When a famous musician is on his deathbed, he tells his daughter Christine that he will send an angel of music to look after her. The girl grows up and joins the chorus at the Paris Opera House, which is said to be haunted by a phantom. While at work, Christine is hearing a voice teaching her to sing and she believes it to be the promised angel, when in fact it belongs to a disfigured opera fanatic living in the cellars of the opera. Christine becomes a talented singer but trouble arises when she meets her childhood sweetheart Raoul and falls in love with him. The jealous phantom kidnaps Christine and threatens to kill Raoul. To save her boyfriend, Christine agrees to marry the phantom and even kisses him. The phantom, who never before has experienced love, relents and lets Christine and Raoul go. It is later revealed that the phantom has died while the lovers mysteriously have disappeared.
The novel has a complex story with many sidelines and characters which offer good opportunities for quiz activities. Questions can refer to the protagonists, the theme of the novel or the locations. If you should lack inspiration, there are plenty of ready-made quizzes on trivia and teacher's resource websites. Most of the quizzes are not only suitable to test the knowledge of "The Phantom of the Opera" enthusiasts, but also are suitable for classroom activities.
The ending of the novel leaves several questions unanswered that give plenty of material for a sequel. Two of the main protagonists disappear mysteriously, the phantom's death is only confirmed through the finding of a skeleton, and an operatic score written by the phantom remains hidden from public view. You can make up your own ending by writing a sequel to the story. Topics can include Christine's life with Raoul, or a resurrection of the phantom. The size of the work can depend on student ambitions, and can range from a few pages to an entire novel.
With the help of cardboard, home made illustrations or pictures from the "Phantom" musical or films, and some quiz questions, you could develop your own "Phantom"-related board game. Create a path on the cardboard and design your patterns with the pictures and illustrations, compose question or action fields and set up rules. Alternatively, you can download board game templates from various gaming and teacher resource websites and decorate those with available material.