2008 HALLOWEEN

 

Halloween is very near. What do you know about it? LET’S SEE¡¡¡¡¡¡
Read the following and HAVE FUN¡¡¡

1. Vocabulary.

Click on this activity
2. Treasure Hunt. Answer the questions you will find by searching in the web. Task

3. Read the story and do the activities. Story

 

 

(All these activities were created by Isabel Perez

Let´s dive in Mark Twain and Tom´s world: book front, movies, animated versions, trivia and fast facts.

MARK TWAIN´S NAUGHTIEST OFFSPRING: TOM SAWYER

The COMET HALLEY and  TWAIN. What´s the relationship?

 Click on HERE to find it out.
Young Mark Twain

  Who is she? Clink on here

TWAIN AND HIS CHILDREN

(including big moustache)

-Child on the right´s name: Click on here

-Child on the left´s name:Click on here

-Did they outlive their dad?. Click on here

Again with his daughter…who is she?:……………………………………………………………………………………….

Twain as a……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Have a look at Twain´s family home http://www.marktwainhouse.org/thehouse/floormap.shtml

-Where is it?

-When was it built?

_How many floors has it got?

-How many servants´rooms has it got?

-Do part of the virtual visit to his home, CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE… What is the pantry for?…and the school room? and the drawing room? and the storage?…

TWAIN´S FAST FACTS

Click on here…you´ll read some FAST FACTS on Twain, then answer these questions:

-How many children has he got?………………………………………………………………………………………………..

-Did he work as a miner?…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

-Yankee or Confederate?………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

-What jobs did he do?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

-What was his brother´s name?…………………………………………………………………………………………………

-Was Mark Twain his only seudonym?…………………………………………………………………………………………

THESE ARE SOME OF MARK TWAIN´S WORDS ( QUOTATIONS)

“Si la única herramienta que se tiene es un martillo, pensará que cada problema que surge es un clavo.”

See the next one transalated…

“Siempre haz lo correcto. Complacerás a algunos y asombrarás al resto.” Original: “Always do right – this will gratify some and astonish the rest.”Now click on this link, read some of Twain´s quotations, choose teh one you like the best and try to translated into Spanish http://www.proverbia.net/citasautor.asp?autor=1003

Who is he?…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …and he?………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

They are the same person!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…and this is the place where the story takes place……..can you have a look at a map of USA?; spot the Missisipi river; what are the States where it flows through? :……………………………………..Watch the the following episode of The adventures of Tom Sawyer, the cartoon version…what is the episode about? What day of the week does it take place? Pay attention to the conversation in Englsih…which words do you get in English?Click on here, and you´ll have a laugh…what does the little Tom Sawyer has to do with the older one?