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The Better Tale

Please respond to the following questions comparing and contrasting the film version and novel version of To Kill a Mockingbird. 1. Which character in the film is most closely similar to your perception of the character presented in the novel? Explain why (specifically). 2. Which character in the film is most different from your perception of the character presented in the novel? Explain why (specifically). 3. Which scene/event in the novel is most closely similar to your perception of the character presented in the novel? Explain why (specifically). 4. Which scene/event in the novel is most different from your perception of the character presented in the novel? Explain why (specifically). 5. Overall, what did the movie do best in representing the novel? The worst? Explain. 6. Overall, how do you feel the movie presented the major themes and ideas of the novel (walking in someone else's shoes, "killing mockingbirds," courage, etc.)?

Final Thoughts

Please respond to ONE of the following questions. Use your book to provide specific evidence to support your claims. Responses should be approximately two complete paragraphs (at minimum) in length. Be sure to cite specific evidence. 1.      Choose one of the following themes and describe the role it plays in the novel: Growing up/loss of innocence, Racism, The Importance/role of Social class, Gender Roles, Empathy (seeing things from another person’s point of view). Use evidence from the text to support your points. 2.      What is THE major life lesson Atticus teaches his children in the novel? Explain the lesson and how the children come to learn it or experience it. Use evidence from the text to support your points.

...a mile in their shoes.

If you could live a day in the shoes of any of the characters so far, who would it be and why? Be specific.

A Mockingbird's Song

If you could assign one song to be the "theme song" of   To Kill a Mockingbird   at this point in the novel, what would that song be, and why would you select it? Explain how the mood and/or lyrics of the song would appropriately capture the theme, mood, or main ideas of the story.

Reflection

Choose ONE of the following prompts to respond to. Please respond honestly and thoughtfully. 1. Scout and Jem visit Calpurnia’s church. How would you feel if you were in their shoes? Describe, in detail, a time when you were an obvious outsider somewhere. How did you feel? 2. Atticus tells Scout that Mr. Cunningham is a good man – “he just has his blind spots along with the rest of us.” What does Atticus mean by this? Explain what are your "blind spots" are as a person.

Our Town

Compare and contrast Maycomb and its ways and people with Cascade (Bernard/Western Dubuque County area). How is our Cascade-area culture similar, yet different, from Maycomb?

Going "Scouting"

1. Describe our narrator so far. What are your opinions of Scout?  2. What is one quote, scene, character, action, event that has stood out to you through the first 3 chapters? Why?