Mark Twain
“ All modern American literature comes from one book by M.Twain called Huckleberry Finn.”
Who are these people?
A plan for retelling
- M. Twain was a … .
- He was well known … .
- One day the literary club … .
- Before his lecture a club member … .
- M. Twain noticed an old man … .
- He began to tell … .
- Everybody laughed but … .
- After the lecture, the club member … .
- He told the famous writer that … .
Reading
- Role-play “Interview Mark Twain”
P s P 1
- When and where were you
born?
- What is your real name?
- What is your favorite book?
- Did you like to study
when you were a child?
etc.
Reading for detail
- Choose the correct verb to complete the sentences: was invited, was sent, had, took, decided, began, was, was, published, spent.
- In summer, when school … over, the boys … many happy hours on the Missouri River.
- Mark Twain … to work as a journalist for a newspaper.
- In 1876 M.Twain … his best novel “The adventures of Tom Sawyer.”
- When Samuel … to write he chose for himself the name Mark Twain.
- When the boy … five years old, he … to school.
- The pilot … to know the river very well when he … a ship along it.
- In 1853 Samuel … to leave home.
Reading for detail
- Answers
- was, spent
- was invited
- published
- decided
- was, was sent
- had, took
- decided
Childhood
Work
Family
A project work
Studies
M.Twain
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The Mark Twain House and Museum, the USA
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Mark Twain’s grave
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