To Kill a Mockingbird for 7th Grade

Pre-Reading:

1. Who is Harper Lee? Her neighbor was the famous writer Truman Capote!
2. What is your first clear school memory? Write a poem.

• Chapters 1-5: Vocabulary, Read until chapter 5 and make a prediction.

(Quizlet: Vocabulary). Select theme songs for important characters. How does each song suit the character?

• Chapters 6-11 (Vocabulary: 6-10, 11) Is Atticus a Good Father?

After Chapter 6, take a quiz.

After Chapter 11, do a review.

• Chapters 12-16 (Vocabulary/ Review)
• Chapters 17-20 (Vocabulary)
• Chapters 21-26 (Vocabulary)
• Chapters 27-31 (Vocabulary), Test, Essay Questions

Full movie here.

Harper Lee's Discovery: Go Set a Watchman
NY Times Review

Resources:

https://www.facinghistory.org/mockingbird

http://teachingtokillamockingbird.com/
http://universalteacher.org.uk/prose/tokillamockingbird.pdf

Week 28: STIs, Aksum, Harper Lee and The 1960s American Cultural Revolution

• Math: Unsolvable Equations
• Science: Sex Ed: Reducing Your Risk of STIs/STDs (Quizlet, Videos: Protection, Myths, How to Use a Condom, Herpes,

• Geography: Ch 8, African Civilizations, Unit 3 The Kingdom of Aksum
• Spanish:

1. Review -AR verbs
2. Use your Spanish/English dictionary and write 20 sentences.

Mix up pronouns/-AR verb conjugations and use a variety of vocabulary.

• Writing: Unit 6, Cause-Effect Essay, pg.140-149a
• US History: People’s History, Chapter 19, “Surprises”
• Reading: “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee

1. Pre-Reading: What is your first clear school memory?
2. Chapters 1-5: Vocabulary
3. Read until chapter 5 and make a prediction.
4. Review: Vocabulary
5. Select theme songs for important characters. How does each song suit the character?