Directions:
1. After reading each chapter, respond to the following question for each of the chapters in To Kill A MockingBird. You must cite evidence from the text to support your answer (5 points).
2. Extra Credit (Don't have to complete) - Vocabulary: (2 points extra credit)
Option #1: (1 point per word)
- Use at least one of the vocabulary words from the chapter listed in the chapter in at least 15 word sentence.
- Practice using your skills of context clues to figure out the meaning of the word.
- You can use an online dictionary to assist you in your understanding of the word or even add affixes (prefixes and suffixes to the word).
- To assuage the grumblings in Tom's tummy from not eating breakfast before entering Disneyland, he decided to succumb to purchasing a $3.50 Pepsi.
- With the sun beating the clouds away with every penetrating glimmer of light in the morning, Sandy had a vague sense of optimism the day was going to be sunny after three days of pelting rain.
- Post one picture for one of the of the vocabulary words listed for the chapter listed.
- Write a sentence with at least 10 words explaining how the picture represents the word.
A = 5 points B = 4 points C = 3 points D = 2 points F = 1 points or below
Complete for Chapter 1 Homework
Reading Question: Based on what you have read so far, how would you describe Atticus? Be sure to use the best details from the novel in your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
satisfactory
routine contentment
malevolent phantom
stealthy
alien
Complete for Chapter 2 Homework
Reading Question:
Why does Scout stand up for Walter?
Vocabulary Words:
meditating
illicitly
sentimentality
vexations
sojourn
Complete for Chapter 3 Homework
Reading Question:
Who takes a stand and why? Explain using the strongest details from the novel.
Vocabulary Words:
erratic
tranquility
contemptuous
compromise
concessions
Complete for Chapter 4 Homework
Reading Question:
Atticus says, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from
his point of view … until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (Ch. 3). How is this
advice taken or ignored in this chapter?” Use the strongest evidence from the novel in your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
auspicious
opposition
impulse
ethical
dreary
Complete for Chapter 5 Homework
Reading Question:
Miss Maudie says, “Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is in public”. What evidence so far proves this true?
Vocabulary Words:
benign
tacit
cordiality
benevolence
morbid
edification
Complete for Chapter 6-7 Homework
Reading Question:
What does the reader learn about Jem, Scout, and Boo in these chapters? Use the strongest evidence from the novel in your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
commotion
malignant
pilgrimage
burdensome
rendered
Complete for Chapter 8 Homework
Reading Question:
What is an example of the Golden Rule in this chapter?
Use the strongest evidence from the novel in your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
unfathomable
aberration
procured
caricature
quelled
Complete for Chapter 9 Homework
Reading Question:
Atticus says, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started
is no reason for us not to try to win” (Chap 9). What does he mean? Explain the significance of this statement. Use the strongest evidence from the novel in your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
inordinately
ingenious
wary
innate
obstreperous
“Maycomb’s usual disease”
Complete for Chapter 10 Homework
Reading Question:
Atticus says, “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” Put this statement in your
own words. What does Atticus really mean? Use the strongest evidence from the novel in your
answer.
Vocabulary Words:
feeble
inconspicuous
attributes
peril
vaguely articulate
Complete for Chapter 11 Homework
Reading Question:
How is the Golden Rule illustrated in Chapter 11? Use the strongest evidence from
the novel in your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
confined
livid
commence
undulate
beholden
Complete for Chapter 12-13 Homework
Reading Question:
What is an example of the Golden Rule in this chapter?
Use the strongest evidence from the novel in your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
appalling
diligently
contentious
tactful
caste system
Complete for Chapter 14-15 Homework
Reading Question:
In Chapter 15, who takes a stand? Why? Use the strongest evidence from the novel.
Vocabulary Words:
antagonize
infallible
ominous
acquiescence
impassive
Complete for Chapter 16-17 Homework
Reading Question:
In Chapter 16, Scout learns that her father was appointed to defend Tom Robinson.
She observes, “The court appointed Atticus to defend him. Atticus aimed to defend him. That’s what
they didn't like about it. It was confusing.” What does the reader understand about why the
townspeople are upset that Scout doesn’t? Use the strongest evidence from the novel in your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
Formidable
Amiably
Acrimonious
Benignly
Genially
Complete for Chapter 18 Homework
Reading Question:
Why do you think Atticus speaks so formally to Mayella during her testimony? What
is your impression of Atticus based on Lee’s descriptions during Mayella’s testimony? Use the
strongest evidence from the novel to explain your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
mollified
arid
wrathfully
Complete for Chapter 19 Homework
Reading Question:
What is the difference between Atticus’s cross-examination of Mayella in Chapter 18
and Mr. Gilmer’s cross-examination of Tom in Chapter 19? Why do you think the author wants us to
see both of these cross-examinations? Use the strongest evidence to explain your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
volition
subtlety
expunge
candid
impudent
Complete for Chapter 20-21 Homework
Reading Question:
Mr. Raymond says, “Miss Jean Louise, you don’t know your pa’s not a run-of-themill
man, it’ll take a few years for that to sink in—you haven’t seen enough of the world yet. You
haven’t seen this town, but all you gotta do is step back inside the courthouse” (201). What does Mr. Raymond mean? Explain using the strongest evidence from the novel to support your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
detachment
subsequent
unmitigated
temerity
integrity
acquit
indignant
Complete for Chapter 22-23 Homework
Reading Question:
Miss Maudie says, “There are some men in this world who were born to do our
unpleasant jobs for us. Your father’s one of them” (Chap.23). What does she mean? What evidence from
the novel supports this statement?
Vocabulary Words:
cynical
fatalistic
ruefully
wryly
furtive
commutes
vehement
Complete for Chapter 24-26 Homework
Reading Question:
What are two things the reader learns about Atticus’s character in these chapters?
Use the strongest evidence from the novel to support your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
scowling
remorse
recluse
spurious
persecute
Complete for Chapter 27 Homework
Reading Question:
Reread Atticus’s explanation of Bob Ewell’s actions, beginning with “I
think I understand …” and ending with “Atticus chuckled.” What does Atticus’s explanation reveal
about his character? Use the strongest evidence from the novel to support your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
industry
notoriety
obscure
eccentricities
Complete for Chapter 28 Homework
Reading Question:
How does Harper Lee build suspense in this chapter? Use the strongest details from
the novel to support your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
irascible
gait
pinioned
staccato
untrammeled
Complete for Chapter 29-31 Homework
Reading Question:
What does Scout mean when she says, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never
really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley
porch was enough.”? Use the strongest details from the novel to support your answer.
Vocabulary Words:
reprimand
blandly
eluded
connived
