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Language and literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

I can read and understand an extract from a work of literature.

1. Check the meanings of the words in the box and complete the sentences.

1. We got up when it was 3 a.m., so we left the campsite in _______.

2. We wanted to _______ because there were a lot of insects near the river.

3. Smoking a _______ is bad for your health.

4. If you _______ in summer, you can look at the stars in the night sky.

2. Read the text. Then answer the questions.

1. Why couldn't Tom sleep?

2. Why did Tom want to go to Jackson's Island?

3. How many boys went to the island?

4. Where did they make a fire?

5. What did they think of their dinner?

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

Summer came, and there was no school. Tom didn't want to think about Muff Potter and Injun Joe, but it wasn't easy. At night, in bed, he saw Joe's face in the dark, and he couldn't sleep.

One hot summer day he and Joe Harper were down by the Mississippi River. They fished and talked.

"Let's get away from here!" - said Tom.

"Let's go and do something exciting somewhere."

"OK", said Joe. "But what? And where?"

"Let's run away. Let's sleep out under the trees on Jackson's Island, a desert island," said Tom. "Let's ask Huck Finn, get something to eat and don't let anyone else know."

That night three boys in a small boat went down to Jackson's Island. They had some bread and some meat, and Huck had his pipe, too. They cooked the meat over the fire and had the best dinner in the world. Soon they stopped talking, their eyes closed and they slept.

3. 🎧2.30 Read and listen to the text. Find a person or place for sentences 1-4.

1. Someone Tom didn't like ____________________.

2. A place with boats ___________________________.

3. The place where the boys went to sleep out ____________________.

4. Tom and Joe's friend _________________________.

4. USE IT! Work in pairs. What did Tom and his friends do the next day? Write a short paragraph. Then compare with another pair.

The next day the boys got up at 8 a.m.

Then they ...