To Kill a Mockingbird

Teacher Lizzie MacDonald

Year	NCEA Level	Duration
11	1	4-5 weeks

Achievement Standard being assessed	Achievement criteria
AS90059 (English 1.8): Produce a Media or Dramatic Presentation	Communicate straightforward ideas in a presentation for a specified audience and purpose Use appropriate verbal and visual techniques Identify verbal and visual techniques used and their intended effect.
Processes
Visual Language: Exploring Language Thinking Critically Processing Information

Introduction

In this unit students plan and develop storyboards for key scenes from the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. This storyboards may be used for assessment of AS90059 (English 1.8): Produce a media or dramatic Presentation .

Close reading, character, theme, setting and so on are covered and hence the unit could also prepare students for the external assessment of AS90054 (English 1.3) Read, study and understand an extended written text .