The Silent Boy
Section 5, pgs 97-125
Character Sketcher
Your job is to sketch Nell Stoltz.
Discussion Director
Your job is to write questions, find the answers to those questions, and write down the page and paragraph numbers where the answers can be found. Be sure to ask good thinking questions! Choose five of the following for your questions:
1 Setting Question
1 MCEOG Question
1 "Thinking" Question
1 Characterization Question
1 Figurative Language Question
Passage Picker
Your job is to pick passages that exhibit 3 of the following:
1 Historical
1 Dialect
1 Foreshadowing
Word Wizard
Your job is to complete your role sheet for 4 of the following words:
pinafore (pg 98, par 6)
deftly (pg 98, par 7)
scoffed (pg 100, par 2)
awareness (pg 108, middle paragraph)
monogrammed (pg 117, par 2)
elocution (pg 119, par 1)
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Internet Investigator
Your job is to investigate a topic in the text that would help in understanding the book.
Investigate silent films.
Research the following websites and answer the questions:
http://www.welcometosilentmovies.com/facts/facts.htm
http://www.silentfilmchicago.com/experience.htm
1. What was the average length of a movie in 1910?
2. What was Mary Pickford's average salary in 1910?
3. What was the cost of a movie ticket in 1910?
4. Were silent films really silent? What accompanied them?
5. How was music performed in silent films?