Examples of student planning from 2 Year 10 English classes in regards to 4 different themes of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. A guided tour through the quotes, body paragraph topics, evidence and essay questions for students to complete practice essays on a range of essay questions on the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. The four themes covered are: Justice and Morality; Courage; Growing up and Bildungsroman: and Racism and Prejudice.

1. TO KILL A
MOCKINGBIRD
ESSAY QUESTIONS
AND ESSAY PLANS

4. Topic / Theme: Courage
Student Suggested Essay questions:
Possible Plan / Structure
• Mrs. Dubose
• Atticus
• Tom Robinson
In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird,
Courage is more than a man with a gun.
Discuss.
In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird how do Harper Lee’s
characters discover what it truly means to have courage
Possible Plan / Structure
• Scout
• Dolphus Raymond
• Calpurnia
Evidence that could be used in a Justice / Morality essay:
Mrs Dubose dies free
Atticus shooting the dog
Tom running away from jail
Atticus accepting the case
Atticus being brave in the face of threats on his life from Bob Ewell
Atticus, Scout and Mr Underwood out front of the jailhouse in front of the lynching scene
Boo leaving his home to defend scout
Dolphus Raymond marrying an
African-American woman
Calpurnia taking Scout and Jem to
her First Purchase church

5. Possible Quotes to use
(Atticus speaking about Miss Dubois) “She
was going to leave this world beholden to
nothing and nobody” (Page 123)
“Yeah, but Atticus aims to defend him .
That’s what I don’t like about it.” (Page 180)
“Instead of getting the ideas that courage is
more than a man with a gun in his hand.
It’s when you know your licked before you
begin, but you begin anyway and see it
through no matter what.” (Page 124)
“It was time like these… Atticus was the
bravest man that ever lived.” (Page 111)
“He’d never have met you face to face”
(Scout speaking about Boo, Page 296)
“You never really understand a person
until you consider things from his point of
view” (Page 33)
“I want you to see what real courage is,
instead of getting the idea that courage is
a man with a gun in his hand.” (Page 124)
“You just hold your head high and keep
those fists down. No matter what anybody
says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your
goat. Try fighting with your head for a
change.” (Page 84)
Topic / Theme: Courage