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Studying To kill a Mockingbird This guide is written for teachers and students in Key Stages 3 and 4. It is written to help you understand Harper Lee's novel To kill a Mockingbird . This book is a set text for GCSE exams in English literature. It may also be studied for teacher-assessed coursework in English in Key Stages 3 and 4 (GCSE reading). About the novel To kill a Mockingbird was first published in 1960. It won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize and was adapted for the cinema, winning Oscars (Academy Awards) for the script and for Gregory Peck (best actor in a leading role), who played Atticus. Harper Lee was born in Monroeville, Alabama, which may be the model for the fictional Maycomb. She has not written any more novels but her neighbour Truman Capote, has become one of the most distinguished of modern prose writers in the USA. Some people believe that he is the original for Dill in To kill a Mockingbird . Studying the text There are many ways in which one can write about a literary text, but among those most commonly encountered at Key Stages 3 and 4 would be to study character, theme and technique.

Studying To Kill a Mockingbird This guide is written for teachers and students in Key Stages 3 and 4. It is written to help you understand Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird.

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