The greatest humorist of the 19th century
Who is he?
He is good at writing about children's adventure
short story writer
literary
giant
novelist public
speakerAmerican
His masterpieces: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
and The adventure of Hunkleberry Finn
Discussion
Is money everything?
Money Is Not Everything
Money can buy a house, but not a home
Money can buy a bed, but not sleep
Money can buy a clock, but not time
Money can buy a book, but not knowledge
Money can buy you a position, but not respect
Money can buy you medicine, but not health
Money can buy a friend, but not love
Money can buy you blood, but not life
Part 1 Background of the story
Line 1 to line 5
1. When did the story happen?
2. What did two brothers decide to do? Why?
3. What was Henry Adams? What was he doing?
Part 2 Invitation & Asking questions
Line 6 to line 27
1. How many characters are there
in the text? Who are they?
2. What's the plan of Henry?
What's he doing now?
Part 3 What happened to Henry?
Line 28 to line 36
1. About a month ago
2. Towards nightfalls
3. The next morning
4. Result
Part 4 Further questions
Line 37 to line 46
1. What sort of work did Henry do in
America?
2. How much money did Henry have?
3. Why did Henry stand up to leave?
Part 5 The letter
Line 47 to end
1. What is in the letter? How much?
2. Henry didn't want the money. What
did he want?
3. When can Henry open the letter?
Act One, Scene 3 get the letter
Role play: act the scene out
Homework
1. Read and perform the whole play
with the help of the scripts in the
book.
2. Review what you have learnt in the
whole unit.