Instructions
Know the meaning of each bold printed vocabulary word from To Kill a Mockingbird. Also know its part of speech in the context of the sentence as found in the novel. Be able to write a sentence that incorporates the vocabulary word. The sentence must show that you understand the meaning of the word.
Acceptable: Jerry’s asinine behaviour bothered me.
Not Acceptable: Jerry is asinine.
Chapter 1
- “When it was healed, Jem’s fears of never being able to play football were assuaged … “
- “All we had was Simon Finch, a fur-trapping apothecary from Cornwall whose piety was exceeded only by his stinginess.”
- ” … she married a taciturn man.”
- “Rain rotted shingles drooped over the eaves of the veranda.. “
- “… arising from the alleged wrongful detention of a mare, were imprudent enough to do it in the presence of three witnesses .. “
Chapter 2
- “Jem condescended me to take me to school the first day .. “
- “The class murmured apprehensively, should she prove to harbor her share of the peculiarities indigenous to that region.”
- “When I asked what entailment was, and Jem described it as a condition of having your tail in a crack… “
- “My sojourn in the corner was a short one.”
Chapter 3
- “His fists were half cocked, as if expecting an onslaught from us.”
- “He examined Walter with an air of speculation.”
- “Jem’s free dispensation of my pledge irked me”
- “She was furious, and when she was furious Calpurnia’s grammar became erratic.”
- “Atticus kept us in fits that evening, gravely reading columns of print about a man .. “
Chapter 4
- “The remainder of my schooldays were no more auspicious than the first.”
- ” … it was a thousand colors in a parched landscape; but most of all, summer was Dill.”
- “Mrs. Dubose lived two doors up the street from us; neighborhood opinion was unanimous that Mrs. Dubose was the meanest old woman who ever lived.”
- “Jem arbitrated, awarded me first push with an extra time for Dill, and I folded myself inside the tire”
- “Jem’s evasion told me our game was a secret, so I kept quiet.”
Chapter 5
- “Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn…”
- “Miss Maudie’s benevolence extended to Jem and Dill”
- “Jem said placidly, ‘We are going to give a note to Boo Radley’ “
- “…we were not to play an asinine game he had seen us playing…”
- “‘No,’ said Atticus, ‘putting his life’s history on display for the edification of the neighborhood.'”
For a full vocabulary list, please see my Ultimate Unit Plan for To Kill a Mockingbird. It includes vocabulary for the remaining chapters, as well as everything else you need to teach To Kill a Mockingbird from start to finish.
