dilluns, 19 de març del 2012

Tom Sawyer

1. What do you know about Mark Twain? Real name was Samuel Longhorn Clemens. He was born in Florida, Missouri, USA in 1835. In 1839 he and his family went to live in Hannibal, Missouri, a town on the Mississippi River. In San Francisco, California, he began working as a journalist for the Morin in Call. He married Olivia "Livy" Langsdon and had three daughters, and the family lived in Hartford, Connecticut.




2. Write a summary of each chapter. Add images/videos...

CHAPTER 1:

Tom lived in a small village in St.Petersburg with his Aunt Polly. In the summer evenings Tom walked around the village. One Saturday morning Tom painted a long fence. Tom saw his friends in the street. His friends were painting with a white brush. Aunt Polly saw the beautiful fence and she was very happy with Tom.
CHAPTER 2:


It was Sunday and Tom was required to go to the sunday's school. After, him and his family went to the church and a dog barked a lot for a beetle. It was funny for Tom. The next day, Monday, when Tom was going to school he met Huck, -a boy who lives in streets and had no house- and as he had a dead cat so they decided to go to the graveyard at night. After that, Tom arrived to school (later, like always) and he sat with Becky Tatcher, the girl that Tom was in love.When was midnight Huck and Tom went to the graveyard with the dead cat.

CHAPTER 3:

First there were three more people in the cementery, the boys though they were ghosts. After then they descovered, they were humans, Muff Potter, Injun Joe and Dr Robinson. Injun Joe wanted more money from the Dr. Robinson, but he didn't give it. Injun Joe and Dr.Robinson started fought and finally Injun Joe killed Dr. Robinson, with the Muff Potter's knife. And he belived faith who killed Dr. Robinson was Muff Potter.
CHAPTER 4:
Tom and Huck promise that they didn't say anything about what happened in the graveyard.Huck, Joe and Tom wanted to be pirats and they went to Jackson's Island.All the people in the town though they were dead and the day of the funeral, they apeared in the church.All the people celebrateda party, because they were there.
CHAPTER 6:

First Tom and Huck wanted to find a treasure in the haunted house. The haunted house was an old, lonley and strange place.Then Tom and Huck listened to a two men: Injun Joe and a Spanish man, and the two mens had a treasure.
Finally the 2 mens hid a treasure under a black cross.

CHAPTER 7:

In chapter seven Tom Sawyer and his friend went to Becky Thatcher's party.
At the end of the party all the children went to the cave. Tom Swayer and Becky Thatcher were lost in the cave. At the moment Huck was looking for Injun Joe, his friend and his treasure and he knew they were going to hurt and old woman.
He went find some help and finally he saved Welsh.

CHAPTER 8:

Tom was in a dark tunnel, and he saw a light. Then he saw a man, Injun Joe.
Tom was very scared. Injun Joe didn't see Tom.
On Tuesday, St. Petersburg was worried, because Tom and Becky were lost.
They returned it in St.Petersburg on Tuesday night.
Tom explained the story about his adventure in the cave.
Mr.Teatchre an Tom retourn to the cave and they found the treasure box. They opened it and they saw the gold and silver coins.
Then they went to Aunt Polly's house. They grave her the treasure box, she opened it and she looked at all the silver and gold coins. There was $12.000!
Now Tom and Huck were rich and famous in St. Petersburg.



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