M3-2Reading.pptVIP

Reading and Vocabulary Activity4(P21) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is perhaps the most famous American novel ever written. Huckleberry Finn(or just Huck)is a teenage boy who has run away from home. His companion is Jim, a black slave who has also run away. The two of them are sailing down the Mississippi River on a raft when they see something in the water ahead of them…… Guess Who are they? Where are they? What are they doing? What is the boy pointing at? What will they do? Jim Huck Number the events in the order they happen. (3 minutes) e. Huck and Jim take away the men’s boat. d. Huck and Jim see the steamboat. b. Huck and Jim climb onto the steamboat. g. Jim runs back to the raft. a. Huck sees three men in a cabin. f. The tall man is pointing a gun at the man on the floor. c. The short man suggests leaving the man on the floor h. Huck has a plan. Three stages in story: See the steamboat Board the steamboat Leave the steamboat Questions for Paragraph 1 1.What was the weather like that night? 2. What did they see as they were sailing down the river? 3.What did they do then? There was a big storm after midnight and the rain ____________________. A steamboat. They __________ straight towards the steamboat. sailed poured down Questions for Paragraphs 2- 8 1.What did Huck want to do? 2.What did they hear after they got on the steamboat? He wanted to_________ over and climbed on to the steamboat. “ Oh please boys, don’t kill me! I won’t tell anybody!” paddle 3.What did the men on the steamboat do with another man? 4.How did they decide to kill him? The tall man….. The short man….. They left him in the steamboat which will ________ in a couple of hours. sink Questions for Paragraph 9-11 1.What did Huck decide to do after he heard they would leave the man on the steamboat? 2.What was the idea Huck told to Jim? 3.Why did Huck feel bad about what he had done? To find their boat and take it away. He _________along the deck, found Jim.