When Huckleberry Finn meets Jim, a runaway slave, they decide to travel North on the mighty Mississippi River. They have all sorts of incredible adventures, meet all kinds of people and get into a lot of trouble, until one day... Mark Twain's masterpiece is one of the greatest novels in American literature. With his brilliant satire and humor Twain immortalises 19th-century life on the Mississippi River.
This reader uses the Expansive Reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains : A biography of Mark Twain ; A wide range of activities practising the four skills ; Dossiers : America's Great River : The Mississippi ; The Slave Trade ; The American Civil War ; Preliminary-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4) ; Dossier : Cinema ; A full recording of the text (American English) ; Exit test and keys downloadable at blackcat-cideb.com
When Huckleberry Finn meets Jim, a runaway slave, they decide to travel North on the mighty Mississippi River. They have all sorts of incredible adventures, meet all kinds of people and get into a lot of trouble, until one day... Mark Twain's masterpiece is one of the greatest novels in American literature. With his brilliant satire and humor Twain immortalises 19th-century life on the Mississippi River.
This reader uses the Expansive Reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, this reader contains : A biography of Mark Twain ; A wide range of activities practising the four skills ; Dossiers : America's Great River : The Mississippi ; The Slave Trade ; The American Civil War ; Preliminary-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grade 4) ; Dossier : Cinema ; A full recording of the text (American English) ; Exit test and keys downloadable at blackcat-cideb.com
