Reading to Remember: To Kill a Mockingbird Novel Study: A Teacher's Guide for a No-Fail Approach to

With increased demand placed on students to read with accuracy and to write with insight, teachers face the daily challenge of having students engage with complex texts accurately and insightfully. Through the use of strategic reading strategies, independent, small, and large group assignments, as well as formative and summative assessments, the Reading to Remember: To Kill a Mockingbird Novel Study teacher manual and student notebook duo systematically organize classroom activities in order to drive students' literacy skill development by creating a classroom environment that encourages students to share their voices as they refine their thoughts, take challenges, and collaborate with others.

Within this teacher manual, daily lessons are driven with targeted objectives in order to integrate reading and writing on a daily basis. Detailed descriptions and helpful hints are provided for optimal use of the resources included in this chapter-by-chapter novel study. Many of the activities also include novel-based examples to support the implementation of the reading strategies so that students may deeply dive into their understanding of good and evil as it coexists in Maycomb, Alabama.