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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain

Chapter One: ‘Look Behind You!‘
Author: Adrian Tennant Level: Beginner - pre-intermediate Age: Teenagers / adults Time needed: Approximately 10 minutesper activity

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Podcasts / The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Chapter One

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TLISTENING SKILLS TEAChEr’S NOTES

Activity 1
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Ask your students to put their pens down and relax.

2 Tell them you are going to play them the first part of a story.

Activity 2
For thisactivity you will use the second half of the recording from It was 1844 to the end of Chapter 1.
1 2 Play the first sentence: It was 1844. Tom was eleven years… Pause the recording on the word years and askstudents to guess the next word. Tell them to do this NOT by shouting out the word, but by writing it down or whispering it to a partner.

Play the first part of the chapter up until Aunt Pollysays, I never learn. Then stop the recording.
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Put the students in pairs and tell them to tell each other about what they heard.
4 5 Monitor and listen, but do not comment unless asked by astudent. If this happens, don’t judge or ask questions; simply encourage the students by saying ‘good’ when a student says something accurate.

Ask some questions about the text. Who are the people? Howold do you think they are? How would you describe them?
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Give them a few seconds to do this and then start the recording again. Look around to see the reaction of your students, but don’t comment.3

Play the next sentence, He lived in St Petersburg, Missouri. St Petersburg was a… and pause the recording. Again, ask students to guess the next word.
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Note: For the first question there isa correct answer – Aunt Polly and Tom. But for the other two questions it is up to the students (they will hear in the second half how old Tom is – 11, but at this stage it isn’t important)....