Character Arcs in To Kill a Mockingbird
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Objective
I can analyze how a character's experiences in To Kill a Mockingbird shape their changing perspectives and moral growth.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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According to the video, one of the great pleasures of reading is that we get to escape the strictures of our narrow lives and imagine the world from other people’s perspectives.
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In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout doesn't like the class structure of Maycomb and argues that there is just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Atticus displays real courage when defending Tom Robinson, which he defines as, “…when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”
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Practice
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According to the video, what is one of the great pleasures of reading?
How did Scout unknowingly contribute to de-escalating the lynch mob outside the jail?
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Exit ticket
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“Describe how Scout's perspective on Walter Cunningham changes throughout the story and what experiences contribute to this change.”
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