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THE ORCHARD KEEPER Soundtrack

Do some research on the music of the 1920s in rural Tennessee and create a CD of downloaded songs to share with the class.

Write a Film Script

Write a movie script based on the novel.

Dinner with the Author

Imagine that you could have dinner with Cormac McCarthy and some of the characters from the book. Where would you have it? Who would you invite? What would you eat? What would you talk about?

Cormac McCarthy's Typewriter

Imagine that you could have a conversation with Cormac McCarthy's typewriter. What do you think it would say? What questions would you ask it?

Character Charades

Write the names of the characters from the novel on slips of paper and place them in a hat. Play a game of charades using the characters' names. Be sure to use what you know about the characters from the...

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