"Scout, Atticus & Boo"

Reverend Thomas Lane Butts, author James Patterson, and talk-show host Oprah Winfrey reflect on the role of Harper Lee's novel in their lives in "A Celebration of To Kill a Mockingbird."

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 9 Unit 3's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Jim Crow, Jim Crow Laws, Letter from Birmingham Jail, Scout, Atticus & Boo, To Kill a Mockingbird, In Defense of To Kill a Mockingbird
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  1. refute
    overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof
    The book was written in a way that it could not be refuted.
  2. opposition
    being against something that you disapprove or disagree with
    It was a soft opposition to people who were against civil rights.
  3. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
    I understood the context in which the book was written, because that's how I grew up.
  4. tradition
    a specific practice of long standing
    Here in this novel, you have a person bucking the tradition in order to advocate the rights of a person without regard to color.
  5. trait
    a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
    What I remember most about To Kill a Mockingbird was--and I think this probably is more of an American trait than in other places--I think we are particularly attuned to injustice.
  6. narration
    giving an account describing a course of events
    I loved the narration, how it went from a pleasant story to a quite horrifying one.
  7. suspect
    regard as untrustworthy
    In the beginning, you are suspecting something about Boo, which should tell you something about yourself, that you suspect him for no reason.
  8. devour
    enjoy avidly
    I remember starting it and just devouring it, not being able to get enough of it, because I fell in love with Scout.
  9. characteristic
    a trait that sets someone or something apart from others
    I always took on or wanted to take on the characteristics of whoever I was reading about, so I wanted to be Scout and I wanted a father like Atticus.
  10. impact
    a forceful consequence; a strong effect
    The impact of the movie on my father caused me to see the book differently and experience the book differently.
Created on Tue Sep 23 15:25:15 EDT 2014 (updated Tue Sep 23 18:34:11 EDT 2014)

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