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Annotated by:
Allison Bedenbaugh
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Pre-Reading Activity/Top Ten Quotes
http://www.novelguide.com/silasmarner/toptenquotes.html
Read through this list of quotes. After reading these quotes, begin an entry in your reading log about what you think this book may be about. There is not a right or wrong answer, just guess. If you come across an unknown word, write it on your 'Unknown Word' list. |
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Vocabulary Strategies
http://wizard.hprtec.org/builder/worksheet.php3?ID=23790
This page is a description of your 'Unknown Word' list that you will be required to keep while reading. Read through the assignment. After reading you may begin searching for definitions. For extra credit read the words below the picture and answer the question in 250 words or less. |
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Character Analysis
http://jakal50.www8.50megs.com/File722.htm
This is a description of the plot synopsis and a character analysis of the novel. Read through these and pick one of the characters from the novel. Your assignment is to place them in contemporary times. What would they be doing? What kind of job would they have? Where would they live? After doing this pick a popular movie star to play them in a film adaptation of the novel. You will present your ideas in an mPower Presentation. |
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Post Reading/Contemporary Issues
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/silas
Click on the themes button. Read through the sections on themes, motifs, and symbols. Pick one of these and think about a contemporary issue that deals with either the theme, motif, or symbol. Get as many newspaper articles that are relevant. |
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Pay Your Respects/Creative Writing
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=317
Examine this page in order to read about Eliot's grave site. What could you contribute? Write this down on paper for me to examine. After I have given you the okay click on 'Leave Flowers and a note for this person'and submit. |
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