To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee A
Language Arts, History and Journalism
Project Grades 9-12 ISTE Standards 1, 7, 8
and 10
Created by Lauren Kropf Jen
Davis Evelyn Derenzy John
Cooper Laura Wright
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• Performance Indicators for Technology-Literate
  Students Grades 9-12
• Identify capabilities and limitations of
  contemporary and emerging technology resources
  and assess the potential of these systems and
  services to address personal, lifelong learning,
  and workplace needs. (2)
• Make informed choices among technology systems,
  resources, and services. (1,2)
• Analyze advantages and disadvantages of
  widespread use and reliance on technology in the
  workplace and in society as a whole. (2)

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• Performance Indicators-continued
• 4. Demonstrate and advocate for legal and
  ethical behaviors among peers, family, can
  community regarding the use of technology and
  information. (2)
• 5. Use technology tools and resources for
  managing and communicating personal/professional
  information (e.g., finances, schedules,
  addresses, purchases, correspondence. (3,4)
• 6. Evaluate technology-based options, including
  distance and distributed education, for lifelong
  learning. (5)

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• Performance Indicators-continued
• 7. Routine and efficiently use online
  information resources to meet needs for
  collaboration, research, publications,
  communications, and productivity. (4,5,6)
• 8. Select and apply technology tools for
  research, information analysis, problem-solving,
  and decision making in content learning. (4,5)
• 9. Investigate and apply expert systems,
  intelligent agents, and simulations in real world
  situations. (3,5,6)
• 10. Collaborate with peers, experts, and others
  to contribute to a content-related knowledge base
  by using technology to compile, synthesize,
  produce, and disseminate information, models, and
  other creative works.

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Teaching Scenarios Grades 9-12 based on
Standards and Performance Indicators for these
grade levels
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Materials Needed

• Book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper
  Lee
• Computer with
• Internet Access
• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft Word

Optional Material Movie To Kill a
Mockingbird starring Gregory Peck (1962)
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Tasks
After reading Harper Lees To Kill a
Mockingbird, the student will use MS Publisher
to create a newspaper, which covers the
following

• Two hard news articles surrounding
  events from the book
• One biographical piece, which includes a
  comparison
• A letter to the editor OR an editorial
• One soft news OR feature
• One obituary
• One advertisement

• One comic

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Biographical/Comparison Subjects

• Martin Luther King
• Rosa Parks
• Malcolm X
• Susan B Anthony
• Jesse Jackson
• Mandelas
• Others upon teacher approval

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Article will include a short biography and a
comparison between the historical figures stance
and the stance of Atticus Finch
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Works Cited

• The student will also create a works cited page,
  which includes all internet sites that they used
  to research their historical figure, for their
  biographical/comparison piece.
• Students will also site sources they used for
  pictures for their newspaper.

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Rubric
A

• includes all articles
• all genres are covered
• articles are clearly written
• articles are novel appropriate
• articles are appropriate length
• additional features are completed
• newspaper is polished
• works cited page is complete and correct

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Rubric
B

• included all articles
• not all genres are covered
• some errors interfere w/article fluency
• 1-2 mistakes in article appropriateness
• 1-2 articles are not fully developed
• additional features may not be completely filled
  in
• newspaper is semi-polished (needs one more
  proofreading)
• works cited page may be complete however not
  correct

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Rubric
C

• missing 1-2 articles
• not all genres are covered
• articles may be incomprehensible
• articles are not novel appropriate
• 3-4 articles are not fully developed
• additional features only partly completed
• newspaper isnt polished (rough draft form)
• works cited page may not be complete or correct

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Rubric
D

• missing 3-4 articles
• not all genres are covered
• articles are incomprehensible
• articles are not novel appropriate
• 5 articles are not fully developed
• additional features 50 completed
• newspaper is still in rough draft form
• works cited page is not complete or correct

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Rubric
F

• missing 5 articles
• not all genres are covered
• articles are incomprehensible
• articles are not novel appropriate
• articles are not fully developed
• additional features 25 completed
• newspaper is still in rough draft form
• works cited page is not complete

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Maycomb Enquirer
Volume 4, Issue 7 November 27, 1933
MacKenzie Burton
Inside this issue
Its Raining Snow?
On November 23, Maycomb County had a real
surprise. It started snowing! It hadnt snowed
since 1885. It didnt just sprinkle down flakes
from the sky, it came pounding down. Everything
was white as a clean sheet of paper. The
snow came down so hard that without any warning
the schools were closed the next day. Kids were
building snowmen and having snowball fights, on
their first day, ever off.
Local Home Burns to Ground

• Local Maycomb resident, Maudie Atkinson was
• about to go to bed last night, when her house
  suddenly
• burst into flames. The fire attracted a huge
  crowd of
• neighbors, fire trucks, and firemen.
• According to the Maycomb County Fire Department
• the fire was caused by a wood burning stove.
  Apparently,
• Maudie Atkinson was keeping herself warm due to
  the
• surprising snowstorm.
• After Maudie Atkinson was safely outside of her
• house, friend and neighbor, Mr. Avery climbed
  inside a
• window of the burning house to retrieve her
  furniture. He
• started emptying furniture out of the house
  successfully,
• until something went terribly wrong. Mr. Avery
  got stuck
• in the window when he was trying to take out a
  wooden
• rocking chair. Everyone started yelling at him
  to get out,
• and make it quick. He ended up getting out
  safely, but he
• couldnt manage to get the rocking chair out.
• story cont. on page 2

Special Points of Interest

• New Years Eve Party December 31, 1932!!
• City Council Meeting at the Courthouse
  January 2, 1933!!
• House of Plants Blowout Sale January 8,
  1933!!