Transcript To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 4-8

Chapters 4-8
Dr. Good
English 10
A Surprise in the Radley Tree
• On their way
home from
school, Jem and
Scout find
chewing gum
inside a knothole
in a tree in front
of the Radley’s
house.
• Later, they find
pennies in a
fancy jewelry
box.
• When Dill arrives for the
summer, he, Jem, and Scout
decide to play a new game:
“Boo Radley.”
• They take turns portraying the
members of the Radley family,
and acting out the incident
when Boo stabbed his father.
• When Atticus sees them, he
forbids them from playing the
game again.
• Scout ends up on the Radley’s
lawn when the tire she is riding
in goes the wrong way.
– She heard laughter coming
from inside the house.
A
New
Game
Miss Maudie Atkinson
• Family friend who lives
across the street.
• She is a role model for
Scout.
• Miss Maudie tells Scout the
story of Boo Radley. She
encourages Scout to have
sympathy for him.
A Night’s Adventure
• On Dill’s last night, the friends
decide to go to the Radley’s to
peep through the windows.
• Mr. Nathan Radley (Boo’s
brother) hears them and fires his
shotgun at Jem.
• Jem loses his pants on the
fence.
• Jem goes back to look for his
pants, and finds that they are
neatly folded and the tears
have been sewn up.
In the Knothole…
• Since they first found the gum, Jem
and Scout have found many items in
the knothole of the oak tree in front of
the Radley place.
• One day they find perfectly carved
dolls – a boy and a girl.
• Another day, they get a pocket
watch and penknife.
• After they leave a thank-you note in
the knothole, it is filled with cement by
Mr. Nathan Radley.
• The children are devastated.
Fire and Ice
• Maycomb has its first snow in
many years, and Jem and
Scout build a snowman.
• One night, Miss Maudie’s house
burns down. All the men in the
town turn out to try to put out
the fire.
• While Jem and Scout are
watching the fire, someone
puts a blanket around them.
Four Square Activity
• Choose an event from Chapters 4-8
• Fold a sheet of plain paper into
quarters
• In the upper left corner, create a title
for the chapter you have chosen
• In the upper right corner, choose a
significant quote from the chapter
• In the lower right corner, illustrate the
quote
• In the lower left corner, explain why
the event is significant to the story