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To Kill A Mockingbird - Literature Kit Gr. 9-12

Guide high school readers through To Kill a Mockingbird with vocabulary, discussion, and writing. Activities before and after reading help students follow the novel and support their ideas with evidence.
Grades
Grades 9–12
Pages
60
File type
PDF
Answer key
Included

Updated Sep 19, 2021

Subject
ELA, Literature
Topic
To Kill a Mockingbird, Novel study
Resource types
Worksheets
Answer key
Included
Standards
RL.9.1

Product description

From the author

This Grades 9–12 literature companion supports To Kill a Mockingbird through vocabulary, before-and-after reading questions and evidence-based character analysis. Supply the novel separately.

The 60-page PDF includes teacher guidance, a rubric, six writing tasks, a word search, an 18-question written-response quiz and answers. Three organizers track Scout’s development, map a subplot and structure an argument about Atticus using point, illustration and explanation.

Writing options include narrative perspective, a character hot seat, an alternative-scene comic and a book review. Select work to match the class reading schedule.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recall and interpret events across the novel’s chapter groups

  • Use context and definitions to explain vocabulary

  • Analyze character development and narrative perspective

Teaching tips

  • Use the assessment rubric (teacher guide) to evaluate the writing tasks and graphic organizers with a consistent 4-level scale, since the kit is built around that rubric rather than simple right/wrong marking.

  • Assign the chapter-grouping Before/After sections alongside the reading schedule rather than all at once, since the kit is structured as 10 sequential chapter groupings.

  • Use the Hot Seat task as students approach the trial: small groups speak in character and record viewpoints about the upcoming trial.

Skills covered

  • Reading comprehension and evidence-based character analysis

  • Vocabulary in context

  • Perspective-taking through character discussion

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

How is the reading work organized?

The kit follows the novel through chapter groups. Each group has activities before and after reading, so you can pace the study alongside your class’s reading schedule.

Is the novel included?

No. Supply To Kill a Mockingbird separately. The kit includes the reading companion, activities, organizers and teacher answers.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • RL.9.1

Core concepts

  • Character development

  • Theme analysis

  • Historical context (Jim Crow era)

  • Vocabulary in context

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