The pearl listening task chapter 1 task sheet - self-guided listening task
A self guided listening task for John Steinbeck's The Pearl novel, aimed at EAL / ESL / ELA students. An Audiobook reading performance of The Pearl by John Steinbeck with associated questions visible to students as the audiobook plays. When Coyotito, an infant, is stung by a scorpion, Kino, his father, must find a way to pay the town doctor to treat him. The doctor denies Kino, an indigenous fisherman, out of racism, which enrages him. Shortly thereafter, Kino discovers an enormous, lucid pearl which he is ready to sell to pay the doctor. Everyone calls it "the Pearl of the World," and many people begin to covet it. That very night Kino is attacked in his own home. Determined to get rid of the pearl, the following morning he takes it to the pearl auction in town; however, the auction is actually a corrupt sham and always has been. The buyers normally fake auction each pearl and pretend bid against each other, but in reality they are all paid a salary by a single man, they all turn the pearls over to him and he resells them outside the village, thus cheating the locals. The corrupt pearl buyers try to convince Kino that the pearl is the equivalent of "fools gold" and they refuse to pay any more than incredibly low amounts of money. Kino decides to go over the mountains to the capital to find a better price. Juana, Kino's wife, sees that the pearl brings darkness and greed, and sneaks out of the house late at night to throw it back into the ocean. When Kino catches her, he furiously attacks her and leaves her on the beach.
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- 1. The Pearl – Chapter 1 Listening Task Watch the followingvideoasyouanswerthe questions,the screenwill display the questions as the relevant section is being read aloud. Videolink: https://youtu.be/oS0Eys-Rgls Question 1 What does this ‘epigraph’explain aboutthe story? Epigraph = a shortquote atthe beginningof a story to show its theme. Question 2 What image do we gather of the village? Question 3 What image of the family is presented, how does each member rank in Kino’s opinion? Question 4 What do songs mean to the community? What songis introduced? Question 5 What is noted about this morning? What does this suggest about their lifestyle? Question 6 What does the Song of the Family say? How is itdifferent to other songs and sounds? Question 7 What is noted about Kino’s diet? What does this show abouthis personality? Question 8 What animal emerges to break the peace of the morning? What Song does it bringwith it? Question 9 What happens to Coyotito? Question 10 What is the reaction of Juana and the community? Question 11 What arethe symptoms and likely resultof the bite? Question 12 What is noted about Juana? What are her strengths? Question 13 What surprisingaction does Juana do here? Question 14 How is the city described? usequotes to illustrateexamples. Question 15 What arethe beggars experts in? Whatdo they do? Question 16 How is the doctor described? Use quotes to illustratethis. Question 17 What does Kino note about the doctor? How does his ‘race’treat him? Question 18 What surrounds the doctor? Use quotes to illustratehis description. Question 19 What is the doctors response, what key words does he use to showhis feelings? Question 20 What is the servants responseto Kino? What do the community members do?