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Summary
Chapters 12: Miss Marple, an elderly lady, lives in the
ever changing village of St Mary Mead in the South of
England. Near the village is a housing estate called the
Development, the inhabitants of which are very different
from the people Miss Marple is accustomed to meeting.
One day she sends Miss Knight, her over fussy carer, on a
shopping trip and goes to visit the Development. She falls
down in the street outside Heather and Arthur Badcocks
house and is taken in for a cup of tea. They are excited
to learn that she is the famous Miss Marple, the murder
solver, who had been involved in solving a murder at
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PENGUIN READERS
Teacher Support Programme
LEVEL 4
Discussion activities
Chapters 12
While reading (p. 7, after She hasnt been a star for
quite a long time.)
1 Discuss: Put the students into groups and ask them
to discuss the following questions about films and
film stars: How often do you go to the cinema/watch a
DVD? What is one of your favourite films and what is
it about? What type of films do you like? Who is your
favourite actor/actress and why? Do you think special
effects improve films or make them worse?
After reading
2 Game: Put the students in pairs and tell them
there are fifteen words in Chapter 2 that can be
found in a house. Tell them they have to find the
words as quickly as possible; the fastest pair is the
winner.
Chapters 35
While reading (p. 21, after Its sold in the UK under
the name of Calmo, said the Inspector.)
3 Discuss: Remind the students that Calmo is a type
of medicine. Put them in small groups to discuss the
following questions: Do you think that some medicines
dont work and they are only to make money for the
companies that make them? What do you think about
the new, natural medicines? How often do you take
medicine? Do you think all medicines should be free?
Do you think that in the future medicine will be able to
cure all illnesses?
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PENGUIN READERS
Teacher Support Programme
LEVEL 4
After reading
Chapters 68
While reading (p. 34, after Two boys, I think, and a
girl.)
7 Discuss: Put the students into groups and ask them
to discuss the following questions about adoption:
Do people often adopt children in your country? Would
you ever adopt a child? Would you adopt a child from
another country? Is it better to adopt a baby or an older
child? Should you tell a child that they have been
adopted and if yes, when?
8 Predict: (p. 41, at the beginning of Chapter 7)
Put the students in pairs and ask them to predict the
answer to the following possibilities: Margot Bence is
in love with Marinas husband/is the adopted daughter of
Marina. Margot gives the policeman a photo of Marina/a
description of the murderer. Ella Zielinsky dies in a car
accident/is poisoned. Giuseppe tells the police he killed
Mrs Badcock/is shot.
9 Game: (p. 43, after Hes a film director-and works in
TV too.) Put the students in groups of four and tell
them they are going to play the twenty questions
game. Student A thinks of a profession in English.
The other students have to guess the profession by
asking questions. Student A can only reply yes, no
or sometimes. If the others can guess the profession
in less than twenty questions, they win. See
Discussion activities key for example questions.
10 Write and discuss: (p. 51, after And blackmail can
be a dangerous game.) Put the students in small
groups and ask each group to write a list of all the
words in English they know that are names of crimes.
Put their suggestions on the board and add some of
your own. Then ask them to discuss how many years
in prison a person should get if convicted of one of
the crimes.
Chapters 910
While reading (p. 58, after Its very amusing to hear
what kind of literature youve been studying, he said.)
13 Discuss: Put the students in small groups to discuss
the following questions: Do you like reading books?
What type of books do you like? What is one of your
favourite books? What do you think of the films youve
seen that have been made from a books youve read?
Do you prefer to read e-books or normal books?
14 Role play: (p. 61, after Please, she said, if youd
like to go ) Put the students in pairs and ask them
to act out a conversation between Miss Knight and
Miss Marple. Miss Knight is insistent she wants to
stay and Miss Marple tries to convince her she will be
fine without her. See Discussion activities key for an
example start to the conversation.
After reading
15 Quote Quiz: Put the students in groups of three or
four and tell them to write a list of all the characters
in the book. Then tell them they are going to hear a
list of quotes from the book and they have to write
down the name of the person who said each quote.
Then read out the following:
a I really dont like to tell you about it, dear. It might
shock you.
b So I got up and put on a lot of make-up and went
to the party.
c I had another message on the day of the fte.
d The secretary woman was making a phone call
from the public phone box in the road.
e I think, Miss Bence, that you could tell me a little
more.
f But I kept a little back and I took it to be
examined.
g You cannot recognise a whisper, but the person
sneezed before ending the call.
h I gave her some money and told her to take a
holiday.
i Last night she complained that we had our music
on too loud.
j His wife died last night in her sleep.