Chapter 1:Narrator (Jean Scout Finch) explains her family
ancestry Jem (Jeremy, Scout’s brother) and Scout meet Dill
(Charles Baker Harris) Explain about the Radley House
Spooky, taken care of Family lived there for a while Closed
windows and doors on Sunday “Pecans are poisonous”
Family didn’t attend church Family: Father Mother Older
son: Nathan Younger Son: Boo/Arthur Myths of the Family:
Boo started to associate with the wrong group of boys
(Cunninghams) -Like a cult Started doing sketchy things
Tricked the sheriff and locked him in a room Boo then
stabbed his father in the leg with scissors Nathan moves
back and takes care of the hosue when Mr. Radley dies Dill
dares Jem to touch the side of the Radley House.
Chapter 2: Dill moves back to
Mississippi Scout and Jem begin
school Mrs. Caroline is Scout’s teacher
Scout gets in trouble for being able to
read and write because that was the
teachers job. (Calpurnia taught Scout
how to to write, Atticus taught her
how to read.) Walter Cunningham is a
classmate of Scouts that did not bring
a lunch and refused to borrow a
quarter because of pride. Scout
explained to the teacher of what a
Cunningham is
“They never take money they can’t
pay back” (chapter 2) refers to the
cunningham’s walter comes to
dinner at the Finch’s talking to
Scout Atticus
Chapter 3: Scout beats Walter up for getting her in to
trouble While walking home, Jem asks if walter wants
to eat dinner with them and he accepts Dinner: Walter
puts a lot of molasses on his food Scout criticized
Walter for it but Calpurnia scolds her and slaps her
They go back to school and Miss Caroline is scared
about a bug The bug came from Burris Ewell’s hair
Burris only goes to the school for the first day then
doesn’t come back He’s considered an “Ewell” They
only go the first day of school so they don’t get in
trouble with the law. No mother “Paw” father is right
continuous” Burris has a temperament Burris got
forced to leave and then said some very mean words
to the teacher that she started crying Everyone went
home from school Atticus is about to read with Scout
but she doesn’t want to She compromised with him
that they will read on the side but keep it a secret
Chapter 4: Scouts going home from school and noticed foil
and gum in the tree of Radley house Took the gum and kept
smelling it School ended Went past the Radleys again and
they found a ring box with 2 indian pennies. The box was in
the same tree where Scout found the gum Dill arrived back
to Maycomb Dill says he can smell death from “Radley
Place” Sat in a tire and rolled them down, Scout fell out and
the tire landed in the Radley yard Jem got the tire Decided
to play “Boo Radley” where they imitate the Radleys Atticus
caught them mocking the Radleys Scout says she heard a
low laughing voice at the time she landed in the yard
Chapter 5: Everyone is still mocking the Radley’s Scout
sat with Miss Maudie Atkinson Deal to not jump
through flowers the kids could play on her property
Scout asks Miss Maudie about Boo Says he’s still alive
because they have not carried him out yet Dill and Jem
get the idea of writing Boo a note asking him to come
out of his house Gets caught by Atticus tells them to
stop
“sometimes the Bible
in the hand of one
man is worse than a
whiskey bottle in the
hand of- oh your
father”(Chapter 5)
talking to Jem and
Scout Miss Maudie
Referring to Nathan
and Mr Radley Some
men at their worse
aren’t as bad as some
men at their best
Chapter 6: Dill and Jem and Scout go for a walk and
plan to peak in the Radley’s Went to back of the
house, went to the side Saw the shadow in the
house of a man wearing a hat Go to the back of the
house, see a man with a gun and Jem loses his
pants Get back to their house and people said
Radley shot at a African American Jem goes out at
night and gets his pants back
“Says he got the other barrel
waitin’ for the next sound he
hears in that patch, an’ next
time he won’t aim high be, it a
dog, a n*****, or -- Jem
Finch”(chapter 6) Miss Stephanie
tells the kids Mr Nathan Radley
said this telling Scout, Jem and
Dill Jem snuck into the Radley’s
yard and lost his pants
Chapter 7: School continues again Jem
tells Scout that the night he went to go back
for the pants, they were folded, hung, and
sewed like someone knew he would be
coming back for them
Chapter 8: Mrs. Radley died, the kids thought
it was Boo but they said it was because of a
“natural cause” The children say snow for the
first time No school Myths saying that bad
children makes the season change. Scout and
Jem felt guilty Jem is determined to take all
the snow from Mrs. Mauddies yard to make a
snowman Jem dug up dirt and then covered it
with snow Miss Maudies house caught on fire
Someone put a blanket on Scout (Boo) Jem
tells everything to Atticus Atticus already knew
what happened
“from now on I’ll never worry about
what’ll become of you son, you’ll always
have an idea” (chapter 8) Atticus telling
Jem first snow in Scout’s life they try to
make a snowman Jem can adapt to any
situation
Chapter 9: Scout is at school, someone
said that Atticus defends n-- Atticus says
he’s a lawyer for Tom Robinson (African
American) Scout wonders why he's doing
it but Atticus says its because if he didn,
then__ Explains family tree (Refer to
something else because I’m not typing
that right now) During Christmas they
went to the dock Scout curses and says
she got it from school so then she
wouldn’t have to go anymore Got air rifles
for Christmas Scout tells Francis about Dill
and she wants to marry him Francis kept
calling Atticus an “n-- lover” Scout punches
Francis Uncle Jack was talking to Atticus
and told him not to lie to children because
they will find out and will lose the trust,
and lose them to racism
“When a child asks you something, answer
him... children are children, but they can
spot an evasion quicker than adults and
evasion simply muddles ‘em”(chapter 9)
Atticus telling uncle Jack Scout asks Jack
what a whorelady is and he keeps avoiding
the question Around Christmas time at
Finch’s Landing
Chapter 10: Scout saying her father never did
things other classmates parents did Sin to kill a
mockingbird because they only make music for
others to enjoy Something was wrong with Tom
Johnson (DOG) Tells phone person to call the
others and warn them of the rabid dog Calpurnia
knocks on Radley door to warn them Atticus shot
the dog Put the dog in the truck Since he was a
great shooter as a kid, thats something they found
cool about their dad
“Remember its a sin to kill a
mockingbird” (chapter 10)
Miss Maudie telling Scout
and Jem a mockingbird is a
symbol
“people in their right minds
never take pride in their
talents”(chapter 10) Miss
Maudie telling Jem and Scout
they find out their father is a
good shot
Chapter 11: Talked about Mrs. Dubose and per
bad personality Said Atticus should have
remarried because she didn’t like the way
Atticus raised him Says Atticus is no better
than an African American Jem took Scout to get
a baton and he used it to beat all of Dubs
flowers. Had to go apologize every Saturday
and fixed them and read to her Mrs. Doubis is a
morphine addict and wants to quit. She sets
the alarm and when it goes off, she will take a
dose of morphine. Over time its less often and
less dosage She died eventually
“I have a feeling Jem’s reading days are numbered”
(chapter 11) Atticus telling Mrs Henry Lafayette Dubose,
(jem and scout) they are unknowingly helping Mrs
Dubose give up morphine
“According to her
views, she died
beholden to nothing
and nobody”(chapter
11) Atticus to Jem the
kids were successful
in helping mrs dubose