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The Timeless Classics Study Guides provide a wealth of reproducible support materials to help students extend the learning experience. - E D I U G Y D U T S Features include critical background notes on both the author and the times, character descriptions, chapter summaries, and eight

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ISBN-13: 978-1-61651-155-5 ISBN-10: 1-61651-155-9 | Contents |

Notes to the Teacher...... 4 16 Evaluating Details, Ch. 7...... 29 Facts About the Author...... 5 17 Words and Meanings, Ch. 8...... 30 Facts About the Times...... 6 18 Personalizing the Story, Ch. 8.... 31 Facts About the Characters...... 6 19 Figurative Language, Ch. 8...... 32 Chapter Summaries...... 7 20 Words and Meanings, Ch. 9...... 33 Answer Key...... 9 21 Figurative Language, Ch. 9...... 34 Literary Glossary...... 12 22 Comprehension Check, Ch. 9.... 35 23 Words and Meanings, Ch. 10.... 36 CHAPTER EXERCISES 24 Synonyms and Antonyms, 1 Words and Meanings, Ch. 1...... 14 Ch. 10...... 37 2 Sequence of Events, Ch. 1...... 15 END-OF-BOOK EXERCISES 3 Words and Meanings, Ch. 2...... 16 25 Book Sequence...... 38 4 Character Study, Ch. 2...... 17 26 Final Exam, Part 1...... 39 5 Figurative Language, Ch. 2...... 18 26 Final Exam, Part 2...... 40 6 Words and Meanings, Ch. 3...... 19 7 Descriptive Words, Ch. 3...... 20 UNIVERSAL EXERCISES 8 Words and Meanings, Ch. 4...... 21 27 Beyond the Text...... 41 9 Comprehension Check, Ch. 4.... 22 28 Plot Study...... 42 10 Words and Meanings, Ch. 5...... 23 29 Theme Analysis...... 43 11 Sequence of Events, Ch. 5...... 24 30 Character Study...... 44 12 Synonyms a nd Antonyms, Ch. 5.... 25 31 Vocabulary Study...... 45 13 Words and Meanings, Ch. 6...... 26 32 Glossary Study...... 46 14 Inference, Ch. 6...... 27 33 Book Review, Part 1...... 47 15 Words and Meanings, Ch. 7...... 28 33 Book Review, Part 2...... 48 TIMELESS Classics NOTES TO THE TEACHER

THE NOVELS Timeless Classics were expressly designed to Research shows that the most effective way help struggling readers gain access to some of to improve comprehension is to teach students the world’s greatest literature. While retaining strategies. The foundation of any comprehension the essence and stylistic “flavor” of the original, strategy requires knowledge of the skills found each novel has been expertly adapted to a in these activities including: main idea, noting reading level that never exceeds grade 4.0. details, drawing conclusions, finding the An ideal introduction to later investigations sequence, cause and effect, making inferences, of the original works, Timeless Classics and more. A two-page final exam is also included utilize a number of strategies to ensure the in every Timeless Classics Study Guide. involvement of struggling readers: airy, uncomplicated page design; shortened USING THE STUDY GUIDES sentences; easy-reading type style; elimination Before assigning any of the reproducible of archaic words and spellings; shortened total exercises, be sure your students each have a book length; and handsome illustrations. personal copy of the Glossary and the Facts About the Author and About the Times. By To further engage struggling readers, some organizing the reading process in this way, you of our Timeless Classics titles are available in a will be able to set a purpose for reading and new and exciting graphic format, which can activate prior knowledge. The Facts About the bridge literacies and build complex reading Author and About the Times lend themselves skills—a perfect opportunity for differentiation. to any number of writing or research projects THE STUDY GUIDES you may wish to assign. To further preview the novel, you may wish to review the Facts About The Timeless Classics Study Guides provide the Characters. Students will also need to be a wealth of reproducible support materials to help familiar with many of the literary terms in order students extend the learning experience. Features to complete the worksheets. include critical background notes on both the author and the times, character descriptions, The title-specific exercises may be used chapter summaries, and eight “universal” as a springboard for class discussions and exercises that may be used for any Timeless role-playing. Alternatively, you may wish to Classic or Saddleback Illustrated Classic. assign some exercises as homework and others during the closing minutes of a class period. In addition to the universal exercises, 26 title-specific activities are included to review, All exercises in this Guide are designed to test, or enrich the student’s grasp of important accommodate independent study as well as vocabulary and concepts. These reproducible group work. The occasional assignment of study worksheets are designed to be used chapter-by- partners or competitive teams often enhances chapter as the student’s reading of the novel interest and promotes creativity. Oral language proceeds. At least two exercises are provided activities, such as paraphrasing or summarizing for each book chapter. One of the two always a part of the story, provide an intervention focuses on key vocabulary. The other may be opportunity to strengthen oral language skills a simple comprehension check or present an and, in turn, strengthen reading skills. important literary concept.

4 treasuresland i FACTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850–1894)

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in climate there seemed to suit both his health Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 13, and his romantic, adventurous spirit. Among 1850. Like his well-to-do father, he studied the Samoans he became known as Tusitala, civil engineering. But young Stevenson was the teller of tales. drawn to the world of literature and the arts. To his family’s disappointment, at the age Stevenson’s first successful book,Treasure of 20 he told them he wanted to be a writer. Island, was begun in Scotland in 1881 and Soon he had abandoned the family’s strict published there in 1883. The idea for the religion and created a new social life with story had come from a map of two imaginary a free-thinking crowd of artists and writers. islands Stevenson had drawn for his stepson. Although most of his writing had to be done As a sickly child, Stevenson had been as he rested in bed, he tried to write a chapter educated by private tutors while traveling a day. to climates that were supposed to be good for his health. Even as a young man he Stevenson’s much beloved book of poems, continued to search for a place where his A Child’s Garden of Verses, was published health might improve. At the age of 26, he in 1885. The next year he published The met an American woman in France. When Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as the two were married in 1880, Stevenson, well as the historical romance, Kidnapped. his wife, and his stepson sailed a schooner Both books remain popular even today. to Hawaii. For the next nine years the little family spent time in several American and Stevenson did not leave Samoa during the European health resorts. They also took an last years of his life. In 1894, he died there 18-month voyage to the South Seas, visiting while working on another book. such exotic places as Tahiti, Australia, and Samoa. Scholars today applaud Stevenson for his power of invention, his command of horror Stevenson inherited a fortune when his and the supernatural, and the psychological father died in 1887. With his financial depth he brought to romance. future guaranteed, he bought an estate on the Samoan island of Upolu. Happily, the

5 TeasureI r sland FACTS ABOUT THE TIMES In 1850, when Robert Louis Stevenson was first opened to traffic, Benito Mussolini was born . . . was born, Charles Darwin died, and John L. The population of the United States Sullivan won the heavyweight boxing crown. reached 23 million, California became a In 1894, when Robert Louis Stevenson state, Nathaniel Hawthorne published The died . . . Scarlet Letter, and Jenny Lind, the singer Rudyard Kipling published The Jungle called the “Swedish Nightingale,” went on Book, Thomas Edison opened the first tour in the United States. public movie theater, King Gillette invented In 1883, when Treasure Island was the safety razor, and the first professional published . . . football game was held in the United States. The first skyscraper—10 stories high— was built in Chicago, the Brooklyn Bridge

FACTS ABOUT THE CHARACTERS

JIM HAWKINS BLIND PEW the courageous and quick-thinking young another shipmate on Flint’s crew boy who is thrust into the adult world of of pirates, he delivers the Black Spot to Billy pirates and high-seas adventure, he is the Bones narrator of the story LONG JOHN SILVER BILLY BONES the one-legged ship’s cook and leader of a former member of the notorious Captain the pirates on the Hispaniola, he is clever and Flint’s crew, he is a rough, heavy-drinking charming but also cold and cruel old seaman who tries to hide himself and the treasure map at the Admiral Benbow Inn CAPTAIN SMOLLETT captain of the Hispaniola, he is an DR. LIVESEY experienced, disciplined leader who is an intelligent and respected physician, he the first to become suspicious of Long is ship’s doctor on the Hispaniola; a brave John Silver and resourceful man BEN GUNN SQUIRE TRELAWNEY a ragged old pirate who has been marooned the wealthy, upper-class gentleman who on Treasure Island for three years, he knows purchases the Hispaniola and initiates the where the treasure is treasure hunt. He is easily fooled by Long John Silver BLACK DOG a former member of Captain Flint’s crew, ISRAEL HANDS he comes to the inn to try to steal the treasure a vicious pirate who tries to kill Jim map from Billy Bones

6 TeasureI r sland CHAPTER SUMMARIES

CHAPTER 1 friends are taken in by the wily Silver. But The place is the Admiral Benbow Inn, Captain Smollett is immediately suspicious somewhere on a lonely stretch of the of impending mutiny. When Jim overhears English coastline. The time is the 1700s. Jim Silver and his men planning to take over the Hawkins, the young son of the innkeeper, ship, he quickly tells the story to the squire, recounts the arrival at the inn of a grizzled the doctor, and the ship’s captain. They begin old pirate named Billy Bones. After months to make plans. of refusing to pay for his keep, Bones is visited by Black Dog, a former shipmate who is after the treasure map Bones is hiding. CHAPTER 4 The two pirates fight and Billy has a stroke. When they reach Treasure Island, the bad- Dr. Livesey, who is caring for Jim’s sick tempered crew is given a free afternoon. father, scolds Bones for his heavy drinking. While his friends stay on board, Jim follows Shortly after Jim’s father dies, Billy is given behind them to overhear their plans. When the Black Spot—the pirates’ sign that he is he sees Silver stab one of the men, Jim marked for death—by another visitor, Old runs off. Then a ragged, sunburned man Pew. At that, the horrified Billy Bones has pops out from behind a tree and introduces another stroke and dies. himself as Ben Gunn, a sailor who has been marooned on the island for three years. Ben Gunn offers to share the treasure with Jim CHAPTER 2 in exchange for passage back to England While going through Billy’s things for the on the Hispaniola. money he owes them, Jim and his mother are startled by the arrival of Pew and some other pirates who have come back to get the CHAPTER 5 treasure map. The pirates soon discover that Jim’s friends take possession of a stockade Jim has taken the map and vow to get it back. on the island, supplying it with food and In the meantime, Jim tells the whole story to ammunition from the Hispaniola. Returning two adult friends, Squire Trelawney and Dr. to the island with a second load of goods, Livesey. The squire excitedly makes plans they see the pirates left on ship preparing to to buy a ship so their little group can hunt fire the cannon at them. The squire tries to down the treasure for themselves. shoot the gunner, but their small boatload of supplies is swamped under a wall of water when a cannonball hits. Barricading CHAPTER 3 themselves in the stockade, Jim’s friends Long John Silver, hired by the squire as shoot it out with the mutineers now swarming ship’s cook, recruits the rest of the crew, the island. Later that night, Jim makes his who are all his former shipmates on Captain way back to his friends in the stockade. Flint’s pirate crew. At first, Jim and his

7 TmelessCi lassics LITERARY GLOSSARY action what happens in a story; the effect in literature, an impression acts or events that take place created by the writer The war story was full of battle action. Murder mysteries often create a suspenseful, chilling effect. author the writer of a book, story, article, etc. event a specific occurrence; something Ernest Hemingway was an American author. that happens author’s purpose the author’s specific A plane crash is the first event goal or reason for writing a certain book in that adventure novel. In that novel, the author’s purpose fiction a literary work in which the was to make readers laugh. plot and characters are the products character a fictional person who plays of the author’s imagination a part in a story or novel Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a Long John Silver is an important popular work of fiction. character in Treasure Island. figurative language colorful wording classic excellent artwork, novel, not meant to be taken literally, but to painting, symphony, etc. that remains form a colorful, sharp picture in the popular over many years mind Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead A “screaming” headline may be set in has become an American classic large type, but it makes no sound at all. climax the outcome of the novel’s imagery figures of speech that help main conflict the reader to visualize the characters or setting; pictures in words The capture of the criminal was the climax of the detective story. In Stephen Crane’s imagery, the color of blood suggests courage. conclusion the resolution of all plot conflicts, bringing the story to a close introduction a short reading that presents and explains a novel; That play’s conclusion was very sometimes the first part of a novel satisfying. Every conflict was resolved. that sets the scene conflict The struggle between characters The introduction to Frankenstein is or forces at the center of the story in the form of a letter. The conflict was resolved when the mood the overall feeling or atmosphere suspect confessed. the author creates in a story or novel description the parts of a story or novel The author’s skillful use of language that tell about the appearance created a dismal, hopeless mood. of the setting or characters moral the instructive point of a story His description of the Alps was breathtaking. or novel; the lesson to be drawn by the reader dialogue words spoken by the characters in a novel, story, or play The moral of the story is to choose your friends carefully. The dialogue in that comedy is very witty and amusing.

12 TeasureI r sland • Chapter 1 1 WORDS AND MEANINGS

name ______date ______

1 2 A. Use the clues to solve the crossword puzzle. C S 3 ACROSS 1. The tall seaman carried a battered I 4 5 old sea ___. T P R O

5. Bones drank too much rum in 6 the ___ of the inn. C A S K

7 6. A blow from Bones’s ___ might have O split Black Dog to his chin. 8 8. The old ___ had a ragged scar S A N on his cheek.

DOWN 2. Black Dog said he had come to 4. Billy Bones had ___ on his arm. see his old ___. 7. When Mr. Hawkins got sick, Jim 3. The blind man wore a huge, helped his mother run the ___. ragged ___.

B. Write a letter to match each puzzle word with its synonym or definition.

1. ____ shipmate a. permanent colored designs on the skin

2. ____ tattoos b. sword

3. ____ cutlass c. sleeveless cape

4. ____ chest d. fellow sailor on a voyage

5. ____ seaman e. heavy box with a lid

6. ____ cloak f. room for entertaining guests

7. ____ parlor g. hotel

8. ____ inn h. person who works on a ship

name ______date ______

Complete each sentence with a vocabulary word from the box. Then number each event to show which happened first, second, and so on.

sailor tapping wicked vein hours befell talk cutlass fetch hand explosion stroke

_____ 1. “I have just 6 ______!” cried Billy Bones.

_____ 2. The Captain made the house shake with his ______songs

_____ 3. Black Dog sent Jim to ______some rum.

_____ 4. A sickness ______Jim’s poor father.

_____ 5. A rough-looking old ______came to the inn.

_____ 6. Dr. Livesey said the Captain had suffered a ______.

_____ 7. The blind man placed something in Bones’s ______.

_____ 8. Dr. Livesey cut open a ______in Billy Bones’s arm.

_____ 9. Black Dog tells Billy he wants to “______square.”

_____ 10. A man walks, ______a stick in front of his feet.

_____ 11. Jim hears a sudden ______of swearing.

_____ 12. The Captain made a great swing with his ______.

name ______date ______

A. Circle the hidden words. They may C A N V A S N H O W S I go up, down, across, backward, or T E H I T H I C M E F Y diagonally. Check off each word L A L G K M E R N T T B as you find it. C O E M T S O A T S H U E A N I D O L F R T H C ___ BLOODTHIRSTY ___ REVENUE E I R G C N T I R T Y C ___ OILSKIN ___ PIGEON U D O N I S H I O T Y A N L A T I T U D E D N N ___ LONGITUDE ___ MATES E D E R D T U H E A O E V P L O T R E D W I E E ___ LATITUDE ___ HEARTY E A O N Y M A T E S G R ___ BUCCANEER ___ CANVAS R L N E E L B U M E I A B A D M I R A L Y O P N ___ ARCH ___ ADMIRAL

B. Complete each sentence with a word or words from the puzzle.

1. Dr. Livesey gave Jim a ______supper of ______pie.

2. Billy Bones’s papers were tied up in ______.

3. The map of Treasure Island showed both ______and ______.

4. Captain Flint was the most ______who ever lived.

5. Jim would be cabin boy, and Squire Trelawney would be ______.

6. Jim and his mother hid under the ______of the bridge.

7. Mrs. Hawkins took coins from the small ______bag.