The Phantom The Phantom Tollbooth:Tollbooth:

A Lesson A Lesson

About LifeAbout Life

Denise Reyes-Guieb June 21, 2005

Language Arts – 1st Period

Have You Ever Been Bored?Have You Ever Been Bored?Over-excited fan???

MiloMilo wastes time

bored with life

finds purpose and a goal

learns lessons along his journey

ThemeTheme“How you use your

time determines how fast it goes.”

““And then of course, And then of course, there’s Milo. Who never there’s Milo. Who never knows what to do with knows what to do with

himself – not just himself – not just sometimes, but always. sometimes, but always. Wherever he is, he wants Wherever he is, he wants

to be somewhere else – and to be somewhere else – and when he gets there, so when he gets there, so what. Everything is too what. Everything is too

much trouble or a waste of much trouble or a waste of time.”time.”

““For Milo, who has plenty For Milo, who has plenty of time.”of time.”

““Seems like a long time Seems like a long time when you’re waiting for when you’re waiting for something to happen, something to happen,

doesn’t it? …time can pass doesn’t it? …time can pass very slowly or very fast, and very slowly or very fast, and

sometimes even both at sometimes even both at once. …Time is important, once. …Time is important, but it’s what you do with it but it’s what you do with it

that makes it so.”that makes it so.”

““I’ve only been gone for an I’ve only been gone for an hour!”hour!”

““An hour. An hour. Sixty minutes. Sixty minutes.

How long it How long it really lasts really lasts depends on depends on what you do what you do with it. For with it. For

some people, some people, an hour seems an hour seems to last forever. to last forever.

For others, For others, just a just a

moment, and moment, and so full of so full of

things to do.”things to do.”

TIME TIME

ISIS IMPORTANT!!! IMPORTANT!!!

Fun Facts …

• More than a third of all adults hit their alarm clock's "snooze" button each morning — an average of three times before they get up.

• Adults spend an average of 16 times as many hours selecting clothes (145.6 hours a

year) as they do on planning their retirement.

• The average person blinks 25 times per minute, which works out to about

13,140,000 blinks each year.

… Useless Knowledge …

• The Bureau of Engraving produces $4,095 in paper currency each

minute.

• A one-minute kiss burns 26 calories.

• Americans pay over $30,000 in federal, state and local taxes every

second.

…Random Info

• Banging your head against a wall can burn up to 150 calories per hour.

• It is estimated that the average person living in North America opens the fridge 22

times daily.

• Executives work an average 57 hours a week, but just 22 percent say their hours

are a major cause of stress.

• The longest recorded Monopoly game was 1,680 hours. That's over 70 days.

Comprehension

Questions

What theme is presented?

How does Milo change throughout the story?

Who helps Milo learn this lesson about life?

Work

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ited • McDougal Littell. (2002).

The Language of Literature. Boston: Houghton Mifflin

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