COD 2026 - D1231

Webinar - Tools and Strategies to Teach To Kill a Mockingbird (IGCSE 2026-2027 set text)

Language and Literature teachers interested in teaching literature, in general, and To Kill a Mockingbird, in particular. Literature lovers interested in discussing this novel from a critical perspective.

1 sessions, start: 20-Mar

Please enrol before Tuesday, March 17th 2026

Course detail

Year: 2026
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Confirmed
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Cecilia Lasa PhD
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Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 20 March 2026 05:30 pm 07:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Cecilia Lasa

Cecilia Lasa holds a Ph. D. in Literature and a Master's Degree in Literatures in Foreign Languages and in Comparative Literatures (FFyL, UBA). She is a Teacher of English (IESLV "Juan R. Fernández") and a Teacher of Literature (FFyL, UBA). She has a Higher Diploma in Research in Humanities (UBA) and has done a Specialisation in Reading, Writing and Education (FLACSO) and in Writing and Literature (Ministerio de Educación, Argentina). She has worked as a teacher of Literature and of academic reading and writing in Teacher Training Colleges in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires and national universities as well. She is currently working as a teacher and researcher in English Literature and American Literature (FFyL, UBA). She is the author of Academic Writing and has edited and co-authored Literatura y formación docente. Proyectos de lectura y de escritura.
Language and Literature teachers interested in teaching literature, in general, and To
Kill a Mockingbird, in particular. Literature lovers interested in discussing this novel
from a critical perspective.
- To identify the main problems and challenges teachers and students may face when
studying To Kill a Mockingbird
- To account for the main conflict(s) in the novel
- To explain how the construction of characters and the setting contributes to the main
conflict(s) in To Kill a Mockingbird
- To analyse the cultural and political implications of the novel
- To discuss possible strategies, activities, resources and dynamics to tackle To Kill a
Mockingbird in class
- Reconstruction of historical aspects related to both the setting and the context of
production of the novel.
- Character construction, setting and atmosphere.
- The use of the supernatural.
- Race, class and gender in To Kill a Mockingbird.
- Recovery of attendees' main difficulties when teaching literary texts and of their
previous knowledge about the novel and its author
- Discussion of the problems related to the context of production
- Introduction to Harper Lee’s narrative and the importance of this novel
- Exploration of specific features of the novel –polyphony, characters, setting, conflict,
etc.
- Guided group analysis of the novel.
Bibliography
Source text
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird.
Critical and theoretical material
Waldron, Carmel. Oxford Literature Companions: To Kill a Mockingbird. Oxford: OUP,
2012.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations (2018). Learner Guide IGCSE® Literature in
English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Russell, C (2018). Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Whitthome, E (2018). AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
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