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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee


 * "I wanted you to see what real courage is..... it's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do" (Lee 112). **

Theme Essay: Directions: 1) Do the essay outline - DUE WEDNESDAY in class. 2) Write the essay - check turnitin for the rubric, check here (or the sheet given out in class) for directions. [|essay_to kill a mockingbird.doc] [|tkam organizer_edit.docx]

Text to Text Connection and Analysis: Using Theme

Directions: 1) Do the "Theme Thought Gathering" activity below and turn it in. 2) Seriously consider number 7 - choose ONE thing (book, tv show, movie, video game, song, music video, art work, poem, historical occurrence..... whatever you want!) 3) Brainstorm at least three specific ways of how the THEME of your chosen thing connects to your THEME in //To Kill a Mockingbird// and clearly explain how these specific examples show your THEME. 4) Create a prezi, xtranormal, power point, OR poster that explains your connections 5) You will give a three minute presentation to the class explaining your findings 6) Links to ALL online presentations MUST be in my email inbox (mdavis@amschool.org) by MIDNIGHT on MONDAY 21 FEBRUARY! and all posters are due at the beginning of class on TUESDAY 22 FEBRUARY! 7) Presentations will run from Tuesday to Friday.

Here is my sample project - remember that I did a CHARACTER comparison, not a THEME comparison. Your project must be a THEME comparison!!!!!

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Theme Thought Gathering

Answer the following questions in a word document and turn it into turnitin.com by MONDAY 14 FEBRUARY BY MIDNIGHT. Use complete sentences and ideas to answer the questions.

1. What is your theme? 2. What does this word mean? (use your own words to describe it) 3. Where or how can you see this theme in your life? 4. Some (3-5) very specific and well explained places you can see this theme in the novel are... 5. Who is the character who shows your theme the most? Why? 6. Who is the character who shows your theme the least? Why? 7. Some (3-7) other things (tv shows, books, movies, songs, music videos, poems.... ) where you can see this theme are....


 * ACTIVITY 1:** Pre-Reading Research Skills:

Choose any three items that you think might fit together from the table below. Research two sources for each item and make one electronic notecard for each source. (two sources for each of the three topics equals a total of SIX enotecards)

RED text = copy pasted material (about 2-3 paragraphs) BLACK text = summary of the red material (about 1 paragraph) GREEN text = explanation of what this item has to do with the other two (this should be at least three sentences for EACH notecard - every notecard should have a different explanation!!)

To do this: 1) Download this template for the enotecards [|tkam_ Electronic Notecard.doc] 2) Answer the questions at the end of the template 3) Turn this whole document in to turnitin.com by THURSDAY 13 January

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