The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the greatest works of Samuel Langhorne Clemens known by his pen name as Mark Twain, an American novelist, that was popular in 1876. It tells about a young boy growing up in a small town along the Mississippi River in the town of "St Petersburg", where Mark Twain grew up. According to him, Mark Twain, most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of his own, the rest of those boys were his schoolmates. Huck Finn is drawn from life. Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual but as a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom he knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture.
Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. After playing hooky from school on Friday and dirtying his clothes in a fight, Tom is made to whitewash the fence as punishment on Saturday. At first, Tom is disappointed by having to forfeit his day off. However, he soon cleverly persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of doing his work. He trades these treasures for tickets given out in Sunday school for memorizing Bible verses and uses the tickets to claim a Bible as a prize. He loses much of his glory, however, when, in response to a question to show off his knowledge, he incorrectly answers that the first two disciples were David and Goliath.
Because of its popularity, the novel cannot only be found in hardpaper book format, but it has also been recorded as Audiobooks. An audiobook is a recording that is primarily spoken word. It is often based on a recording of commercial printed material. It is not necessarily an exact audio version of a book. So you can listen to the audiobook version to understand the story in the novel. As the work has been considered as a public domain -a work that is not covered by intellectual property rights at all, it is available to be used by members of the public. Therefore, you can find and download the ebook version of the novel from several website such as from www.planetpdf.com, planetebooks.com, or as the audiobooks version from freeclassicnovel.com, librivob.org, Audible.com, literaturepoject.com, etc.
Listening Assignment
In order to improve your listening skill, however, you can use the materials, the ebook and audiobook versions. Experience the taste of Tom Sawyer adventure by reading and listening into the materials. Follow the steps below to begin your adventure:
Pre-Listening
1. Download the ebook and audiobook chapters from the links provided below.
2. Print out the ebook per chapter.
3. Read the chapter before listening.
While-Listening
1. Listen to the chapter wihout reading the text from ebook.
2. Listen to the chapter again and follow the written text on the ebook.
3. Identify the most difficult pronounced words.
4. identify the stress and intonation patterns
5. Practice reading the chapter by listening and following the written text.
Post-Listening
1. Make a summary from the novel
2. Prepare to retell the story at our next meeting
Links to download:
ebooks
link 1, Link 2
Audiobooks
Chapter 01 - 02 : link 1, link 2
Chapter 03 - 04: link 1, link 2
Chapter 05 - 06: link 1, link 2
Chapter 07 - 08: link 1, link 2
Chapter 09 - 10: link 1, link 2
Chapter 11 - 12: link 1, link 2
Chapter 13 - 14 - 15: link 1, link 2
Chapter 16 - 17: link 1, link 2
Chapter 18 - 19 - 20: link 1, link 2
Chapter 21 - 22 - 23: link 1, link 2
Chapter 24 - 25: link 1, link 2
Chapter 26: link 1, link 2
Chapter 27 - 28: link 1, link 2
Chapter 29: link 1, link 2
Chapter 30: link 1, link 2
Chapter 31 - 32: link 1, link 2
Chapter 33 - 34 - 35: link 1, link 2
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