical thinking activities brainstorming sessions writing poems drawing or sketching and countless other creative exercises. Activities 2 and 3 are also most suitable for before reading as they introduce students to ideas and themes central to the novel through group work role-play and the exploration of contemporary images.
For Activities 4 and 7 you will need a copy of the 1962 film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. This is widely available and reasonably priced. Other TKAM Activities Track how Boo Radley is viewed and how that view changes from the beginning to the end of the novel.
Follow the court case using six cells depicting the major events.