To Kill a Mockingbird Close Reading Worksheets Bundle (Chapters 1-15)

Support the development of high school close reading skills and analytical thinking with this bundle of To Kill a Mockingbird resources covering the first 15 chapters of the novel. Featuring more than 125 high-order thinking questions, this bundle offers Word Doc and PDF versions of each individual resource.

This resource may serve as the basis for small-group discussions. Through these discussions, students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development, demonstrating an ability to analyze how complex characters transform and advance the plot and themes by applying logic and citing compelling, meaningful textual evidence. They will also evaluate their peers’ reasoning and use of rhetoric to advance claims, clarifying or challenging unclear ideas. Using this resource for structured guidance, students, ultimately, will present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly, concisely, and appropriately, thereby helping their peers comprehend their thinking.

Make reading more purposeful with these close reading activities to support students in their efforts to demonstrate proficiency in the following areas:

• An ability to define complex vocabulary in context
• An ability to analyze context clues and draw logical inferences about character motivations
• An ability to analyze context clues and draw logical inferences about character relationships
• An ability to analyze the text for literary devices such as foreshadowing, situational irony, dramatic irony, theme, symbolism, dynamic character, and more
• An ability to find and articulate relevant textual details in support of a claim
• An ability to analyze context clues to discern and articulate the significance of a given detail
• An ability to articulate what the text indicates both explicitly and implicitly
• An ability to write with clarity and precision