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Annotated by:
Erin Boswell
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Google Image Search: GEORGE ELIOT
http://images.google.com/images?q=George+Eliot
PREREADING ACTIVITY/STRATEGY: If link does not load, search the web for images of Silas Marner's author, George Eliot. After browsing through these pictures, imagine that you are Eliot. You have been asleep (a la Rip Van Winkle) for 100 years and have come back to modern New York City. You wrote Silas Marner, fell asleep for 100 years, and are now in the US in the year 1960. What would you do? Where would you go? What would you think? What would you feel? |
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TeacherVision Lesson Plan: Silas Marner
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4096.html
CREATIVE WRITING OPPORTUNITIES: Scroll down to the "QUESTIONS FOR DEEPER UNDERSTANDING." (There are 16.) Choose one and write your answer in the form of a poem or sonnet. |
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Spark Notes: Silas Marner
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/silas
COMPARISON OF ISSUES TO CONTEMPORARY TIMES: Click on and read through the "PLOT OVERVIEW." Can you think of a modern-day novel that is based on the same situation? Create a T-CHART that compares Silas Marner with the novel you come up with.
CHARACTER ANALYSIS: Click on and read through the "CHARACTER ANALYSIS." Which character in Silas Marner do you identify with? Why? |
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Silas Marner Vocabulary
http://www.geocities.com/kcirtap27613/SilasMarner.htm
VOCABULARY LESSON STRATEGIES: Browse through this extensive list of vocabulary from Silas Marner. Using the same format, create your own vocabulary listing of words YOU don't know. You should include at least 2 words from each chapter. You may not borrow words from this list. |
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POST READING ACTIVITY
http://wizard.hprtec.org/builder/worksheet.php3?ID=23382
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