To Kill a Mockingbird Novel Unit makes teaching Harper Lee’s masterpiece a pleasure. Includes pre-reading activities, lesson plans, reading quizzes, assignment pages, slideshows, and assessments. TeachNovels units provide the structure, variety, and flexibility that teaching demands.
NOTE: The lesson plans resource is the heart of the unit, so start there.
To Kill a Mockingbird Lesson Plans and Materials
Engaging explorations of point of view, historical context, symbolism, imagery, structure, rhetoric, thought-provoking themes, and more. Includes 30 step-by-step lessons, 26 instructional handouts, 2 primary source galleries, 7 slideshows, and answer key. Depending on your instructional goals, you may not use every lesson.
- PRE-READING: 3 lessons
- READING 1 (Chapters 1-5): 4 lessons
- READING 2 (Chapters 6-9): 4 lessons
- READING 3 (Chapters 10-14): 4 lessons
- READING 4 (Chapters 15-18): 4 lessons
- READING 5 (Chapters 19-23): 4 lessons
- READING 6 (Chapters 24-31): 4 lessons
- FOLLOW-UP: 3 Lessons
To Kill a Mockingbird Quizzes (6 reading checks)
Leading engaging lessons is easy when everyone is on the same page. Each quiz contains 14 multiple-choice questions and two short answer prompts. TIP: Have developing readers read the questions before the assigned chapters to preview the events and foster purposeful reading.
- Reading 1: Chapters 1-5
- Reading 2: Chapters 6-9
- Reading 3: Chapters 10-14
- Reading 4: Chapters 15-18
- Reading 5: Chapters 19-23
- Reading 6: Chapters 24-31
To Kill A Mockingbird Projects Menu
16 engaging options for assessing and extending learning. Tasks include creative writing, literary analysis, formal research, visual arts, performance, debate, presentation, and more.
- Beyond the Mockingbird: Symbol Presentations
- Judging a Cover by Its Book
- Mapping Maycomb — Setting and Symbols
- To Kill a Monologue — Character Voice
- Primary Source Gallery (Historical Context)
- Viewing Questions and Film Review
- Theme Development (Informative Essay)
- One Scene for Stage or Screen
- Themes for Kids: Children’s Book
- Truth and Fiction (Research Report)
- Hypocrisy Editorial (Argument)
- To Keep a Mockingbird? (Debate)
- To Kill a Mockingbird in Context — Timeline
- Campaign for Robinson’s Defense
- Someone Else’s Shoes (Point of View)
- A Speech for Atticus (Public Speaking)
To Kill a Mockingbird Unit Test Maker
Delete the questions that you don’t want. That’s it! Your To Kill a Mockingbird unit test is ready. Test items address point of view, irony, historical context, symbolism, irony, characterization, theme development, craft, structure, and more.
- Comprehension Questions (75, multiple-choice)
- Language Arts and Literature (75, multiple-choice)
- Short Answer (35)
- Extended Response (17)
To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter Questions (comprehension)
To Kill a Mockingbird Discussion Questions by Chapter
To Kill a Mockingbird Test (whole-book reading check)
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Jordan S. –
This resource has been a life-saver! The book was in my curriculum, but no supporting documents or standards were with it, so I wanted to build a unit on analysis to strengthen that skill in my student. This was a fantastic resource for that! I also loved the comprehensive assessments and projects that my students can do to show their learning. Will definitely continue to use this in the future!
Julianna B. –
Wow! So much thought and care went into creating this resource that just keeps giving! So many activities to choose from along with quizzes and lots of pre, during, and post reading activities.
Michelle R. –
The materials in this unit were amazing, a great range of activities to chose from. I did not use as an entire unit but mixed and matched based on my requirements. I hope to use more of it this year but what I did use was engaging and relevant. Thankyou.
Incredible Journey –
Love having new resources to use with a book I’ve taught forever. Kids loved this.