To Kill a Mockingbird - Boston Children's Theatre

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Activities & Crafts In this section, you will find a number of activities that you can do with your class either to prepare for your visit to the theatre, or to reflect on the performance you saw together. All activities have many variations and can be added to and changed as needed for your students. Activity 1: Prepare for the Performance Read the novel with your class and use some of the following prompts for a discussion in class, either to prepare for the performance, or as a reflection activity after you view the performance. 1. How do Jem and Scout’s views of Boo Radley change during the book? Why does Jem cry when the hole in the tree is filled with cement? 2. Compare and contrast the play with the novel. What elements were the same, and which were different? Was there anything you felt could have been done differently in the play? What and how? 3. Atticus tells the children several times that they need to walk in someone else's shoes before judging the person. Describe times when Atticus, Scout or Jem walk in someone else's shoes. How does this change how they view the situations? What role does this advice play in sympathy and compassion? 4. Discuss race issues in this book. Why does Calpurnia speak differently around other black people? Why does Mr. Raymond pretend he is drunk to help people cope with his mixed marriage? 5. How does the trial and everything surrounding it change the town? Change Jem and Scout? Did it change you? 6. At the end of the book, Scout says that telling people Boo Radley committed the murder would have been "sort of like shootin' a mockingbird." What does that mean? Do you agree that Boo is like a mockingbird? 8
Activity 2: Create a Matching Game for Studying After reading and discussing the story with your class, print the following template out into cards and play a matching memory game with them to focus on remembering important details from the story, and or characters. Make your own cards that focus on the topics important in your class if you like. Each student can have their own set and use them to prepare for the performance as well as studying for any classwork that may require them to recall these kinds of details. Runs away from home Takes Scout to church Who does Jem read to after school Saves Scout and Jem Is accused of rape Dill Calpurnia Mrs. Dubose Boo Radley <strong>To</strong>m Robinson Shoots the rabid dog House burns down Hates Scouts’ overalls Owns the Maycomb Newspaper Attacks Scout and Jem Atticus 9 Miss Maudie Aunt Alexandra Mr. Underwood Bob Ewell
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