To Kill a Mockingbird
Select one of the following and write creatively and accurately to express details from the given scene and expressions consistent with your
character’s personality.
● Walter eats at the Finch house -Ch 2
● Jem loses (and finds) his pants -Ch 6 (and beg. 7)
● Knothole gets filled with cement – Ch. 7
● Miss Maudie’s house fire – Ch. 8
● Atticus shoots Tim Johnson – Ch.10
● Jem reads to Mrs. DeBose -Ch. 11
● Calpernia takes the children to church. -Ch.12
Criteria:
● 2-3 pages MLA formatted (1.5 or double spacing)
● 1st Person Point of view is consistent with the character
● Dialect of character is captured; language is appropriate to the voice, vocabulary, and grammatical conventions of the character
● Plot events are discussed accurately
● Organization of the narrative is clear and focused; paragraphs have a chronological
beginning, middle, and end consistent with the novel.
● GUMS: Minimal grammatical, mechanical, and spelling errors
Requirements:
Narrative title should be your character’s name and the scene you are
rewriting.