Present tense is what is happening in the moment or right now.
For example: I am reading a book.
This sentence shows that currently in the moment, the person was reading a book.
Another example: The time is 3:00
Chapter 1
-The narrator is Scout Finch.
-The setting is in Maycomb, Alabama.
-Atticus is the father and his wife died while Scout was two years old.
-Dill comes over the play during the summer with Scout and Jem.
-They are interested in Boo Radley and his house.
-The Radley house is mysterious because no one has ever entered it.
Chapter 2
-Scout hates her first year of school because her teacher wont let her read at home.
-Scout gets in trouble for standing up for Walter Cunningham.
-The teacher, Miss Caroline, tried to give Walter a quarter, but he didn't take it because he knew that he would have to repay her, but he can't.
Chapter 3
-Jem invites Walter to eat lunch at his house with Scout.
-Burris Ewell is in the same class as Scout and Walter but only comes to school the first day.
Chapter 4
-Scout and Jem find prizes in a knothole next to the Radley's, so they take them.
-The kids start playing a game where they impersonate Boo Radley, and this game ended due to Atticus finding out about it.
Chapter 5
-The kids try and slip a note through the Radley house window, but they get caught by Atticus.
Chapter 6
-It is Dill's last day in Maycomb, so the kids try and enter the Radley's backyard.
-They enter it and go on the back porch until they hear a shotgun.
-The kids start to run, but Jem's pants get caught on the fence, so he takes them off to run.
-When Jem comes back to pick them up, they are folded nicely on the fence.
Chapter 7
-The prizes keep appearing everyday, so they get curious until the knothole gets cemented by Nathan Radley.
Chapter 8
-It is snowing in Maycomb, so the kids make a snowman that looks like Mr. Avery.
-Ms. Maudie's house catches on fire, so the whole town stops the fire.
-The kids were watching the house burn near the Radley house.
-Scout discovers that someone put a blanket over her shoulders, and she thinks that it was Boo.
Chapter 9
-Atticus is chosen to defend Tom Robinson, and he accepts.
-Everybody at school calls him a n****-lover, but Scout made a promise that she won't punch anyone.
-Uncle Jack, Aunt Alexandra, and Francis come over for dinner.
-Francis calls Atticus a n****-lover, and Scout punches him.
Chapter 10
-Atticus gets Jem and Scout air rifles for Christmas, and he tells them that it is a sin to kill mockingbirds.
-There is a rabid dog on the Finch's street, so Atticus shoots it.
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