Homework: Dear parents/guardians, please assist your child
with today’s homework.
Today we are starting a new novel : To Kill a Mockingbird by
Harper Lee. Below is small biography about the author.
Option 3: Read the
passage and answer the questions below.
Harper Lee is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of
the brilliantly written To Kill a Mocking Bird. The book instantly became a best
seller internationally and was also adapted into an Academy Award winning
movie in 1962. Although Harper’s contribution to literature has been limited to
one novel only, she has achieved what many writers can only wish for even after
authoring volumes.
Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville,
Alabama. Lee’s father was a lawyer and member of the Alabama State Legislature.
Her mother was mentally unwell and mostly stayed inside the house. Lee was the
youngest child of her parents with 3 siblings. Most part of her childhood was
spent in a small town being a tomboy with close friend Truman Capote who too
became a famous writer. Unlike girls of her age, Lee was as tough as boys and
always stood up for Truman when he was being picked on by other boys for being
sissy and dressing up in fancy clothes. Their exemplary childhood companionship
was to grow stronger into a lifelong friendship.
She dropped out of the university and moved to New York in
1950 where worked at an airline as a reservations officer. It is during her
time in New York that she wrote and finished the manuscript of To Kill a
Mocking Bird in 1959.
1.
How successful was Harper Lee’s novel?
2.
What did she accomplish with just one book?
3.
Where was she from and who were her parents?
4.
How is she described?
5.
When and where did she finish her manuscript?
Option 2: Read the
passage and answer the questions below.
Harper Lee is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of …
To Kill a Mocking Bird. The book instantly became a best seller internationally
and was also adapted into an Academy Award winning movie in 1962. ..
Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville,
Alabama. Lee’s father was a lawyer and member of the Alabama State Legislature.
Her mother was mentally unwell and mostly stayed inside the house. Lee was the
youngest child of her parents with 3 siblings. Most part of her childhood was
spent in a small town being a tomboy with close friend Truman Capote who too
became a famous writer. Unlike girls of her age, Lee was as tough as boys and
always stood up for Truman when he was being picked on by other boys for being
sissy and dressing up in fancy clothes. Their …childhood companionship was to
grow stronger into a lifelong friendship.
She dropped out of the university and moved to New York in
1950 where worked at an airline as a reservations officer. It is during her
time in New York that she wrote and finished the manuscript of To Kill a
Mocking Bird in 1959.
1.
Who is Harper Lee?
2.
Where was she born?
3.
Who were her parents?
4.
How was she as a little girl?
5.
When and where did she finish her book?
Option 1:
Read the passage and answer the questions below.
Harper Lee
is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of … To Kill a Mocking Bird. The
book.. became a best seller… and was also adapted (made) into a… movie in 1962.
..
1.Who is Harper
Lee?
Nelle Harper
Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. Lee’s father was a
lawyer and … mother was … unwell and mostly stayed inside the house.
2. When and
where was she born?
Lee was the youngest child of her parents with
3 siblings. Most part of her childhood was spent in a small town being a tomboy
with close friend Truman Capote who too became a famous writer.
3. Where did
she spend most of her childhood? Doing what?
Unlike girls
of her age, Lee was as tough as boys and always stood up for Truman when he was
being picked on by other boys ...
4. How was
she as a young girl?
She dropped
out of the university and moved to New York in 1950.... It is during her time
in New York that she wrote and finished the manuscript of To Kill a Mocking
Bird in 1959.
5.When and
where did she write her book?
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