This Lesson Plan makes use of William Johnston's translation of Silence, given in Taplinger Publishing Company's 1980 version of the text. William Johnston's translation has also been used in other, more recent editions, such as the one published in 2016 with a new foreword by Martin Scorsese.
The thought questions in this lesson plan provide material and ideas that students can use to write short original essays and to develop their powers of analysis. The questions provided for the final paper are most suitable for student essays. For the sake of improving students' written expression, teachers should encourage students to write on topics that have been discussed in class, this time in...
