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Based on a motion picture screenplay, written by Peter Buchman, based on the characters created by Michael Crichton

based on Dr. Jack Horner, a paleontologist who worked as a Summary consultant on the first Jurassic Park movie. In fact, the filming of the dig site in Jurassic Park III is actually the site of Jack Horner’s It is eight years after Dr. Alan Grant was first introduced to the live excavation, where several large Tyrannosaurs and some dinosaurs at Jurassic Park, where he was almost killed. Now he Hadrosaurs were uncovered. They filmed on location in Hawaii, works only with the bones of dead dinosaurs. He studies their Los Angeles and Orlando, Florida. Special effects were expensive bones and writes books, but he needs money to continue his work. and amazing. They included the enormous Spinosaurus, which is When Paul Kirby and his wife, Amanda, offer Dr. Grant and his the largest animatronic ever built. It weighed 12 tons and assistant Billy, a lot of money to fly them over Isla Sorna, an island hydraulics were used to operate it. The special effects crew had to near Costa Rica, and tell them about dinosaurs, Dr Grant accepts. use 950 liters of oatmeal to simulate Spinosaurus dung. The He doesn’t like the idea, but Billy says that if they take the money audiences loved it! then they can carry on their research. He and Billy, along with three other men (Nash, Cooper and Udesky) take them there by airplane. As they reach the island, Alan learns their true intentions. Background and themes They want to land on the island in order to look for their son, Eric, who disappeared with Amanda’s new boyfriend in a parasailing Jurassic Park III continues the thrilling adventures of Dr. Alan accident two months earlier. Grant, an expert on dinosaurs. In the first of these movies (1993), Alan tells them that their son can’t possibly still be alive as the he visits InGen’s bioengineering dinosaur “theme park” on Isla island is very dangerous. Nublar and nearly gets killed when the security system is disabled and the dinosaurs escape from their cages. They are attacked and chased by enormous, angry dinosaurs. It is not long before the dinosaurs kill Nash, Cooper and Udesky. This was followed by The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Alan, Paul, Billy, and Amanda are pursued and in their attempt to when it is revealed that there is another island (Site B) where get away, are separated. That’s when the Kirby’s son, Eric, finds dinosaurs were bred before they were transported to Isla Nublar. Alan. He is reunited with his parents and together they try to find a There the dinosaurs have lived, bred and flourished. In Jurassic way out. They are chased by flying dinosaurs. Billy, who foolishly Park III (2001) Dr. Grant suspects that the Raptors have evolved takes some dinosaur eggs, is caught by one. There’s nothing they into a species that can communicate and are now smarter than can do to save him. In the canyon, it seems they have lost Paul as primates. well. When Amanda fears that her husband has been killed, she This is another story where man creates a monster and then realizes that she still cares for him very much. He manages to swim finds he cannot control his creation. The horror is unleashed and to safety and they are reunited. Eric is happy to see his parents the world becomes a very dangerous place. The idea that talking together again. dinosaurs might one day return to earth is both exciting and The terror and excitement continues. With the help of Paul’s haunting. We only know of these enormous creatures from phone, Alan manages to phone a friend who gets on to the US studying their bones. government. They send airplanes, ships and a boat to the island. But do we really want to have first-hand experience of their Just after Amanda returns the eggs to the mother dinosaur, they strength, power and emotions? In real life, the dinosaurs were on are rescued. As they board the boat, they see that Billy has also the earth long before humans appeared, which is part of the been rescued and is still alive. They are all very happy to leave Isla interest we have in therm. Sorna and return to their quiet, happy lives. Science may one day be able to reproduce creatures that have died out. This would be of great interest to scientists and to people generally, and could help us understand more about animals and About the movie life itself. Some people consider cloning to be a wonderful thing, while others Steven Spielberg directed all three of these very successful think it an extremely dangerous enterprise. These movies leave the Jurassic Park movies, developed from Michael Crichton’s audience in little doubt as to whether or not it is a good idea. bestseller. The character of Dr. Alan Grant, played by Sam Neill, is

2 Put students in small groups and ask them to give each of III JurassicLevel Park 2 – Elementary Teacher’s Notes these five chapters a different, better, title. They could be sentences, questions or phrases. Then each group can write their titles on the board. The whole class then chooses the best title for each chapter. Communicative activities 3 Ask students to work in groups of three and to invent the conversation between Paul, Amanda and Alan just after the The following teacher-led activities cover the same sections of text Pteranodon takes Eric and carries him away. They can role as the exercises in the back of the Reader. and supplement those play their conversations for the rest of the class. exercises. Further supplementary exercises, covering shorter 4 Ask students to work in pairs and to discuss what they think sections of the book, can be found on the photocopiable Student’s is going to happen next. After they do this, allow them to Activities pages of this Factsheet. These are primarily for use with share their ideas with another pair. class Readers, and, with the exception of pair/groupwork questions, can also be used by students working alone in a self- Chapters 11–15 access center. 1Write these names of dinosaurs on the board and ask students to discuss in small groups what they know about ACTIVITIES BEFORE READING THE BOOK them. What can (can’t) they do? 1 Find out if your students have seen Jurassic Park III or the Pteranondons Raptors Spinosaurus previous two movies. Do they like movies about dinosaurs? Tyrannosaurus Rex Why (not)? Do they think it is a good idea to make sequels of movies and can the third movie ever be as good as the first, 2 Ask students to work in small groups and to discuss what do they think? they think happens in the end to: 2 Photocopy three or four sets of pages 3, 8, 12, 15, 16, 34. (a) Billy Cut the captions off. Put the students into three or four (b) the Raptors groups. Give each group a set of pictures and a set of (c) the Pterodons captions. Ask them to match the captions with the pictures. (d) Amanda and Paul You could make this a competition by giving a prize to the (e) Alan’s work group that finishes first with all correct. 3 Ask students to discuss in pairs how they think this 3 Ask the students to read the Introduction and answer these experience on Isla Sorna changed Paul and Amanda, Alan questions. and Billy, Eric and Paul. You could have the students invent a conversation between two of the characters after they have (a) Why do people go to Jurassic Park? returned home. (b) How many islands is Jurassic Park on? (c) Why does Dr. Alan Grant help Mr. and Mrs. Kirby? 4 Put students in pairs. Tell them to think about Billy, Paul’s telephone, the phone call to Ellie, the flare gun, the Raptor’s ACTIVITIES AFTER READING A SECTION eggs, the airplanes and boats. Ask them to discuss what they like and don’t like in the story. What did they think was funny, Chapters 1–5 stupid, sad, happy? Would they like to see the movie (again)? 1 Put students into groups of four. Ask them to prepare a role- Do they think there is going to be a Jurassic IV movie? Would play of the conversation between Dr. Grant and Billy and the they like to see one? meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Kirby on pages 4–5. Ask them to continue the conversation beyond where it ends on page 5. What did Dr. Grant say to the Kirbys? When they are ready, Glossary they can perform their role-plays for the class and choose the group with the best ending. It will be useful for your students to know the following new words. They 2 Ask students to work in pairs and to discuss how these are practiced in the “Before Your Read’ sections of exercises in the back of people in the story feel about each other. Then have a class the book. (Definitions are based on those in the Longman Active Study discussion. Dictionary.) (a) Alan and the Kirbys Chapters 1–5 Chapters 6–10 (b) Amanda and Ben Hildebrand bone (n) the hard parts of a body backpack (n) a bag for carrying things (c) Paul and Ben dinosaur (n) a very large animal that on your back (d) Eric and Paul lived in very ancient times and no cage (n) an enclosure made of bars for longer exists keeping animals in 3 Put students in groups of four and ask them to prepare a fog (n) very thick mist that makes it canyon (n) a deep narrow valley with a role-play of the conversation between Alan, Paul, Amanda difficult to see river flowing through it and Billy when Alan asks them why they brought him to Isla huge (adj) very big fence (n) something upright like a wall, Sorna. Help them with pronunication and intonation and give island (n) a piece of land surrounded but made of wood or wire or rope them enough time to learn their lines so they can say them by water hole (n) a opening through something with emotion. live (adj) alive, not dead solid Chapters 6–10 parasail (n) a parachute used for Chapters 11–15 sailing in the sky and pulled by a boat crane (n) a machine for lifting heavy 1Write these words on the board. Ask the students to work in in the water below objects pairs and to discuss why these things are important in the roar (v) a deep, loud continuing sound dung (n) solid waste from the bowels story. Then ask students to compare their answers with scream (v) a sudden loud cry of fear of a large animal another pair’s answers. shake (v) to move quickly up and down flare (n) an object that sends out fire and backward and forward (a) backpack (b) parasail (c) Raptor eggs fuel (n) something that (d) InGen (e) camera site (n) a place where something burns, like gasoline happens

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Based on a motion picture screenplay, written by Peter Buchman, based on the characters created by Michael Crichton

ACTIVITIES BEFORE READING THE BOOK 3 Put the sentences into the correct order. 1 Read the back of the book and the Contents and answer (a) ■1 Alan fought with one of the men inside the airplane. these questions. Which chapter(s) is (are) about (b) ■ The plane hit the dinosaur and went down. (c) ■ A loud noise came from the trees. (a) people? (d) ■ When the Tyrannosaurus Rex saw Udesky, it roared (b) dinosaurs? at him. (c) places? (e) ■ The airplane went down on the island of Isla Sorna. (d) things? (f) ■ Paul and Amanda Kirby tell Alan about their son and 2 Read the Introduction and circle the correct word in these Ben Hildebrand. sentences. (g) ■ The huge dinosaur pulled the front off the plane. (a) Raptors were intelligent people/dinosaurs. (h) ■ Amanda Kirby shouted for her son and Eric. (b) Dr. Grant studies the eggs/bones of dead dinosaurs. (i) ■ The Kirbys, Dr. Grant, Billy and the men ran and the (c) There are dead/live dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. dinosaur ran after them. (d) Isla Sorna is a(n) island/city near Costa Rica. (j) ■ A dinosaur caught Mr. Cooper in its mouth. (e) Dr. Grant wants to/doesn’t want to go to Jurassic Park. 4 Why do Paul and Amanda have these ideas? What’s wrong (f) Mr. and Mrs. Kirby want Dr. Grant’s money/help. with their ideas? 3 Which words are sounds? places? You can use your (a) Alan knows the island. dictionary. (b) Alan can get away from dinosaurs. (a) parasail (c) Their son can live for two months on this dangerous (b) island island. (c) roar Chapters 6–10 (d) site 1 Match A with B to make complete sentences. (e) scream A ACTIVITIES WHILE READING THE BOOK (a) ■ You climbed Everest (b) ■ I sold my house for those dollars Chapters 1–5 (c) ■ Our baby’s out there 1 Are these sentences right or wrong? (d) ■ Amanda tried the phone on the desk (a) Ben Hildebrand is Eric’s father. (e) ■ The Raptor came through the door (b) Ben and Eric were in a boat. (f) ■ The Raptor called from inside the cage (c) Enrique drove the boat into thick fog. B (d) The boat did not have a driver when it came out of (i) but it didn’t work. the fog. (ii) and we have to find him. 2 What do you know about (iii) and other Raptors answered. (iv) but you can’t put on a backpack? (a) Ankylosaurus (v) and jumped at the nearest people. (b) Ellie Satler (vi) but I’ll pay you. (c) Mark Degler (d) Alan Grant’s work (e) Billy Brennan (f) Paul and Amanda Kirby

2 Answer these questions. ACTIVITIES AFTER READING THE BOOK (a) How does Alan get away from the Raptors? 1 At the end of the story, Billy is not dead. He writes a letter to (b) Why does Eric know Alan’s face? his family and tells them about what happened. Write his (c) What music does Eric hear? letter. (d) Why doesn’t Paul have his phone? 2 InGen wants to build a Jurassic Park in your country. Write (e) What happened to the phone? for your town’s newspaper and give your ideas about this. (f) Why does Alan say to Billy, “You’re as bad as InGen”? 3 Choose one person in the story and write eight questions for 3 Circle the things that are in the canyon. them. Then write possible answers to these questions. fog boat river birds stairs bridge phone fences a Pteranodon Chapters 11–15 1 Who (a) flew up the canyon with the parasail to look for Eric? (b) fought with the young Pteranodons? (c) fell into the river first? (d) fell into the river when the bridge broke? (e) fell to the ground and screamed after the mother Pteranodon hit him hard? (f) did not get in the boat with the others? 2Write the correct word in each sentence. fuel crane dung roar flare Ellie site (a) The phone was in the dinosaur’s ______. (b) Alan tried to telephone ______. (c) When the Spinosaurus broke the boat with its teeth, ______ran out of the boat. (d) Alan was in the river at ______B, he told Ellie. (e) Paul started to climb the ______. (f) Alan used the gun and sent a______into the fuel on the river. (g) The Spinosaurus was very angry and it ______. 3 Read each question, and circle Yes or No. (a) Does Eric want his parents to live together again? YES NO (b) Do the Pteranodons want their eggs back? YES NO (c) Does Amanda take the eggs out of the camera bag? YES NO (d) Do the Raptors take the eggs before the airplanes arrive? YES NO (e) Did ships, airplanes and a boat come to find Eric? YES NO