TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Setting and Mood

AGENDA

1. Bell work

2. Word work

3. Reviewing Chapters 4-5

4. Skill Focus: Setting and Mood with practice

5. Reading Together Chapter 6

6. Practice with Chapter 6

7. Homework

8. Exit Slip

BELL WORK #3 (A) 4/15

For chapter 4, Number the following events first in the order in which

Scout narrates them to you, then in sequential order: 

1.  Scout hears someone laughing in the Radley house.

2.  Scout and Jem find the Indian -head pennies.

3.  Scout finds the chewing gum.

4.  Dill claims to have helped his dad on the train on his way to

Maybomb. 

5.  Dill arrives.

6.  Atticus catches the children making fun of the

Radleys.

7.  The children make up a play  about the Radleys.

8.  Scout rolls in the tire into the Radley yard.

WORD WORKC

omplete the following chart for KIM

K= Key word I = Information

M = Memory Clue

palate Roof of the mouth

desolate

ramshackle

eerily

1.D

ill leaves.

2.J

em takes her to school.

3.S

cout is spanked.

4.S

cout knows how to read.

5.S

cout learns to read in church.

REVIEW CH. 2 EXIT SLIP (A3)

6.S

cout can write.

7.C

al taught Scout to write.

8.W

alter doesn’t have lunch.

9.W

alter Sr. pays Atticus in goods.

10.S

cout explains why Walter doesn’t

have lunch.

1.D

ill leaves.

2.S

cout gets in trouble

3.S

cout gets in trouble for learning how

to read.

4.S

cout learns from watching her father.

5.S

cout can write.

REVIEW CH. 2 EXIT SLIP (A4)

6.C

al teaches Scout to write.

7.W

alter is honest and does not have

lunch.

8.S

cout explains why he doesn’t have

lunch.

9.W

alter paid Atticus for lawyer fees.

10.S

cout go rulered.

SETTING AND MOODS

etting refers to  both the world in which the story takes place and the

changing scenery that serves as the backdrop for each scene or chapter. 

Setting includes what the characters see, hear, smell, and can touch in their

environment. 

The sights might include:• time of day• seasons of the year• plants and animals• Natural features• weather• landscape• buildings or other structures

SETTING AND MOOD

T

he setting of a story affects how we and the

characters feels about their surroundings.  This

feeling is called mood.  The setting can make

things seem pleasant or create an air of

foreboding that hints that something bad is about

to happen.

SETTING AND MOOD

F

or example:

T

he description of Radley’s house is a good example of creating mood. Let’s read this

section together ( page 10 50th edition).

W

hat did you feel?

N

otice that, expect for the town of Maycomb and the Radley place, so far Harper Lee

has spent a lot more words on the description of the people and situations than the

setting.

READING CHAPTER SIX

N

ow we will read aloud chapter six. Turn to page 67 (50th edition)

T

his chapter might be entitled :

“Jem Loses his Pants..and Recovers Them.”

P

urpose for Reading: Think about how the setting affects how we and the

characters feel about their surroundings.

SKILL PRACTICE: USING CHAPTER SIX

MOOD

R

emember , mood is the feeling the story creates

in you. To understand it better, think about how

movies use music to create a feeling of anxiety

(fast, high-pitched violins), sadness (slow, low

notes on a solo saxophone), or excitement (loud

rock band or full orchestra).

MOOD PRACTICE

R

e read the “Pants” section of the chapter on

page 71. What words or phrases convey the

feeling, or mood of fear in the passage?FEAR

VIEWING PANTS SCENE

A

s we view the “Pants

Scene”, how does the

movie use music or

lighting to create the

mood?

HOMEWORK

R

ead chapters 7 and 8 and

complete the homework

sheet.

EXIT SLIPS

elect one the following phrases. Write a

paragraph using the setting to establish

the mood.

1.H

alloween night

2.S

pring Break on the beach

3.A

trip to the emergency room

4.G

oing to a concert by your favorite artist