Unit: To Kill a Mockingbird
Lesson: Thematic Analysis
Essential Question: What did Scout learn from her experiences and observations in To Kill a Mockingbird?
Standard: 2.3 Show how the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on life, using textual evidence to support the claims.
Objective:
1. Students will understand the concept of learning lessons through our “life journeys”
2. Students will analyze a variety of themes by connecting them to various events from the novel
Assessment:
Formative: discussion, group posters and presentation
Summative: Scout Thematic Journey Map
Activities:
1. Think/Pair/Share- What have you learned in your own personal journey over the past 8 months of high school?
a. 5 minutes- students journal quietly on question
b. 5 minutes- students discuss ideas with each other
c. 10 minutes- students share with the whole class
2. Thematic Gallery Walk- students will journey from table to table and brainstorm on various events that could be connected with different themes
a. Students divided into 5 tables, each table has a blue sheet with a theme written on it:
i. Loss of Innocence
ii. Injustice
iii. Walking in Someone’s Shoes
iv. Bravery in the midst of Isolation
b. Students will spend five minutes at each table, adding events and explanations for different events
c. Group is responsible for synthesizing information at the last table they are at, presenting to the class a summary of “What Scout learned” about that particular theme
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