Lead-in activities and pre-reading tasks to set the story.

1. PAPER MOON

2. LEAD-IN ACTIVITIES
1. What do you do if you see or suspect a crime?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of
living in many different places?

3. LEAD-IN ACTIVITIES
1. What do you do if you see or suspect a crime?
a) Call the police.
b) Tell the criminals you know they are doing something
illegal.
c) Nothing because it’s too dangerous.
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of
living in many different places?
– Advantages:
• You see many different places.
• You make new friends all the time.
– Disadvantages:
• You leave your old friends.
• You start a new school many times and you haven’t got any
new friends.

4. 3. In your opinion, should people always be
honest? Explain why or why not.
4. How was life different from children in the
1930s?

5. 3. In your opinion, should people always be
honest? Explain why or why not.
– Yes, you should never lie.
– No, you can sometimes protect other people’s
feelings with lies.
4. How was life different from children in the
1930s?
– Children didn’t have to go to school.
– Many children worked to help to support their
families.
– Children didn’t have computers or television. In
their free time, they played outside or helped their
parents.

6. BEFORE READING ACTIVITIES
1. Look at the pictures on the cover. The people
don’t look very happy. Who do you think they
are? Why aren’t they happy?
2. Read the first paragraph of the book. What do
you learn about Addie?
- Her full name is Addie Pray and she is 12
years old.
- She was born in Merengo County.
- Her father’s real name is Moses Pray.
- Her mother died when she was 6 years old.

7. BEFORE READING ACTIVITIES
1. Look at the pictures on the cover. The people
don’t look very happy. Who do you think they
are? Why aren’t they happy?
- They are father and daughter.
- Maybe the girl doesn’t want to enter the car
and the father is impatient.
- Maybe they argued.

8. BEFORE READING ACTIVITIES
2. Read the first paragraph of the book. What do
you learn about Addie?

9. BEFORE READING ACTIVITIES
2. Read the first paragraph of the book. What do
you learn about Addie?
- Her full name is Addie Pray and she is 12
years old.
- She was born in Merengo County.
- Her father’s real name is Moses Pray.
- Her mother died when she was 6 years old.