Welcome!
Welcome to Mrs. Clawson's To Kill a Mockingbird website! Here I will post lesson plans, activities, reading help, and further enrichment for both parents and students.
This website will be updated weekly to reflect what we are doing in the classroom.
I look forward to exploring this novel with students!
This website will be updated weekly to reflect what we are doing in the classroom.
I look forward to exploring this novel with students!
An Introduction to the novel
Here is a written summary of the entire novel in just a few short paragraphs! (Summary is pulled from the Navigational Novel Guide of To Kill a Mockingbird, composed by Amy Kathryn Craven.)
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird follows a young girl named Scout through critical childhood years that shape her moral outlook and understanding of the world. The novel's characters represent every segment of 1930's Southern society as well as every facet of human nature. Although the novel is a coming of age story, it inspires readers of all ages and circumstances. From the fun and games of summer, to the frightening mystery of a reclusive neighbor, to the shocking drama of a courtroom trial, the story is engaging and enlightening. It will cause you to question society's rules and customs of both the past and the present. It will ask you to define who you are in relation to absolute moral codes. And it will teach you abiding truths that make our world a just a compassionate place for people to live.
The author uses her tale to depict important themes in literature and in life. For example, the notions of good versus evil, morality, social structures, courage, justice, equality, and compassion are all presented in the story. After dissecting the text and understanding the author's viewpoint on these ideas, you will arrive at your own conclusions based on your personal beliefs and opinions. This is how you incorporate a novel's lessons into your own character.
In addition to concentrating on universal themes of literature, you will also become familiar with many literary devices or techniques during your study of the novel. The use of specific points of view, diction, allusion, foreshadowing, and symbolism will all be discussed. Learning how authors use these tools will help you become a better reader, not only to To Kill a Mockingbird, but of all the books you read in the future!
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird follows a young girl named Scout through critical childhood years that shape her moral outlook and understanding of the world. The novel's characters represent every segment of 1930's Southern society as well as every facet of human nature. Although the novel is a coming of age story, it inspires readers of all ages and circumstances. From the fun and games of summer, to the frightening mystery of a reclusive neighbor, to the shocking drama of a courtroom trial, the story is engaging and enlightening. It will cause you to question society's rules and customs of both the past and the present. It will ask you to define who you are in relation to absolute moral codes. And it will teach you abiding truths that make our world a just a compassionate place for people to live.
The author uses her tale to depict important themes in literature and in life. For example, the notions of good versus evil, morality, social structures, courage, justice, equality, and compassion are all presented in the story. After dissecting the text and understanding the author's viewpoint on these ideas, you will arrive at your own conclusions based on your personal beliefs and opinions. This is how you incorporate a novel's lessons into your own character.
In addition to concentrating on universal themes of literature, you will also become familiar with many literary devices or techniques during your study of the novel. The use of specific points of view, diction, allusion, foreshadowing, and symbolism will all be discussed. Learning how authors use these tools will help you become a better reader, not only to To Kill a Mockingbird, but of all the books you read in the future!