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Showing posts with label to kill a mockingbird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label to kill a mockingbird. Show all posts

Using Building Blocks in the Secondary Classroom

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Several years ago a group of boys approached me and asked if they could recreate scenes from the book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper...

Literature Inspired Ornaments

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I had a classroom set of very old, falling apart To Kill a Mockingbird books. They were in too poor of condition to resell or donate (man...

Teaching #BlackLivesMatter in an all-white school

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I teach in a small, rural, almost all-white community. So maybe you're wondering why I would be teaching #BlackLivesMatter.  The an...

Harper Lee: The Silent Salute for You

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Though I knew this day would come, my heart still stopped when one of my students ran into my classroom this morning and told me the news...

Go Set a Watchman By Harper Lee Close Reading Activities

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Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee will be published in just a couple of hours. While it's not exactly a new book, it is new writing f...

To Kill a Mockingjay (When Two Worlds Collide)

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My students recently finished reading Harper Lee's classic (and my all-time favorite) novel To Kill a Mockingbird . We happened...

The Boo Lady Spreads Harper Lee's Message

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Long before I started blogging and well before I discovered TpT, I had a little store on eBay where I sold my hand-beaded book-theme...

Happy Birthday, Harper Lee!

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Happy Birthday, Harper Lee!  Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird , turns 87 today. Will you do anything special in class t...