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Writing Through To Kill a Mockingbird

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Jonathan Rogers, PhD

Age: 13+ Middle School, High School 1/8th Credit

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Jonathan Rogers explores this masterpiece of American fiction to teach writers how to use point of view, pacing, and mannerisms to write what you know in Writing Through To Kill a Mockingbird. Part of the Creative Writing with Jonathan Rogers series. 

In this creative writing seminar, author and professor Jonathan Rogers uses Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird to reveal how thoughtful reading leads to powerful writing. Through engaging video lectures, students learn to recognize and apply effective storytelling techniques found in this American classic.

Students will:

  • Study point of view, pacing, and character mannerisms to enrich their own writing.
  • Discover how to write authentically by learning the principle of “writing what you know.”
  • Explore the use of symbolism and character development through literary analysis.
  • Build practical creative writing skills while engaging with one of the most enduring novels of the 20th century.

This course helps students become better writers by learning from the depth, voice, and structure of a literary masterpiece.

  • Engaging video lectures
  • Reading assignments
  • Writing prompts

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Supplemental Writing Exercises are included after each video lesson. Purchase of the course enables you to download a document containing all the exercises.

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About Instructor

Jonathan Rogers, PhD

Jonathan Rogers is the author of The Terrible Speed of Mercy, one of the finest biographies of Flannery O’Connor we’ve ever read. His other books include the Wilderking Trilogy–The Bark of the Bog Owl, The Secret of the Swamp King, and The Way of the Wilderking–as well as The World According to Narnia and a biography of Saint Patrick. He has spent most of his adult life in Nashville, Tennessee, where he and his wife Lou Alice are raising a houseful of robustious children. He is featured in Grammar for Writers and Creative Writing.

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  • 18 Lessons
  • 34 Steps
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