Lessons 1-3

Lesson 1: First-Person Narration

Lesson 2: In-Scene, Out-of-Scene

Lesson 3: Mannerisms and Manners

Lessons 4-6

Lesson 4: Pacing

Lesson 5: Convincing Description

Lesson 6: Symbolism

Lessons 7-9

Lesson 7: Tim Johnson, Part 1

Lesson 8: Tim Johnson, Part 2

Lesson 9: Engaging the Reader's Judgment

Lessons 10-12

Lesson 10: Revealing Gestures

Lesson 11: The Ewells

Lesson 12: Dialogue as Action

Lessons 13-15

Lesson 13: Showing and Telling in the Courtroom

Lesson 14: Manners (Again)

Lesson 15: Big Ideas

Lessons 16-17

Lesson 16: Seeing from a Character's Perspective

Lesson 17: Reality as a Source of Fiction

Lesson 10: Revealing Gestures

Writing Exercise

Skim two chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird and list all the “revealing gestures” you see. For our purposes, a revealing gesture is any outside action that reveals a character’s inward reality.