Introduction

To Kill a Mockingbird is an American classic. Why is it so popular? In this lesson, students will discover how Harper Lee’s choices as an author made her novel appeal to the masses and transcend generation after generation.

Learning Objectives

(ELA-LITERACY.RL11-12.3) Students will analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).


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