To Kill A
Mockingbird
Screenplay
Ms. Osborn
Days 1-2
Online Notes
5/1
VOCABULARY
austere
entailment
idle
intrigue
elated
feat
inscription
puny
reluctant
scowling
solemn
tormenting
rigid
snarling
spinster
5/1
VOCABULARY
austere--stern, as in manner; without
excess, unadorned, severely simple and
plain
elated--filled with joy
entailment--property restriction
feat --achievement
idle--inactive; not working
inscription--something written to last a
long time
intrigue--very curious
puny--small and weak
reluctant--unwilling or hesitating
rigid--not moving; stiff
scowling --making a face that shows
displeasure
snarling--growling angrily when
speaking
solemn--serious
spinster--an older woman who seems
unlikely to marry
tormenting--causing pain or distress
5/2
Journal Entries
1. What was life like in 1930's America for African Americans?
2. What do you know about the Great Depression?
3. Share examples of being the victim of gossip or rumor.
4. Why do people gossip?
Answer each question in complete sentences.
(8 minutes)
Day 5
Journal Entry
End of Class
2. Describe a time when you were very frightened.
Use language that evokes all of your senses to recreate the
feeling of terror you experienced.
Answer in complete sentences.
(5 minutes)
5/3
Journal Entry
1. Explain how it takes courage to stand up for an unpopular
cause or person.
Provide an example of someone you know or have heard about
that has shown this kind of courage.
Answer in complete sentences.
(5 minutes)
5/4
Journal Entry
The mockingbird is a potent symbol of innocence which can be
destroyed by evil, and it is a motif which is repeated several
times in the story.
In the play as well as the novel, many characters may symbolize a
mockingbird.
1. Provide an example from the play of a mockingbird and
explain how that character fits the symbolic meaning.
Answer in complete sentences.
(13 lines)
Journal Entry
End of Class
2. Write about a situation where you have had to stick to your
beliefs a withstand the opposition.
Answer in complete sentences.
(5 minutes)
May 5
Journal Entry
1. Boo Radley’s house is a place of mystery, suspicion, and myth.
What place in your neighborhood is similar to Boo’s house?
Describe that place and explain how and why it is similar to
Boo’s.
Answer in complete sentences.
(5 minutes)
May 8
Journal Entry
Select one character and write a detailed description.
• Include a brief physical summary
•Focus primarily on that character’s personality
• Use text details to support descriptions with examples
Answer in complete sentences.
(13 lines)
Mind Map
Project Grade
All mind maps begin with a main concept or idea that the rest of the map revolves
around. Your mind map will revolve around a word that you select that represents
the novel (theme, character, change, etc...think outside the box, pick a word that you
really connect to the novel)
1.
2.
3.
4.
Create an image or write the word you selected
Create branches for 5 of the literary devices you want to focus on. It’s helpful to
use different colors and images to differentiate the branches and sub-topics.
Create sub-branches that stem from the main branches (literary devices) to
further expand on ideas and concepts. On sub-branch must have a quote from
the screenplay cited in MLA format with a description of how it is connected to
your catalyst word.
MLA citation for this text is the author’s last name and page number in
parenthesis. Eg (Foote 38).
Mind Map
father
children
courtroom
rape
victim
head
code
syntax
setting
tone
Project Grade
word
left
tree
sin
ran
restore
CATALYST WORDS
(pick 1)
courthouse
summer
truth
duty
hand
shoot
road
dead
mockingbird
jail
assumption
evidence
guilt
colored
standing
LITERARY DEVICES
(use 5 of these for the main branches)
symbols
social commentary
conflict
figurative language
mood
characterization
rigid
theme
shift
5/9
Journal Entry
Give an example of social commentary from the screenplay.
Explain how the text serves as a warning or a criticism of
society’s rules and expectations. Write about how the
expectations or rules affect the interactions, feelings, and
relationships of characters.
Answer in complete sentences.
(26 lines)
5/10
Journal Entry
What character from the play do you most identify and or relate
to?
Explain why you understand this character and have a
connection with him or her.
Answer in complete sentences.
(26 lines)