I have no idea how To Kill a Mockingbird ever got on middle school reading lists, but it has no business being there. I was forced to teach it to 8th graders one year, and they had no understanding of the significance of events, even in the rare cases that they could comprehend what the text was saying. 10th-11th grade is the sweet spot for it. Challenging, yet engaging.
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I have no idea how To Kill a Mockingbird ever got on middle school reading lists, but it has no business being there. I was forced to teach it to 8th graders one year, and they had no understanding of the significance of events, even in the rare cases that they could comprehend what the text was saying. 10th-11th grade is the sweet spot for it. Challenging, yet engaging.