TKAM unpacking essay questions

1) Do you think there is a hero in To Kill a Mockingbird? If so, who is it? Explain your thinking. Who is the villain?

2) What is the relationship between the trial of Tom Robinson and the Boo Radley subplot in the novel? How does Harper Lee weave the two stories together to reinforce common themes?

3) In what way does the children’s story of Part one prepare us for the trial episodes of Part two?
4) What themes are embodied in Atticus and how are they shown?
5) Education can be learned in and outside of the classroom. What does Scout learn at school versus what she learns outside of the school?
6) Discuss the different characters that represent courage in the story. Who is the most courageous character in the story? Why?
7) Write about the title of the book and why the writer may have chosen it, (Who is the main mockingbird in the story? Discuss) in light of the key themes and ideas in the text.






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1) Do you think there is a hero in To Kill a Mockingbird? If so, who is it? Explain your thinking. Who is the villain?

2) What is the relationship between the trial of Tom Robinson and the Boo Radley subplot in the novel? How does Harper Lee weave the two stories together to reinforce common themes?

3) In what way does the children’s story of Part one prepare us for the trial episodes of Part two?
4) What themes are embodied in Atticus and how are they shown?
5) Education can be learned in and outside of the classroom. What does Scout learn at school versus what she learns outside of the school?
6) Discuss the different characters that represent courage in the story. Who is the most courageous character in the story? Why?
7) Write about the title of the book and why the writer may have chosen it, (Who is the main mockingbird in the story? Discuss) in light of the key themes and ideas in the text.






Slide 1 - Tekstslide

'Unpack' each essay question by finding key information : what does the essay task require? 
What do you need to answer and include in order to answer the essay question fully?!

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Do you think there is a hero in To Kill a Mockingbird? If so, who is it? Explain your thinking. Who is the villain?

Slide 3 - Open vraag

What is the relationship between the trial of Tom Robinson and the Boo Radley subplot in the novel? How does Harpe weave these two stories together to reinforce the common themes?r Lee

Slide 4 - Open vraag

In what way does the children’s story of Part one prepare us for the trial episodes of Part two?

Slide 5 - Open vraag

What themes are embodied in Atticus and how are they shown?

Slide 6 - Open vraag

Education can be learned in and outside of the classroom. What does Scout learn at school versus what she learns outside of the school?

Slide 7 - Open vraag

Discuss the different characters that represent courage in the story. Who is the most courageous character in the story? Why?

Slide 8 - Open vraag

Write about the title of the book and why the writer may have chosen it, (Who is the main mockingbird in the story? Discuss) in light of the key themes and ideas in the text.

Slide 9 - Open vraag

Compare your brainstorm ideas for your essay with people from the same group.
Do they answer the essay question?
Choose 2 or 3 main points that are the stronges and of which the most can be written.
Find a counter argument or a point that contrasts the other two.

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

The essay writing tasks are not expository because it's a fiction novel and in particular one in which an opinion or side is inevitable.

This means there needs to be some sort of 'for' and 'against' / compare or contrast

Slide 11 - Tekstslide

Type in one of the main ideas for your essay.

Slide 12 - Open vraag

Work together, search and look up evidence that will prove your point by using quotes and reference to page numbers from the book.

WRITE IT DOWN!!!
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Slide 13 - Tekstslide