To Kill a Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 1

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 1 Answer in complete sentences: 1- What does Atticus do for a living?

2- How is the Finch family viewed by the townspeople?

3- How is Boo Radley viewed by the townspeople?

4- Based on what you have read so far, how would you describe Atticus?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 2 Answer in complete sentences:

1- Why does Scout stand up for Walter?

2- Why is Scout so looking forward to starting school? 3- What do you think of Miss Caroline?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 3 Answer in complete sentences: 1- What do you learn about the Ewell’s in this chapter?

2- Who is Calpurnia? What is her place in the Finch household?

3- Atticus says that you never really understand a person, “until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. What does this mean? Is it an easy thing for Scout to learn?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 4 Answer in complete sentences: 1- What superstitions (beliefs) do the children have in connection to the Radley house??

2- Why do the children make Boo’s story into a game?

3- What do they do in this game? Do you think the game is an accurate version of what happens in the Radley house??

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 5

Answer in complete sentences: 1- Miss Maudie says, “Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is in public” . What does this show about Atticus’s character?

2- Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson. How typical is she of Maycomb’s women? What do the children think of her? 3- What does Miss Maudie tell Scout about Boo? How does this compare with what Scout already believes?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 6

Answer in complete sentences: 1- Why does Scout disapprove of Jem’s and Dill’s plan of looking in at one of the Radley’s windows?

2- Why does Dill’s explanation of Jem’s state of dress almost land him in trouble?

3- After the incident, Jem’s real desire is not just to recover his pants, but also to keep on good terms with Atticus. What does this tell the reader about Jem’s relationship with his father?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 7 Answer in complete sentences: 1- What was the condition of Jem’s pants when he found them? Why did their condition frighten him further? 2- What was the significance of the gifts in the tree?

3- Why does Nathan Radley fill the hole in the tree with cement? Why does this make Jem cry?

4- What does the reader learn of Jem, Scout, and Boo in chapters 6 & 7?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 8 Answer in complete sentences: 1- What is an example of the golden rule in this chapter? Use the strongest evidence from this chapter to answer.

2- What is the “near libel” which Jem puts in the front yard? How do Miss Maudie and Atticus react to it?

3- Why does Atticus decide to keep the blanket incident a secret? Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 9

Answer in complete sentences: 1- Atticus says, “simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us to not to try to win”. What does he mean? Explain the significance of this statement. Use the strongest evidence to support your answer.

2- Does Scout learn anything from overhearing the conversation between Atticus and Uncle Jack? What might this be?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 10 Answer in complete sentences: 1- Atticus says,” Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird”. Put this statement in your own words. What does Atticus really mean? Use the strongest evidence from the text to support your answer. 2- Near the end of this chapter, Atticus cuts off Heck Tate as he is speaking to Jem. What might Heck have been about to say and why might Atticus have cut him off?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 11 Answer in complete sentences: 1- How is the Golden Rule illustrated in Chapter 11? Use the strongest evidence from the novel.

2- Chapters 10 and 11 are the last two chapters in the first part of the book. Explain why Harper Lee chooses to end the first part here.

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 12 Answer in complete sentences: 1- What is an example of the Golden rule in this chapter?

2- What new things does Scout learn about how the black people live?

3- Explain why Calpurnia speaks differently in the Finch household, and among her neighbors at church.

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 13 Answer in complete sentences: 1- - In this chapter, Atticus says to Jem and Scout, “Don’t you worry about anything,” he said. “Its not a time to worry.” What do you think he means by this?

2- How does Atticus explain Aunt Alexandria’s arrival? 3- How does Aunt Alexandria involve herself in Maycomb’s social life?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 14-15 Answer in complete sentences: 1-In Ch. 15, who takes a stand? Why?

2- Comment on Atticus’s explanation of rape. How suitable is this as an answer to Scout?

3- Why does Aunt Alexandria think Atticus should dismiss Calpurnia? How does Atticus respond to the suggestion?

4- What persuades the lynching-party to give up their attempt on Tom’s life?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 16-17 Answer in complete sentences: 1- Scout Learns that her father was appointed to defend Tom Robinson. She observes, “The court appointed Atticus to defend him. Atticus aimed to defend him. That’s what they didn’t like about it. It was confusing.” What does the reader understand about why the townspeople are upset that Scout doesn’t?

2- How does Reverend Sykes help the children see and hear the trial? Is he right to do this?

3- What do we learn indirectly about the home life of the Ewell family in this chapter?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 18 Answer in complete sentences: 1- Why do you think Atticus speaks so formally to Mayella during her testimony? What is you impression of Atticus based on Lee’s descriptions during Mayella’s testimony?

2- What might be the reason for Mayella’s crying in the court? 3- How does Mayella react to Atticus’s politeness? Is she used to people being polite?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 19 Answer in complete sentences: 1- What is the difference between Atticus’s cross-examination of Mayella in Ch. 18 and Mr.Gilmer’s cross-examination of Tom in Ch. 19? Why do you think the author wants us to see both of these cross-examinations?

2- Why does Scout think that Mayella Ewell was “the loneliest person in the world”?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 20-21 Answer in complete sentences: 1- Mr. Raymond says, “Miss Jean Louise, you don’t know your Pa’s not a run-of-the-mill man, it’ll take a few years for that to sink in- you haven’t seen enough of the world yet. You haven’t seen enough of this town, but all you gotta do is step back inside the courthouse.” What does Mr. Raymond mean? 2- Explain, in your own words, Atticus’s views on people being equal.

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 22-23 Answer in complete sentences: 1- Miss Maudie says, “There are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them”. What does she mean?

2- Miss Maudie tells Jem that “things are never as bad as they seem.” What reasons does she give for this view?

3. Why does Aunt Alexandria accept that the Cunningham’s may be good but are not “our kind of folks”? Do you think that people should only mix with those of their own social class? Are class divisions good or bad for society? Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 24-26 Answer in complete sentences: 1- What are two things the reader learns about Atticus’s character in these chapters?

2- What is your opinion of the Maycomb ladies, as depicted in Ch. 24?

3- How does Maycomb react to Tom’s death?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 27 Answer in complete sentences: 1- Reread Atticus’s explanation of Bob Ewell’s actions, beginning with “I think I understand….” and ending with “Atticus Chuckled.” What does Atticus’s explanation reveal about his character? 2- Why, according to Atticus, does Bob Ewell bear a grudge? Which people does Ewell see as his enemies, and why?

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch.28 Answer in complete sentences: 1- How does Harper Lee build suspense in this chapter?

2- Why does Jem say Boo Radley must not be at home? What is ironic about this? (Is it true? Does he really mean it? Why might it be important for him and Scout that Boo should not be at home?)

Name______ELA 8 To Kill A Mockingbird Structured Notes Ch. 29-31

Answer in complete sentences: 1- What does Scout mean when he says, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough”?

2- How do the events of the final chapters explain the first sentence in the novel?