Quote Response, Silas Marner

Use one sheet as a warm up or a sub plan, or let students choose a character. The sheets also work as a taste of a novel before independent reading choices.

Respond to a line by Silas Marner in Silas Marner, then define the dialect word trusten from context. The directions on the page read: Read the quote and the passage. Answer question 1 here and questions 2 to 5 on page 2. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade novel studies, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

It gives students one memorable line and the passage it comes from. Students explain why the character says it at that moment, what it shows about the character's values and how the idea connects to a situation an 8th grader could face.

The 8 sheets use Pollyanna, Black Beauty, The Lost World, The Count of Monte Cristo, Jane Eyre, Silas Marner, Captains Courageous and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Students do not need to have read the whole novel, since each passage gives the context.

The last question on each sheet asks students to define a word from the passage, such as animosity, veracity or solitude, and name the context clue that helps. Two sheets use dialect, the word trusten in Silas Marner and Disko Troop's speech.