TKAM

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//As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, "I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal." -- Harper Lee, personal correspondence, 2006//


 * TKAM Tom Robinson Verdict Paragraph Revisions – Due Thurs 4/5. **


 * 1) Underline your thesis statement ON YOUR NEW DRAFT.
 * 2) Highlight with a yellow highlighter ALL changes you made to your new draft ON YOUR NEW DRAFT.
 * 3) In the margins of your new draft, briefly explain each change. Write explanations of changes in a different color than the paragraph.
 * 4) Staple new draft to all previous drafts nicely and neatly. If necessary to keep the packet nice and neat, remove all previous staples.

Your new draft must be handwritten, written in pen, and double-spaced. Indent the paragraph. Underline the book tittle. Follow all your notes on punctuating and citing quotes and “quote within a quotes.”

Have your packet of work ready to turn in at the beginning of class. Gather everything together, highlight, staple, and so on BEFORE YOU COME TO CLASS. If you are not ready to immediately hand in your work at the beginning of class, it will be considered late.

I will stop reading at the first grammar/mechanics error and your final grade will be determined by whatever portion of the paragraph I got through before stopping.

TKAM Vocabulary:
TKAM Quizlet by Julia R. TKAM Quizlet by Caroline Y. Official TKAM Vocab lit with Ms. Barth's notes. Begin studying immediately! TKAM Vocab - Intro to the Words Activity. Word Map if you'd like to use it.

Maycomb and Monroeville:
Click here to visit Mrs. Barth's blog of her trip to Monroeville, AL in July of 2009.

TKAM Links:
media type="youtube" key="GL4tVLiWFuk" height="315" width="420" A timeline of Lee's life from the Old Courthouse Museum. [|Click here to see a review of TKAM from The Atlantic August 1960.]  [|Click here to see a review of TKAM from Time August 1960.]  [|Click here to see a newspaper ad for the film from February 1963.]  Listen to NPR coverage of a rare Harper Lee public appearance here.  [|The TKAM Student Survival Guide] -- Great for allusions and vocabulary!  [|Understanding TKAM -- A Research Guide for Students] NYT's "50 Years of TKAM" with many useful resources!

 Capote talking about In Cold Blood. Notice how he never mentions Harper Lee.  media type="youtube" key="Xe1cqDLkT38" height="344" width="425"

TKAM News:
2010 was the 50 year anniversary of the publication of //To Kill a Mockingbird//!
 * The Guardian's interview with Harper Lee the way they'd like us to think of it.
 * And the way the interview really went.
 * A recent interview with ALICE LEE!
 * A new biography of Harper Lee -- the author insists that she had Harper Lee's cooperation on the book, but Harper Lee denies having anything to do with it. Check out an article from the Christian Science Monitor here.
 * Al.com's response to the supposedly authorized biography: "Leave her alone!"
 * An interesting article about Harper Lee's "silence" in The Telegraph.
 * Click here to see Stephen Colbert's impersonation of Atticus Finch. This is a perfect example of allusion--if you did not know //To Kill a Mockingbird//, you'd completely miss the joke!
 *  Click here for the NPR article, "50 Years On, 'Mockingbird' Still Sings America's Song."