To Kill A Mockingbird Final Projects

Date assigned: Wednesday, May 21st

Date due: Thursday, May 29th

You are to complete one of the two following assignments. (No, you cannot do two for extra credit.)

Assignment #1 – Soap Carving

Two Grades: Overall Look and Reflective Writing

On page 64 in To Kill A Mockingbird, Jem and Scout find two soap carvings that look like them. Just how difficult is it to carve something out of soap? If you select this assignment, you are to make a soap carving of a person, animal, or thing. (Of course, it must contain some degree of difficulty. Doing something like handing me a bar of soap and telling me it’s a soap carving of a bar of soap won’t cut it!) If you select this assignment, you MUST work on it at home. I don’t want you carving your hand to pieces here at school, and bleeding on my carpeting. (Of course, the whole “knife at school” issue also comes into play.)

The first grade is for overall look. I am grading this on things such as: Does it look like what you claim it is? Does it look like you’ve taken your time, or is this a “night before” type of thing? Have you added little details (such as in the book when the kids notice the boy carving has hair on its forehead, just like Jem?)

The second grade is for a brief writing that you must do with this assignment. This writing must be typed, or you will not receive credit for it. We’re nearing the end of the year, and I don’t have time to decipher hieroglyphic writing. Type it so I can read it quickly and easily. This reading should equal about a page when it is all finished. Please use the format shown below:

Object carved: (tell me what I’m looking at… just in case it doesn’t turn out the way you picture it in your mind)

Why did you select this object? (This should be answered in a paragraph. Give me specifics. Avoid generalities, like “I thought it would be cool.” Write in complete sentences.)

Describe your experience while trying to carve your figure. (This should be answered in a few paragraphs. Three or four sentences will adversely affect your second grade. Tell me what you troubles or success you had. Make me feel as if I was there watching you do this. Avoid generalities, like “This was cool!” Write in complete sentences.)

Assignment #2 – Map of Maycomb

Two Grades: Overall Count and Reflective Writing

Using clues given in the novel (and the available Map Clues sheet), you can make a map of Maycomb. Start with the Finch house as your base, and work from there. (You have been given a basic outline on the back of this paper as a beginning.)

The first grade is for the overall count. I am grading this on the number of items that you locate on your map. (Of course, the overall look of the project would help… and could be the difference between an “A-“ and an “A+”. Does it look like you’ve taken your time, or is this a “night before” type of thing?)

The second grade is for a brief writing that you must do with this assignment. This writing must be typed, or you will not receive credit for it. Please use the format shown below:

Describe your experience while trying to make this map. (This should be answered in a brief paragraph or two – about ten sentences total. Three or four sentences will adversely affect your second grade. Tell me what you troubles or success you had. Make me feel as if I was there watching you do this. Avoid generalities, like “This was cool!” Write in complete sentences.) Attach this writing to the back of your map.

Locate and label the following things:

Post Office

1.  Jem and Scout Finch’s house

2.  Mrs. Dubose’s house N

3.  Miss Rachel Haverford’s house

4.  Cecil Jacob’s house

5.  Stephanie Crawford’s house

6.  The post office

7.  The Radley place

8.  Miss Maudie’s house

9.  The Maycomb School grounds

10.  Deer’s Pasture

11.  The Maycomb Tribune office

12.  The Maycomb Bank

13.  Tyndal’s Hardware Store

14.  The courthouse

15.  The Jitney Jungle

16.  The jail

17.  Mr. Ewell’s house

18.  The dump

19.  First Purchase African M.E. Church

20.  The Quarters

Grading Scale:

1 – 5 = D range

6 – 10 = C range Finch

11 – 15 = B range

16 – 20 = A range

If you identify your structures by their numbers (i.e., writing #1 instead of “Finch” on Jem and Scout’s house), be sure to put the above legend on your map!

Assignment #3: Literary Analysis Question Sheet

Please answer the questions in the following order. Be sure to put the number before each answer. Your analysis must be typed [single spaced], or written legibly in black or blue ink. No rough draft is necessary. No analyses written in pencil will be accepted. The first 100 points are listed below. The second 100 points will be based upon your mechanics.

1.  Pick two main characters from the reading and write a sentence description for each. Give as much information as you can, without writing a run-on sentence. [8 points total/ 4 points each]

2.  Pick two minor characters from the reading and write a sentence description for each. Give as much information as you can, without writing a run-on sentence. [2 points total/1 point each]

3.  Pick three main settings and write a one sentence description for each. Give as much information as you can, without writing a run-on sentence. [6 points total/2 points each]

4.  Write a plot summary for the reading – but don’t write more than one paragraph. Make sure you include how the plot is resolved. [20 points]

5.  Write the major theme for the reading in a sentence.

Remember: a theme of a story of a poem is the main idea – a belief about life or human nature – that the writer conveys to the reader. [5 points]

6.  Write a minor theme for the reading in a sentence. (This theme would not be as strong as the major theme – and is one that you may have to dig for.) [5 points]

7.  State two symbols from the reading. Give a reference for each symbol – one sentence per symbol.

Remember: a symbol is a person, place, an activity, or an object that stands for something beyond itself. [10 points total/5 points each]

8.  List two other types of figurative language used in the story, and give examples

for both. Give the page numbers on which you find each example. (Example: metaphors, similes, personifications….) [10 points total/5 points each]

Remember:

·  A metaphor is a comparison between two things, not using the words “like” or “as”.

·  A simile is a comparison between two things, using the words “like” or “as”.

·  Personification is when human qualities are given to an object, animal or idea.

9.  Write a sentence from the novel that shows the point of view for the work. (From which point of view is this story being told?) Put the page number on which this sentence appears at the end of your sentence.

Remember: point of view refers to the perspective from which events in a story or novel is told. [10 points]

10. List what you feel are the four most important quotations in the novel, and the page numbers on which they appear. In a few sentences, explaining the significance of each quote. How does this quote fit into the story, and why is it important? (For this answer, please write the quote, then your explanation, before listing your second quote.) [24 points total/6 points each]

Peter Lock – TOA/District Office