domingo, 19 de mayo de 2013

Sound Dealer


Ninth chapter.



v  Discover and place the respective vocal prayers, join the synonyms.


1        D_rkn_ss                                               1. r_z_d_nt

       2. Neighbor                                                   2. Graveyard 

      3. _ʊv_k_st                                                  3. S_praɪz

      4. Suddenly                                                   4. Blackness          

      5. S_m_tr_                                                   5. Covered

Sound Dealer


Eighth chapter.


v  Discover and place the respective vowels in sentences.
1 - This was agreeable, and more fighting followed.
This was _gr_ ɪəbl, and more fighting f_l ə_d.

2 - They were sad because Robin Hood had lived so long ago.
They were sad b_k_z Robin H__d had la_v so l_ ŋ ago.

3- Then there came, among his dreams, the call of a cat.
Then there k_ _m_m_ ŋ his dr_mz, the call of a cat.

Sound Dealer


Seventh chapter



v  MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1-THOUSAND:
ˈθaʊzənd    
 thouzənd  
 θɒʊzənd   

 2-HAPPINES:
həpenɪs   
əppɪnɪs    
hæpɪnɪs   

3-DEEPLY:
deeplɪ  
dɪːplɪ    
dɪəplɪ   








Word Collector


Tenth Chapter.


THE PROMISE- THE RESULT OF FEAR

Join the words with their corresponding antonyms

.AFRAID                                                       LIGHT
.OPEN                                                          SOFT
.GROUND                                                    BRAVE
.ENOUGH                                                    ROOF
.STRONG                                                     NEW
.DARK                                                          CLOSE
.FEARFUL                                                   WEAK
.QUIETLY                                                     CONFRONT
.OLD                                                             INSUFFICIENT
.HARD                                                          NOISILY

Listening


Tenth chapter.


Write the most proper synonym based on what you hear.
·The two boys ran toward the ...... .
a/ Hamlet        b/ City                         c/ Countryside
· Let Muff Potter tell if he is ..... enough
a/ Silly             b/ Afraid          c/ Self-confident
· It was deep and dark and ....... .
a/ Frightening  b/ Terrible       c/ Brash
· He took off his clothes very quietly and ....... .
a/ Took a shower.      b/ Sat on the floor.      c/ Went to bed.



graveyard
village
pleased
drunk
suddenly
fighter
quickly
length
breath
quiet

Listening


Ninth chapter.


Write the words said by the speaker and classify them into nouns, adjetives or adverbs.

Nouns.                                                                adjetives.                                                          Adverbs.

viernes, 17 de mayo de 2013

Analytical Reader


Tenth chapter.


1.       It organizes the paragraphs

·         “Huckleberry, what do you think will happen now?”
“If the doctor dies, they will hang Indian Joe.”
Tom spoke. “Who will tell about it? You and I?”
“If we did, and if Indian Joe did not hang, he would kill us.”
“I was thinking that, Huck.”
“Let Muff Potter tell if he is fool enough. He is usually drunk
enough.”
Tom continued to think. Then he said, “Huck, Muff Potter does
not know what happened. The doctor had hit him with that board.
Huck, are you sure that you won’t tell?”
“Tom, we can’t tell. You know that. Indian Joe would drown us
like two cats if we told. Tom, we must promise never to tell. It must be
a strong promise. With writing. And blood.”

·         The next morning his aunt gave him some food. Then she wept,
and she asked him why he hurt her old heart. She wished to help him
to be good. She tried and tried, but she could try no more.
A thousand beatings would have been easier for Tom. He wept. He
promised to be good. But he felt that she did not believe his promises.
He went to school, and there the teacher beat him and Joe Harper,
because they had run away from school the day before.
Then he went to his seat. A hard object, covered in paper, was
waiting for him there. He opened the paper. Inside was the bright, shin­
ing ball that looked like gold that he had given to Becky Thatcher.
This was too much. Now his heart was broken.

·         Tom agreed with all his heart. This idea was what must be done.
It was deep and dark and fearful. This was the hour and the place to
do it. He found a clean broad piece of wood. In his pocket he found
something to write with. The moon was his light. Painfully he formed
the words:
Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer promise they will never tell about this,
and they wish they may die in their footsteps if they ever tell.

·         THE TWO BOYS RAN TOWARD THE VILLAGE. THEY LOOKED BEHIND
them often, afraid that they were being followed.
After a while, they came to the edge of the village. There stood
an old building which was not used. They ran through the open door
and fell to the ground.

·         Then each boy cut a finger and signed in blood TS and HF. Tom
helped Huck to write his H and F.
Then they made a hole in the ground near the wall of the build­
ing. They placed the piece of wood in the hole and covered it with
earth. Now they were certain. Their mouths would never speak about
what their eyes had seen.
When Tom entered his house through his bedroom window, the
night was almost gone. He took off his clothes very quietly and lay
down. He believed, happily, that his aunt would never know that he
had been away. But Sid was not asleep.

lunes, 13 de mayo de 2013

Analytical Reader


Ninth chapter.


AT NINE THAT NIGHT TOM AND SID WERE SENT TO BED AS USUAL.
They prayed, and Sid was soon asleep. Tom was waiting.
Time passed very slowly. Little noises came out of the darkness.
The cry of a far off dog was heard in the night air, and was answered by another dog. By that time Tom was asleep.
Then there came, among his dreams, the call of a cat. A neighbor opened a window. Tom heard this, and a minute later he was through his window. He “meowed” as he went. Then he jumped. Huckleberry Finn was there with his dead cat.
In half an hour the boys were in the graveyard. The graveyard was on a hill, a mile and a half from the village.
There was an old board fence around it. A light wind sounded in the trees, and Tom was afraid that the sound came from the spirits of the dead. The boys talked little. The time and the place and the quiet were heavy on their hearts. They found the new grave and sat down under the branches of three big trees near it.
They waited a long time. After a while, Tom felt that he must talk. “Huck, do you believe that the dead people are pleased to have us here?”
 “I wish I knew.”
“Huck, do you think Hoss Williams hears us talking?”
“His spirit hears us.”
“I wish I had said Mr. Williams. But all the people said Hoss.”
“You must be careful how you talk about dead people, Tom.”
There was no more talk for a while.
Then Tom touched Huck’s arm. “Did you hear it? There it is again! Now you hear it.”
The two held each other with fast­beating hearts.
“Tom, they are coming! What shall we do?”
“I do not know. Will they see us?”
“Tom, they can see in the dark, like cats. I wish I had not come.”
“Oh, do not be afraid. We are doing nothing. If we are com­pletely quiet, perhaps they won’t see us.”
“I will try, Tom. But I am shaking.”
“Listen!”
The sound of voices came from the far end of the graveyard.
“Look! See there!” said Tom. “What is it?”
“It is devil­fire. Oh, Tom, this is very bad.”
Some dark shapes came near, carrying a light. Huckleberry said, shaking more, “It is the devils. Three of them. Tom, we are in great trouble. Can you pray?”
“I will try.” Tom began to pray.
“Tom! They are human! That is old Muff Potter’s voice. He is drunk, as usual. He won’t see us.”
“Huck, I know another voice. It is Indian Joe.”
“Devils would be better than that half­Indian. What do they want here?”
Then the boys were quiet, because the three men had arrived at the new grave. “Here it is,” said the third voice. In the light the boys saw the face of young Doctor Robinson. He was so near that the boys could have touched him.
“Hurry, men!” he said. “The moon may appear from behind the clouds.”
The other two men began opening the grave. For a while no sound was heard except the sound of their work.
Then they came to the box which contained the body. They opened it and lifted the body out of the box. The moon appeared and the dead man’s face could be seen.
Potter held up a knife. “Now, Doctor, the thing is ready. And here it stays unless you pay us five dollars more.”
“You have your money,” the doctor said.
“You and your father once sent me to jail,” Indian Joe said. “Five years ago. Do you think I would forget? Now you pay!”
The doctor hit him suddenly, and Indian Joe fell.
Potter dropped his knife. “You hit my friend!” he said. He jumped at the doctor and the two began fighting.
Now Indian Joe was on his feet again. He picked up Potter’s knife, and began moving like a cat, around and around the fighters. He was watching for a chance to strike the doctor. Suddenly the doctor was free. He picked up a board and used it to strike Potter, who fell quickly to the ground.
At the same moment Indian Joe saw his chance. The whole length of his knife went into the doctor’s body. The doctor fell, partly on Potter, covering Potter with his blood.
Clouds covered the moon, and the two boys ran into the darkness.
When the moon appeared again, Indian Joe was looking down at the two men lying on the ground. The doctor made some sounds that were not possible to understand, and then, after a long breath, he was quiet. The Indian said, “Now that is finished!”
He put the knife in Potter’s right hand. Then he sat down and waited.
Soon Potter began to move. His hand closed on the knife. He looked at it and let it fall. Then he sat up and looked at the doctor’s body.
“What happened, Joe?” he said.
“It is a bad business,” said Joe. “Why did you do it?”
“I! I never did it!” Potter was shaking. “I was drunk. I do not remember what happened. Did I do it, Joe? I never wanted to do it.”
“He hit you and then you did it. But you have always been good to me, Muff Potter. I won’t tell.”
“Oh, Joe, I will bless you for that as long as I live.” And Potter began to weep.
“This is no time for weeping. You go that way and I will go this way. Move, now.”
Potter started running. Joe stood watching him. “He forgets his knife because he is drunk. When he remembers, he will be afraid to return for it.”
Two or three minutes later the dead doctor, the body from the grave, the opened box, was alone under the moon. The quiet was complete again.
Activity
1.         Find synonyms of the underlined words.
2.       Find the unknown words in the diccionary.
3.       Find Homonyms of the underlined words
4.       Look for the main idea of the text.

domingo, 28 de abril de 2013

Listening


Eighth chapter.



Listen to the speaker and answer the questions.


Where  was located MRS DOUGLAS' house?
A/ Cardiff Hill                   B/ Cardiff Meel               C/ Cardiff wheel
Where did Tom entered?
A/ A jungle                       B/ A playground              C/ A forest


What did Tom ache for?
A/ Lie                                 B/ Play                               C/ Die


Who did Tom play?
A/ Himself                         B/ A pirate                         C/ Robin Hood
Who was Tom playing with ?
A/ Moe                               B/ Hoe                               C/ Joe

domingo, 21 de abril de 2013

Listening


Seventh chapter


Identify the word which is not said by the speaker:

1/ Weep                                                 6/ Softly
2/ Weeping                                            7/ Valued
3/ Hills                                                    8/ Filled
4/ Wept                                                  9/ Feel
5/ Walk                                                  10/ Within

Sound dealer


Sixth chapter



1___ cry                     c- ɒ
2___  walked             d- ʌ
3___ away                  i- æ
4___  fool                   a- ʊ
5___  people              e- aɪ
6___ Goodness          j- ɪ
7___   animal             b- ə
8___   saying             f- uː
9___ across               h- iː
10___ running            g- ɔː

Word Collector


CHAPTER 7


Fill in the blanks with the correct word

She made him turn his face ________. Then she came near. Her
breath moved his hair as she said, “I—love—you!”
Then she ________ away from him and ran around the seats, with
Tom running after her. He caught her in a corner, with her hands over
her face. But her hands _________. Tom kissed her and said, “Now it is
all finished, Becky. And always after this you can’t love any boy except
me or _______ any boy except me.”
“And you can’t marry any girl but me.”
“Certainly. That is part of it. And we will walk to ________ together.
Because we are engaged.”
“It is nice. I never ________ of it before.”
“Oh, it is fine. Me and Amy Lawrence—”
The big eyes told him that he had said the ________ thing.
“Oh, Tom! I am not the first that you were engaged to!” She
began to _________.
“I do not love her now. I do not love any girl except you.”
More __________.
Tom took from his pocket the thing he valued most. It was a
ball­shaped object, of no _________, but as bright as gold.
“Becky, take this.”
She hit it from his __________ to the floor.
Hand- Away- Worth- Jumped- Weeping- Dropped- Weep- Marry- Wrong- School- Heard

Word Collector


CHAPTER 6


Correct the words bad written in the paragraph.

Tom stopped crying and the pain stoped, too.
As he walked to school, he met Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry’s
father was always dronk. None of the mothers in the village liked
Huckleberry. But all the children liked him. They wished that they
daret to be like him.
Tom also wished that he could be like Huckleberry. He had been
orderet never to play with him. Therefore, he played with Huckleberry
every time that it was possible.
Huckleberry was always dressed in old clothes. The clothes ware
always too big for him. His hat was full of holes. The bottom of his
coat touched the ground. He came and wend as he wished. He did not
sleep in a bed; he did not sleep in a house. He did not go to school or
to church. He coulted go swimming or fishing when and where he might
choose. He was the first boy to wear no shoes in the early summer. He
was the last boy to wear shoes in the earlyer winter. He never washed.
He had everything that any boy could desire.

viernes, 19 de abril de 2013

Analytical Reader


Chapter Eight
Tom Decides What to Do

HALF AN HOUR LATER TOM WAS BEYOND MRS.DOUGLAS’ HOUSE ON Cardiff Hill. He entered a thick forest, went to the center of it, and sat down under a tree. He was very sad(_________). He wished(_________) that he could die—for a short time. But soon he began to think again of living. He would go far away, to countries across the sea. How would Becky feel then? He would be a soldier, and return famous, after many wars(_________). No, he would join the Indians, and hunt and fight with them in the Far West. But no, there was something better. He would sail across the seas in a long, fast black ship. He would follow other ships, take the gold and silver they carried, then send them to the bottom of the sea. That was it! He would be a pirate, famous in the whole world. Tom Sawyer the Pirate! Yes, it was decided. He would start his journey the next morning.
At this moment he heard a call from far away in the forest. He went to a place, very near, where he kept some of his things.
From this place he took a long knife (_________) made of wood. He tied it to his side. He was not Tom Sawyer now. He dreamed he had become a famous (_________) leader named Robin Hood who had lived with his men hundreds of years before, in another forest.
He advanced slowly(_________), moving carefully from behind one tree to another. Believing for the moment that he really was Robin Hood, he said:
“Stay where you are, my men. Do not move until I call.”
Now Joe Harper appeared. He, too, had a long wooden knife. Tom called, “Stop! Who comes here into Sherwood Forest? No person enters my forest until I say that he may!”
“I am Guy of Guisborne,” said Joe Harper, continuing the game.
“I go where I wish. Who are you?”
“I! I am Robin Hood, as you shall soon know when you lie dead there on the ground.”
“Are you indeed that famous(_________) man? Gladly will I fight with you.”
They took their two long knives, and began a slow, careful fight.
Then Tom said, “Now fight faster.”
They were soon hot from their efforts. “Fall!” Tom said. “You must fall!”
“You fall! I am fighting better than you.”
“But the story of Robin Hood says that I kill you. Turn and let me hit you in the back.”
Joe turned, received the blow (_________), and fell.
“Now,” Joe said, rising, “you must let me kill you.”
“I can’t do that. It is not in the story.”
“It should be.”
“Joe, you can be Robin Hood for a while. I will be Robin’s enemy, and you can kill me.”
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ACTIVITY
MAKE GROUPS OF 3
1.         READ THE TEXT.
2.       CHANGE THE HISTORY WITH ANOTHER END.
3.       WITH THE UNDERLINED WORDS, CHANGE THEM WITH A  SINONYM
4.       GIVE YOUR ACTIVITY TO THE FRIEND ON THE RIGHT, AND READ THE ACTIVITY OF YOUR OTHER FRIEND.