Skim over both documents:

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights and
• Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Open 5.05 Civil Rights. Compare and contrast the two documents citing evidence from each source; then, write a response about the two.

When you finish your work, submit to the 5.05 Civil Rights Dropbox.

Criteria:

• think deeply and complexly about the text;
• write in complete sentences with correct spelling, grammar, and mechanics;
• respond in a clear and well-organized manner.

Relate to your life . . . .

Is there anyone in your life who best relates to a character in the novel? Why? What is your relation to the character?

Hopefully, you now see some strong connections between real-life historical events that were happening around the publication of the novel and the events of Tom Robinson’s trial. Atticus makes the point that when a white man’s word is against a black man’s word, the white man’s word will win. Is there anywhere this is still true today? Could this be the case why we characterize Tom as a mockingbird in the novel?

In a three-paragraph essay use precise words and phrases, quotations from the novel, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of Tom Robinson as a victim of society. As you characterize Tom, be sure to use mockingbird as a metaphor.

Since this essay will rely heavily on the novel, we should use the novel as our primary source. After the creative title you choose for your essay, place this reference to the novel. For each quotation you use, put the page number inside parentheses at the end of the quotation and after the quotation marks.

Example

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1960.

Use the following format to head your essay:

Your Name
Your Teacher’s Name
Your Course
Today’s Date

Creative Title is centered on this line.

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1960.

Three-paragraph essay follows.

Be sure to put page number for the quotation inside parentheses after the quotation.

Review the 5.05 Essay Rubric for additional information.

Submit your completed work to the 5.05 Tom Robinson Dropbox.

Book Club Collaborative Project

Theme is a broad idea that an author inserts into his or her novel. This idea or message can be applied to life; however, the idea is not stated. You, as the reader, must infer what the theme of the novel is. There are a few questions that will help you find the theme to your novel:

• How did the characters react to a certain conflict or problem?
• What important decisions did the characters make?
• How did the characters grow and change over the course of the novel?
• What did the characters learn?

Determining the theme is important, but it is extra important with your book club novel. Your multi-genre portfolio will be based on your novel’s theme. You are going to work together with your group to research a topic based on your novel’s theme.

Open 5.05 Book Club Theme. Answer the questions using textual evidence from your novel. When you have finished, submit your work to the 5.05 Discusson: Book Club Theme.