Monday, October 22, 2012

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer




Who was this man? Talk about him as much as you can.
  • Follow the link and try to remember some information about him.






Take a look at this video about Mark Twain's book: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZcr2Bp3gWY


Write a paragraph about Tom:

  • Introduction (name of the author)
  • Personal Information (physical description and personality traits)
  • Daily Routine
  • Choose and Describe one of his adventures
  • Give your own opinion about the book/Tom

7 comments:

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  2. The adventures of tom sawyer

    The name of the autor was Mark Twain. 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. Young samuel grew up there, and boy he had many adventures on the river.
    He began working as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi in 1857, but in 1861 he went to the West. He traveled to Nevada and the to California.
    In San Francisco, California, he began workking as journalist for the Morning Call.Here he changed jis name to Mark Twain.In 1865 he wrote the short story ."The celebrated jumping Frog of Calaveras Country". It was a great succes and mark twain became a famous writer. He traveled to many places in the world.
    He married Olivia "Livy" Langdon and had three daughters, and the family lived in Hardford,Connecticut.Mark Twain died in 1910. he was seventy-four years old .
    Nahuel Lopez-Alen Cardoso

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  3. The author of Tom Sawyer is Mark Twain.
    In this history there an orphan who lives in the care of his Aunt Polly in St. Petersburg, his name is Thomas Sawyer.But the guy is very smart, and always manages to get out of any trouble. He didn´t have his mom because she died.He lives in the small village Decides to undertake adventure in the company of his friends, tells a small village of humble and quiet.
    After several events our character becomes more mature and facing the problems found in them as you learn about yourself.
    this character becomes more mature and the problems facing that is because in them you learn about yourself. the book is funny and cool

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  4. The autor of this book is Mark Twin His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was born in Florida, Misouri. He wrote 'the adventures of tom Sawyer' ,' The adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and others books.


    Tom lived with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid, and his sister Mary, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg.

    Tom fell in love with Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town. He wasn't good at school, and he had to go to Sunday School.


    Tom, Huck and Jim went to the jackson Island.The boys cooked, swam and did other interesting things. At the next day a lot of boats were looking for the boys. They thought that the boys drowned.



    The book is very interesting and good for practice English.

    Martín Gabriel Reale Latini

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  5. ·The author of this story is called Mark Twain.
    ·Tom was a humble person. He was tall, skinny and had brown hair and brown eyes. He was 11. He lived with his Aunt Polly, his brother Sid, who always fought, and sister Mary.
    ·Tom went to school on Sundays.He didnt like it.
    ·One of his adventures was when they went to the cemetery at night to see ghosts and they saw a crime.
    Another of his adventures was when he went to the haunted house
    Another of his adventures was when Tom went to the river for three days with friends. people thought the children had drowned.
    ·The book was very good because I had a very funny story about many adventures and problems.

    Florencia and Martina

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  6. The author of this book was Mark Twain.His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

    Tom was eleven yars old.His mom died and he lived with his aunt Polly ,his brother Sidney and his sister Mary in St Petersburg.

    He went to school on Sundays.He didn't like.

    Tom , Hunk and Jim went to the jackson island.

    One of this adventures was when they went to thew cementery at night to see ghosts and they saw a crime.

    Other of this adventures was when Tom went to the river for three days with friends.

    The book is very funny and interesting.


    Camila and Lourdes

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