Treasure Island Lesson 1

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Treasure Island

Lesson 1

The pirates ___________ the inn.

There is a __________ with gold coins hidden in the room.

He is living a very ______ existence. Nothing happens.

I'm ________. I'm going to bed early.

Who is the ___________ who came to the house yesterday?

Talk it through

In a minute, you will split up in groups. Together you will talk through the video and discuss what happened. I will give you some guiding questions you can answer when doing so. 

Two things:

> speak English.

> everyone write the information down.

• Why does Jim already run an inn?
  
• What does Billy Bones mean when he asks whether there is 'much company' at the inn?
  
• Why is he pleased there isn't much company?
  
• After the visit of Black Dog, why does Billy look afraid?
  
• What are pieces of eight?
  
• Why did Billy have fine clothes and gold in his room?
  
• What does Jim's mother want to do with the gold?
  
• Why do the pirates attack the inn?
  

Why is such a young boy running an inn?

What does Billy Bones mean when he asks whether there is ‘much
company’ at the inn?

1. If there is a lot of fun.
2. If there is a lot of business.
3. If a lot of people work there.
4. If there are a lot of visitors.

Why is Billy Bones pleased that there is not ‘much company’ at the
inn?

Why does Billy Bones tell Jim that he wants ‘mainly rum’?

After the visit of Black Dog, why does Billy have ‘the look of a man who
has much to fear’?

What are ‘pieces of eight’?

Why did Billy have fine clothes and gold in his room?

What does Jim’s Mother mean when she says ‘I’ll have my dues’?

Why do the pirates attack the inn?

Look at the sentences, use page 162 of your book. Write down the sentences without the mistakes.

Jim Hawkins run it himself.

Jim dream of adventure.

Jim keep his weather-eye open.

Black Dog limp away wounded.

His mother try to extract her rent.

What did you constantly
have to change?

Now ...

Write down five sentences about the story with the he/she/it form, so using the +s. This is one sentence per slide.

For Example: Billy runs a pub all by himself.

Sentence 1

Sentence 2

Sentence 3

Sentence 4

Sentence 5