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Mockingbird Reflections

Thoughts and artwork of ISP's 1998-99 seventh grade class,

inspired by Harper Lee's touching 1960 novel.

Welcome to ISP's seventh grade To Kill a Mockingbird webpages. We spent several weeks in Harper Lee's Maycomb, reading about, discussing, and reflecting in various ways upon the town's inhabitants and the events which happen around them.

A variety of themes emerged from our reflections: through Scout's eyes, we saw that growing up and learning about the outside world is complex and bittersweet; through the trial of Tom Robinson, we learned that our nation's justice system is only as fair as people allow it to be; from Atticus, we learned compassion and courage, and that neither of those is necessarily obvious nor easy to achieve; and from Boo, we came to understand just how wrong we can be when we pre-judge someone.

What follows this introduction is a series of student-produced texts and images. Working in pairs, the seventh graders express, in a variety of creative ways, their understanding of the themes and issues present in To Kill a Mockingbird. We hope that our work will help you enter into the richness and depth of Harper Lee's famous novel, and perhaps inspire you to understanding of your own. Come on in and sit a spell. . .

James Villers, Teacher

7th/8th grade English

May 1999

Charline&Helene chose to focus on the trial as a centerpiece, and have included a letter, article, and quiz.	To read letters by Scout and Atticus, and to see collages inspired by the themes, visit Noelle&Gillian	Damien&Marie focus on the important theme of growing up. Visit them to see artwork, read letters, even take a quiz.
Jacoba-Anna&Anais wrote an essay and Boo's journal to explore communication as a theme.	Visit Luc&Joshua to read articles from the Maycomb Co. Times.	To explore the importance of communication, visit Leslie&Cecile.
Sharif&Mickael look at racism through the eyes of Tom Robinson.	The book title and the mockingbird interested Kyle&Louis.	Hannah&Catherine wrote editorials to explore the theme of courage, and made a quiz.

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