Table A-1: What Does It Mean to Be Natural?

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Table A-1: What does it mean to be natural?

Natural / Unnatural
“spontaneous simplicity” / “stilted, party-mannered”

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Table B-1: How does good parenting produce good children?

Types of children and their qualities / Treatment from parents / Relationship with parents
Well-bred: natural, spontaneous charm, but well-mannered and polite / “brought out by proper encouragement, by kind, sympathetic understanding” / “a certain understanding friendliness—an implicit faith on the part of the child, and a wise guidance on the part of the parent”
Ill-bred:

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Table B-2: How should children be raised?

Eichler’s advice / Atticus’ opinion / Specific evidence or example / Aunt Alexandra’s opinion / Specific evidence or example
“[Children] should be brought out by proper encouragement, by kind, sympathetic understanding” not “constant reminders and scoldings and warnings.” / Atticus listens to his children and guides them in developing their own moral judgments / Atticus teaches Scout: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-” / Aunt Alexandra believes in manners and moral absolutes / Aunt Alexandra “had river-boat, boarding school manners; let any moral come along and she would uphold it”
“The bond that should exist between parent and child is a certain understanding friendliness—an implicit faith on the part of the child, and a wise guidance on the part of the parent.”

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Table C-1: Good or bad manners?

Character / Action / Textual evidence / Good or bad manners? / Interpretation
Scout / Scout wears her Sunday dress, shoes, and petticoat, but with her britches underneath. / “You’re mighty dressed up, Miss Jean Louise,” she said. “Where are your britches today?”
“Under my dress.” / GGood / SScout is trying to please Aunt Alexandra and fit in, but she can’t help being herself.
Miss Maudie / Miss Maudie supports Scout when Miss Stephanie is interrogating her about growing up to be a lawyer.
Miss Stephanie
Aunt Alexandra
Mrs. Merriweather
Calpurnia

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Table D-1: Are boys and girls treated equally?

Event / Textual evidence / Equal or unequal? / Interpretation
Uncle Jack tries to convince Scout to stop cursing so that she can be a young lady / “Scout, you’ll get into trouble if you go around saying things like that. You want to grow up to be a lady, don’t you?” / Unequal / Uncle Jack acts upon his view that cursing is less acceptable for girls than boys
Both Scout and Jem get air rifles for Christmas from Atticus / “they were from Atticus … and they were what we had asked for.” / Equal / Atticus doesn’t differentiate between his children in terms of gender in this regard

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Class Activity Rubric

Category / 4 - Excellent / 3 – Good / 2 – Satisfactory / 1 - Unsatisfactory
Letters / Letters show outstanding understanding of and insight into the texts and characters / Letters show good understanding of and insight into the texts and characters / Letters show limited or uneven understanding of and insight into the texts and characters / Letters show insufficient or inaccurate understanding of and insight into the texts and characters
Narrative Explanation (cite relevant and sufficient textual evidence) / Narrative explanation is clear, coherent, and shows excellent insight into the texts / Narrative explanation is solid and shows good insight into the texts / Narrative limited or uneven explanation and shows some insight into the texts / Narrative explanation is unclear and/or incoherent and shows little insight into the texts
Collaboration (initiate and participate effectively in collaboration) / Student takes responsibility for his or her own work; collaborates well with others; negotiates group dynamics well / Student takes responsibility for his or her own work; collaborates sufficiently with others; shows some success negotiating group dynamics / Student takes limited responsibility for his or her own work; collaborates minimally with others; attempts to negotiate group dynamics / Student takes no responsibility for his or her own work; student does not collaborate with others; student struggles to or is unable to negotiate group dynamics
Vocabulary (use domain-specific vocabulary) / Several “words to own” from the unit are used correctly / Some “words to own” from the unit are used correctly / One or more “words to own” from the unit are used but perhaps not correctly or effectively / No “words to own” from the unit are used
Class presentation (presentation of knowledge and ideas) / Presentation of the project is effective, concise, logical, and organized / Presentation of the project is generally but not fully effective, concise, logical, and organized / Presentation of the project is somewhat effective, but with some issues of brevity, logic, and organization / Presentation of the project is not effective, with serious problems in brevity, logic, and organization