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To Kill a Mockingbird: The Filmmaking Process Unit PlanTo Kill a Mockingbird: The Filmmaking Process Unit Plan
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Film Foundation
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7th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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To Kill a Mockingbird: The Filmmaking Process

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This To Kill a Mockingbird: The Filmmaking Process unit plan also includes:
  • Student Activity Booklet
  • Take 2 Reading & Screening Activity
  • The Filmmaking Process Quiz Set
  • To Kill A Mockingbird: Tests and Answer Keys
  • The Story of Movies Foundation
  • The Story of Movies Foundation
  • Student Activity Booklet (.pdf)
  • Take 2 Reading & Screening Activity (.pdf)
  • The Filmmaking Process Quiz Set (.pdf)
  • To Kill a Mockingbird Teacher's Guide (.pdf)
  • Appendix: Teacher Resources (.pdf)
  • To Kill a Mockingbird Curriculum (.html)
  • Vocabulary
  • Answer Key
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"I'll just wait for the movie version." How often have you heard that line? Transform passive viewers into active readers of visual images with an understanding of the three stages of the filmmaking process. This 28-packet packet is a must-have resource for your To Kill a Mockingbird curriculum file.

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Concepts

film making, film analysis, film adaptations, to kill a mockingbird, screenplays, script writing

Additional Tags

visual and performing arts

Instructional Ideas

  • The resource may be used as part of a film and literature course or as part of a study of Harper Lee's novel that includes a viewing of the film

Classroom Considerations

  • The file for this resource is massive and needs considerable time to download
  • The second in a series of four interdisciplinary resources focusing on the process of adapting Harper Lee's novel for the screen
  • The resources are designed to be used in order after a reading of the novel

Pros

  • The carefully scaffolded lessons include step-by-step directions, activities, and links to all required materials

Cons

  • None

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Study Guide

To Kill a Mockingbird: Novel Study

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Scottsboro Boys and "To Kill a Mockingbird": Two Trials for the Common Core

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Here's a must-have resource for anyone reading To Kill A Mockingbird or using Harper Lee's award-winning novel in a classroom. The packet contains Miss Hollace Ransdall's first-hand, factual account of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys,...
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Learn Nc: Justice for All?: To Kill a Mockingbird and a Time to Kill

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This lesson plan uses the novels To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time to Kill; after viewing the courtroom scene in each movie, students will be able to demonstrate comparisons. RL.9-10.7 analyze 2 media
9th - 10th English Language Arts
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To Kill A Mockingbird: A Historical Perspective

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Students study the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Through studying primary source materials from American Memory and other online resources, students of all backgrounds study the relationships between blacks and whites.
6th - 12th English Language Arts
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Teaching Guide: Exploring To Kill a Mockingbird

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Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, considered by many to be a seminal piece of American literature, contains many complex literary themes that carry through United States history. Use a series of discussion questions and classroom...
6th - 12th English Language Arts
Worksheet

To Kill a Mockingbird: Theme

Curated OER
So many themes are expertly woven through Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. On the first page, scholars will read five themes, selecting an incident and a quote to highlight that theme. On page two, they use chapters 29-31 to...
8th - 9th English Language Arts
Worksheet

Jem in "To Kill a Mockingbird": Fun Trivia Quiz

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An in-depth quiz on Jem from Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, this quiz combines basic recall skills with some plot and character analysis. Unlike many Fun Trivia quizzes, the content of this quiz deals with plot events...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Worksheet

To Kill a Mockingbird: End of Novel Critical-Thinking Questions

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Chapters 28 – 31 of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird are the focus of a series of critical thinking questions. Responders are encouraged to refer directly to the novel to support their inferences and interpretations. 
9th - 10th English Language Arts
Interactive

Setting in To Kill a Mockingbird

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Can you understand more about how a person acts by learning about how that person lives? An interactive resource explores the setting of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird with several slides discussing the location, social...
7th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Worksheet

To Kill a Mockingbird Quiz

Curated OER
Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird? Test your readers with these multiple-choice questions from To Kill a Mockingbird. The quiz features some challenging, lesser-known questions about the novel.
9th - 12th English Language Arts
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