Author: ROCHELLE HILL
Last saved by: AMY TOLIVER
Company: Cy-Fair ISD

Annotations: For each reading assignment, annotate the novel with the following ideas in mind as well as ideas of your own. You should have at least one annotation per bullet point. 

Part One 

Reading #1: Chapters 1-2 
• Find at least two allusions 
• Point of view: shifts between formal and informal diction (adult/child narrator) 
• Intro to Boo Radley 

Reading #2: Chapters 3-5 
• Character development: 
• Miss Caroline 
• The Cunninghams 
• The Ewells 
• Miss Maudie 

Reading #3: Chapters 6-8 
• Theme: Jem maturing, compassion 
• Changing perception of Boo Radley 
• Character development: Miss Maudie
Reading #4: Chapters 9-10 
• Character development: Atticus 
• Theme: lessons children learn from adult behavior 

Reading #5: Chapter 11 
• Theme: bravery 
• Reflecting on themes/character development in part one 

Part Two 
Reading #6: Chapters 12-13 
• Character development: Calpurnia and Aunt Alexandra 
• Role of women, Scout learning what it is to be a lady 
• Caste system in Maycomb 
• Theme of prejudice: race, class, and gender 

Reading #7: Chapters 14-15 
• Character development: Jem’s maturation contrasting with Scout and Dill 
• Theme: Adults learning from children 

Reading #8: Chapters 16-17 
• “The Roman Carnival” (159) 
• The issue of “mixed children” 
• Character development: Bob Ewell 

Reading #9: Chapters 18-20 
• Character development: Mayella Ewell 
• Character development: Tom Robinson 
• Theme: Justice vs. Injustice 
Reading #10: Chapters 21-23 
• Awaiting the verdict: Tone 
• Theme: Standing in another’s shoes 
• Theme: prejudice in all forms (race, gender, class) 
• Character development: Miss Maudie 
• Character development: Jem 

Reading #11: Chapters 24-27 
• Scout’s maturation in context of Boo Radley 
• Theme of Hypocrisy 
• Mockingbird motif 
• Forshadowing 

Reading #12: Chapters 28-31 
• Tone 
• Mockingbird motif 
• Theme of loss of innocence/growing up 
• Characterization: Atticus 
• Point of view 

 Some of the things you may want to mark as you notice them are: 
Literary elements (symbolism, theme, foreshadowing, etc.) 
Figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification, etc.) 
Plot elements (setting, mood, conflict, etc.) 
Diction (effective or unusual word choice) 
Images (striking imagery that helps to create meaning) 
Highlighting key words, phrases, or sentences and passages that are important to understanding the work 
Writing questions or comments in the margins 
Bracketing important ideas or passages 
Connecting ideas with lines or arrows