The Silent Boy
Section 2, pgs 24-51
Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch Jacob Stoltz.
For a sample job, click here
Discussion Director
Your job is to ask questions, write the answers to your questions, and the page and paragraph numbers the answers can be found in. Choose 5 of the following for your questions:
1 Characterization
1 Cause and Effect
1 Opinion
1 Prediction
1 MCEOG
Passage Picker
Your job is to pick passages that exhibit 3 of the following:
2 Figurative Language
1 Surprising
Word Wizard
Your job is to complete your role sheet for 4 of the following words:
penmanship (pg 28, par 2)
bandstand (pg 30, par 1)
pincer (pg 32, par 5)
flustered (pg 44, last paragraph)
bisque (pg 46, par 2)
ramshackle (pg 48, last paragraph)
Internet Investigator
Your job is to investigate a topic in the text that would help in understanding the book.
Investigate turn of the 20th century medicine
Research the following sites and answer the questions:
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/mma/timeline.html (scroll down to 1900 and 1910 timelines)
1. What were some of the major medicinal breakthroughs in the 1900's?
2. What were some of the major medicinal breakthroughs in the 1910's?
3. What are antiseptics?
4. What are antiseptics used for?
5. Name some common antiseptics.