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Fill in the boxes with information from the story you read
This story is about _________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
(name the main character and his main action)

Complete the summary

Answer the questions

One day Kinos 1_________ was stung by a

scorpion, so he took him to the 2_________.

1. Why did the doctor refuse to treat their

baby?

That day, when he was diving, Kino 3________

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an enormous pearl.
In the middle of the 4_________someone tried

2. Why did the doctor visit them later that

day?

to get into their house. The following day, Kino

___________________________________

tried to 5_________ the pearl in the main

square of the town. Some men attacked Kino

3. Why was Kino unhappy with the price the

dealers offered him?

and he killed one of them with a 6_________.

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Somebody burnt down their 7_________ and

4. Why did he decide to go to the capital?

they had to hide.

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They left the town and started to walk to the

5. Why did the hunters follow them?

capital. Some hunters 8 ________ Kino and

Juana into the mountains. The hunters thought
there was a coyote. One of the hunters shot
and 9________ the baby. In the end, Kino
10________ the pearl back into the sea.

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6. Why did Kino and Juana throw the pearl
back into the sea?
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7. What is the moral of the story?
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The Pearl by John Steinbeck- http://keepcalmandteachenglish.blogspot.gr/

The Pearl by John Steinbeck- http://keepcalmandteachenglish.blogspot.gr/

Homework: Tic Tac Toe. In groups, choose three of the

following activities to prepare for our next class.

Movie Poster
If the book became a
movie, what would the
movie poster look like?

Interview a Character
Create your own
interview questions for a
character in your story.
Then, create the answers
to those questions based
on what you think your
character would say.

Grammar
Find as many irregular
verbs as you can in the
story. Make an
alphabetical list in your
notebook writing their
three forms.

Vocabulary
Pick 10 words from the
text you didnt know, look
them up in a dictionary
and write their definitions
in your notebook. Then
write sentences using five
of these words.

Paint it
Draw or paint one scene
from the story. Write a
sentence explanation of
the scene.

Write an email
Pretend to be a character
from the story. Write an
email to send to another
character. Include details
from the story.

Facebook Page
If the main characters of
your story had a Facebook
page, what would it look
like? What would their
profile pic be? Who would
write on their wall?
http://www.classtools.net/FB/
home-page

Write a Review
Write a review of the
story. Would you
recommend the book to
someone else and why
(not)? What were the best
parts? What were the
worst parts?

The Pearl by John Steinbeck- http://keepcalmandteachenglish.blogspot.gr/

Collage Summary
Look for pictures that
remind you of the story
(in magazines, the
internet or even draw
some yourself). Paste
them on a big paper and
write a sentence under
each one to retell the
story.

Key:
(Students should be encouraged to be as brief and concise as possible)
This story is about a poor man who found a valuable pearl.

Summary
1. baby

6. knife

2. doctor

7. house

3. found

8. followed

4. night

9. killed

5. sell

10. threw

Questions
Suggested answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Because Kino was poor

He heard about the pearl
Because he knew his pearl was worth more money
To get more money for his pearl
To steal the pearl
Because it only brought them trouble
A man can lose all that he values if he becomes obsessed with wealth. Greed is the root of
all evil. Money is not everything.

The Pearl by John Steinbeck- http://keepcalmandteachenglish.blogspot.gr/