Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-3)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to discuss the Noise, and what is revealed about its effect on life in Prentisstown. The thoughts of every person and creature can be heard all the time. There is no way to have silence.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What did the spacks release during the war? Who did the Noise germ kill? How did it affect the men who did not die? How did the germ affect the Spackle who released it? When is there ever silence? How does the Noise continue even when someone is asleep? How does the Noise make it difficult to keep anything private? How can people attempt to have private thoughts? How does the Noise seem to move toward Todd as he returns to the town? How is Noise the truth that men want, and not necessarily actually the truth? How does Todd try to...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(d), 9-10.3(e), 11-12.3(d), 11-12.3(e)
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