To Kill A Mockingbird

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To Kill A Mockingbird

• Notice and Note Lessons
• Lesson of the Elder
• Memory Lane

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Lesson of the Elder

• When a character learns something through a
  conversation that causes them to change and/or
  grow
• Not always elder in age, but elder in wisdom
• Question to ask
• How do the characters perspective and/or actions
  change after this revelation?

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Lesson of the Elder

• What can does Scout learn from the following
  Lessons of the Elder
• Jem explains Miss Caroline and the Dewey Decimal
  System (p.18)
• Scout explains the Cunninghams to Miss Caroline
  (p.19)
• Atticus explains the Cunninghams ways to Scout
  (p. 21)

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Lesson of the Elder
Homework Read chapter 3 and identify a Lesson
of the Elder. Write a paragraph defending your
choice of the elder, the lesson, and the learner.
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Memory Lane

• When a character has a memory (flashback), it
• Is always triggered by some current event and/or
• Always sheds some light on what is happening or
  what is about to come

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Memory Lane

• Our brains are always trying to make connections
  between events. Memory lane is the authors way
  of saying These two things (what is happening
  now, and what happened in the past) are
  connected.
• Ask yourself...
• What happened right before that triggered this
  memory?
• What hints may the author be giving to us?
• What can we predict is about to come?

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Memory Lane

1. What will happen the next time this boy sees a
   needle?
2. As a result, how will he respond?

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Memory Lane
What can we learn from this memory? When he was
nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly
broken at the elbow...When enough years had gone
by to enable us to look back on them...I maintain
that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was
four years my senior...said it began the year
Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea
of making Boo Radley come out. (p. 3)
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Memory Lane
What can we learn from this memory? ...it
occurred to me that I would be starting to school
in a week. I never looked forward more to
anything in my life. Hours of wintertime had
found me in the treehouse, looking over at the
schoolyard, spying on multitudes of children...I
longed to join them. (p. 15)
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Memory Lane
What can we learn from this memory? The
Cunningham Tribe pgs 20-21
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Contrasts and Contradictions

• Moments where a character reacts differently than
  the patterns of behavior they have exhibited
  previously.
• Ask yourself Why has his/her behavior changed?
  What new insight does this give me into the
  secrets or inner life of this character?

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Contrasts and Contradictions

• Miss Caroline is tough in front of her students,
  but crumbles when shes alone (p. 22)
• Calpurnia surprises Scout with her favorite food
  and a kiss (p.29)
• Atticus believes the childrens lie about
  playing strip poker, and convinces Miss Rachel to
  let them off easy (p. 55)