To Kill a Mockingbird Journal Entries - Wasatch



To Kill a Mockingbird Journal Entries

Do 8 of the following journal entries. Numbers 1,2,4,12,15, and 17 are required.

Entries should be 1 page. You may type them if you want to. (double spaced, 200-250 words.)

1. Prejudice: Define “prejudice?” Give some examples from history, politics,…from your own school!

2. Adults: Describe an adult with whom you really connected? Why? How did they treat you?

3. Childhood Memory: Describe a vivid childhood memory (like Scout and Jem’s trip through the Radley gate, or when Jem lost his pants “in a poker game”).

4. Courage: Define “courage.” Describe someone you know who is courageous. Why does this person model courage for you?

5. New Experience: Describe a time when you were introduced to a new culture or situation that was awkward (or had the potential to be awkward--like the kids at the black church, Aunt Alexandra staying, or people teasing them in the streets). What was it like? How did you feel or react?

6. Tom Robinson: How do you feel about the verdict regarding Tom Robinson? What were you expecting?

7. Aunt Alexandra: How has Aunt Alexandra changed? Why has she changed? Discuss a time you or someone you know had a “change of heart” about something or someone.

8. Mr. Underwood: What was Mr. BB Underwood’s article about? Who was he trying to reach through his writing? Why did he draw a metaphor between a Mockingbird and Tom’s “senseless killing.”

9. Not Interested: In chapter 14, Dill tells Scout that he ran away from home because “they just wasn’t interested in me.” Write about a time in your life (or in the life of someone you know) when you felt that someone important to you “just wasn’t interested.”

10. Ignoring Bad Behavior: Atticus says, “Bad language is a stage that all children go through and it dies with time when they learn that they are not attracting attention with it.” Agree or disagree with the philosophy Atticus articulates—that the best way to deal with bad behavior in children is to ignore it.

11. Protecting Children: Atticus tells Jem, “There’s a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep ‘em all away from you. That’s never possible.” Do you feel parents should attempt to protect their children from the “ugly things of the world”? Support your answer with strong reasoning and examples.

12. Loneliness: In Chapter 19 when Scout is listening to Mayella’s testimony, as the narrator she says, “It came to me that Mayella must be the loneliest person in the world. She was lonelier even that Boo Radley who hadn’t been out of this house in twenty-five years.” Discuss the idea of loneliness and a person whom you think is a lonely person.

13. Living With Self: Atticus tells Jem, “Before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself. I can’t live one way in town and another way in my home!” Explain the meaning of the quote and using examples, agree or disagree with it.

14. Point of View: Write a journal entry about the trial from the point of view of Jem, Scout, Dill, Miss Stephanie or Reverend Sykes.

15. Connection: Draw a connection between and event or person in TKAM and an event or person in your life.

16. Quote: Identify and write about a quote from the book that you think is significant.

17. Analyze: Choose any character, event or topic related To Kill a Mockingbird (that you have not already written about) to analyze (explain the significance to the story).

18. TKAM Response: What have you learned from reading To Kill a Mockingbird?

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