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Daniel Defoe

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4 What happened while sailing to Barbados? 5 Why did the boat turn over? 6 What carried Robinson towards the shore? 7 Where did Robinson lie down?

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Daniel Defoe and his World Page 10 – activity 1 1 C 2  A 3 C 4 D 5 B 6 B 7  A 8 B 9 B 10 C

Part One Page 12 – activity 1 Open answers. Page 12 – activity 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

 York Spaniards law would be easy and pleasant desperate or very fortunate money middle state become a soldier

5 Robinson signed up for a voyage to Africa. 6  Yes, it was . 7 The ship was attacked by the Turks. 8 He was taken to the port of Sallee. 9 He was made a slave. 10 While fishing, Robinson pushed Ismael into the water and sailed with Xury to the African coast. Page 29 – activity 3  All S aints’ Bay, Br azil a sugar planter because he needed help to ask a friend to send him some money 5 in the form of English goods 6 he bought himself a negro slave 1 2 3 4

9 he spoke about his son/  Robinson’s brother 10 a few days 11 to persuade his father to

7 there four years were very few and they cost 8 a lot of money 9 to go with them to Africa to buy slaves

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He was born in York. From Hull. The ship sank because of a storm. Robinson went to London.

1 When did the ship leave? 2 When did a hurricane hit their ship? 3 What was the weather like after 12 days?

1 horrible 2 unlucky 3 poor 4 remember 5 wise 6 elderly 7 unenthusiastic 8 failure 9 empty 10 slavery 11 cruelty Page 31 – activity 7 1 foolish 2 cruelty 3 wealthy / poor 4 boring Page 31 – activity 8 1 His 2 when 3 During 4 one 5 by 6 how 7 another 8 time 9  After 10 them 11 In 12 became 13 later 14 there 15 to

The Slave Trade Page 35 – activity 1 1 England, France and Portugal. 2 Sugar cane was brought from the West Indies to New England, rum was then traded on the West Coast of Africa for black slaves who were sold to plantation owners in the West Indies. 3 Slavery in the southern states was one of the reasons which led to the American Civil War of 1861. Slavery was abolished at the end of the war. Page 35 – activity 2

Open answers. Page 49 – activity 1  A 2 B extra C 6 D 4 E 0 F 7 G 5 H1 I3 Page 49 – activity 2 1 Because he had just escaped death by drowning. 2 Because he realised that he was alone without food, clothing or shelter. 3 If they had not left the s hip. 4 He swam to the ship. 5 That he was on an island. 6 He built a raft. 7 Food, clothes, tools, guns, bullets, prayer books and a Bible. 8 He started taking pieces of the ship itself. Page 50 – activity 3 1  A 2 D 3 B 4 C 5 A 6 D 7 B 8 D  A 11 C 12 D 9 C 10 10 A Page 51 – activity 4 1 but there were no wild beasts on the island 2 he had no clothes 3 but he has been able to supply himself with many things 4 he felt singled out to lead this solitary life 5 but he was not starving 6 he was stranded on an island

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Page 51 – activity 5 1 to look for 2 had not left 3 would leave it 4 (that) somebody would rescue 5 wanted me to spend 6 7 8 9 10

don’t have anything to because I had worked hard gun for hunting or defending refused to go does God choose to ruin

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 Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721) Page 57 – activity 1 1 He wrote a bestselling book about Selkirk, the original Robinson Crusoe. 2 He had lived for four years alone on a small island off the coast of  Chile. 3 To avoid going before the court of  the Scottish church. 4 He himself told the captain of his ship to leave him on the island because he thought the ship was not seaworthy. 5 It’s off the coast of Chile. 6 He was terrified. 7 To eat the rats that chewed on his clothing and feet. 8 Because he did not want to forget how to speak. 9 He was happy living there. Page 57 – activity 2

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Part Three Page 58 – activity 1 1 C 2 A 3  A 4 B 5 C Page 58 – activity 2 1 a footprint 2 Open answer. Page 68 – activity 1 1 To store gunpowder. 2 There were seeds in the bag, and when Robinson shook out the bag, the seeds fell on the ground and began to grow. 3 Because the barley reminded him of home. Also, at first he thought it was a miracle, or in other words, that God was looking after him.

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5 I found a man’s footprint. 6 I was terrified. 7 I went home and hid.

afraid when he saw the human footprints. 7 A – If Robinson had been satisfied with his life in Brazil, he woul d not have decided to go to Africa a second time. 8 G – If Robinson had returned to Brazil with slaves he would have made a lot of money.

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1 I – If Robinson had not found guns on the boat he could not have hunted on the island. 2 E – If Robinson had not decided to go to Africa he would not have been captured by the Turks. 3 B – If Robinson had not fallen ill he would never have truly repented. 4 D – If Robinson had encountered wild beasts on the island he would

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have been eaten alive. 5 C – If Robinson had not drunk rum with his friend, he would have remembered his promise to God. 6 H – If Robinson had kept his trust in God, he would not have been

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Page 70 – activity 5 1 I felt like the lord of the island. 2 To protect myself from the sun. 3 In order to escape. 4 I filled my time with work and the praise of God.

Page 71 – activity 6A 1 If Robinson had been satisfied with the middle state he would have listened to his father’s advice. 2 If he had listened to his father’s advice, he would not have gone to sea with a friend. 3 If he had not gone to sea with a friend he would not been aboard the ship during a terrible storm. 4 If he had not been aboard a ship during a terrible storm he would not have thought God was punishing him. 5 If he had not thought that God was punishing him he would not have promised God to return to his father.

4 The chance of the barley s urviving and growing there was quite small. 5 He had grown a fence of trees. 6  An ea rthqua ke. 7 On the other side of the island. 8 He had a fever. 9 He was terrified as he was alone and ill.

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Mercantilism: Trade, Wealth and Colonies Page 77 – activity 1 1 W – He said that trade generated wealth. 2 R 3 R 4 DS 5 R 6 W – He was a frequent visitor to the coffee houses. 7 W – Almost everybody could afford it. 8 R 9 R 10 R Page 78 – activity 2

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6 false – The savage buried the bodies in the sand. 7 false – The savage was about twenty-six years old. 8 true Page 95 – activity 5

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Page 94 – activity 3 1 Robinson dreamt he saw some savages on the beach with a prisoner. 2 The prisoner ran to the thick woods in front of Robinson's house. 3 The prisoner asked Robinson to help him. 4 Robinson felt happy.

Possible answer: Robinson did not think it was just to attack the savages because they had not done anything to him. I believe that he was right. First, he felt that only God can judge a whole nation, and second Robinson could see that he would have to keep killing ‘savages’ once he began. In the end,

5 Robinson saw five canoes on the shore. 6 They started cutting him up for their feast. 7 The other prisoner began to run towards Robinson's house. 8 One of the followers stopped chasing the prisoner because he could not swim and so couldn't cross the river. 9 Robinson hit one of them with his gun and shot the other.

he would be no better than the Spaniards who had massacred the Native Americans. It is especially interesting that Robinson realises that different cultures have different standards, and that it is not up to him to decide who is right or wrong. Even if Robinson reasons with the ideas of an English Protestant of  more than three hundred years ago, his ideas are still relevant today, especially in our cities where we can

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encounter people from all over the world with customs different from our own.

1 true 2 false – The savage didn’t hurt Robinson. 3 true 4 false – Robinson didn’t understand the savage’s words. 5 false – The savage used Robinson’s sword.

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Desert Islands Survivors in Literature Page 100 – activity 1  Author Daniel Defoe

Novel

Characters

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe (white) and Friday  (black), Crusoe’s servant 

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 Jules Verne

The Mysterious Island

Cyrus Smith (welleducated, American engineer) and Nab (freed, black slave)

R. M. Ballantyne

The Coral Island

Three boys

William Golding

Lord of the Flies

Michael Tournier 

Vendredi ou la vie sauvage

 J. M. Coetzee

Foe

Comments  An optimistic story;

positive human qualities are important. The white man is shown as superior. Inspired by Robinson Crusoe: with a white man and his black slave. The three boys are shown as the dominating civilizing  forces in their 

dealings with different natives.  A group of   A book for young schoolboys – the people. Not very  survivors of a plane optimistic as it  crash shows the worst in people. Friday and Robinson Friday becomes Robinson’s ‘guide’  helping him with his relationship with nature. Susan Cruso  A outcome and hisBarton, black slave asdifferent Cruso dies and Friday. Friday becomes the protagonist of the novel.

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Isla Más a Tierra: Robinson Crusoe Island

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Page 101 – activity 2 1 not to kill him. 2 make bread. 3 began to love him. 4 a child. 5 were like Robinson. 6 would need a large boat. 7 made him. 8 the god of 

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Page 110 – activity 1 1 G 2 C 3 D 4 A 5 E 6 F Page 111 – activity 2 1 let me go fishing 2 made Robinson become 3 get him to lead 4 made Robinson remember /  made him forget 5 made Friday understand 6 let him carry 7 made Robinson think 8 got me to come 9 makes (or made) him clean 10 will let us use Page 112 – activity 3

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Open answer. Page 118 – activity 2 1B 2B 3C 4C Page 130 – activity 1 1 because the creature was his father 2 for the Spaniard and Friday’s father 3 because one of them was Catholic, one was Protestant and one Pagan 4 to have enough food for when the other people from the mainland arrived 5 to bring back the other white people. Page 130 – activity 2 1  A 2 B 3 C 4 C 5 A 6 C 7 B 8 D Page 131 – activity 3 1 27 2 3 3 white 4 attack 5 Spaniard 6 killed 7 escaped 8 canoe 9 cried 10 danced 11 father 12 pagan 13 Catholic 14 send 15 mainland 16 ship 17 English 18 prisoners 19 captain 20 rebelled 21 island 22 leaders 23 begged 24 left 25 28 26 hat 27 money 28 35

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Example answer: My Robinson’s name is Rob Sonny. He is a bachelor who is ‘shipwrecked’ in a small apartment in the centre of a large modern city. He has no friends and he has been alone in the big city ever since he came to work there from a small town where he knew everybody. He eats frozen, canned and

kind of cake from his hometown, which makes him feel very sad and spiritual (like the barley scene). His apartment is not in very good condition and he has to invent many things to survive in it – duct tape around the water pipes, the hairdryer to open the window which freezes shut in the winter, a large peanutbutter-lined jar to catch roaches and a kind of rear-view mirror in the hallway to make sure no suspicious-looking people are are around. His Friday is a young man from Nicaragua who does the cleaning. He teaches his Friday – whose nickname just happens to be ‘Viernes’ – English and Friday teaches him Spanish. The cannibals are a Spanish-speaking gang in the

ready-made thealocal supermarket.foods Oncefrom he sees special

neighbourhood.

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Contexts 1 Write a continuous passage stating:

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who Robinson Robinson Crusoe Crusoe was written written by; where wher e and when when he was was born; born; what you you remember remember about his his life; what other other works works he wrote; wrote; what the period he lived in was characterised characterised by.

Comprehension check 2 In a continuous passage explain:

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what family family Robinson Robinson belonged belonged to; to; why he he went went to sea; how many voyages voyages he made before he was shipwrecked; shipwrecked; what were the the most striking experiences experiences he had during these voyages voyages and what he learnt from them; • how he reacted reacted to being being stranded on a desert island; • what he he mainly mainly missed there; there; • when he felt quite satisfied and contented.

Interpretation 3 Say:

1 what kind of man you think Robinson is (pessimistic/ optimistic, active/passive, fatalistic, cruel, generous... etc.); 2 if he may be considered a forerunner of modern entrepreneurs; 3 how much religious spirit is present in the novel and how religious Robinson himself is; 4 how he behaves to savages and natives; 5 what the main themes of the story are and if there is a final message. Key sentences 4 Who said...?

1 It was a terrible storm. 2 Do you call that a storm?... That was nothing. Let’s dr ink some rum and forget about it. 3  Young man, you should never never go to sea again. 4 Poor Robinson Crusoe! 5 Why do you want to send me away? Do not send me away! It is better to kill me.

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 Activit y 1 Robinson Crusoe was written by Daniel Defoe, who was born in London in 1660. Defoe was brought up in a Dissenting or Puritan family. He was a merchant and initially had success, but became bankrupt in 1692 after some risky business ventures. After this he became more interested in journalism and began publishing political pamphlets and a political newspaper, The Review. He published Robinson Crusoe in 1719 and it was immediately successful. His other works include: The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Captain Singleton Moll Flanders and Roxana. Daniel Defoe lived in a pre-industrial society that was beginning to expand rapidly.  Activit y 2 Robinson Crusoe belonged to a merchant family. He went to sea because it was his only desire but he had made only three voyages before he was shipwrecked. During his first voyage there were several bad storms and Robinson was very sick and frightened. His second voyage was very successful and he made some money. His third voyage finished badly as they were taken prisoner by Turkish pirates. At first, when he was stranded on the desert island, he was thankful to God for having survived the shipwreck. Then he feelt desperate when he realised his terrible situation. However, he soon became very enterprising: he saved what he could from the ship wreck and made himself a house. However, Robinson missed human company on the island. After about 10 months on the island he felt quite satisfied and contented. His days were full of work and prayer.  Activit y 3 1 Optimistic and active. 2  Yes, he is very en terpri sing. 3 The theme of religion runs through the whole novel. At the beginning Robinson is not particularly religious but this changes gradually until a lot of  his time is taken up with prayer and bible reading. 4 His behaviour can be compared to that of the imperial British. Although the island is not his, he behaves as if he is the master of the island and superior to the natives. 5 The main themes are: religion and colonisation.  Activit y 4 1 2 3 4 5 6

Robinson Robinson’s friend The captain of the ship on Robinson’s first voyage Robinson Friday Robinson

6 if I save you, sir… you must promise to accept me as your leader and be faithful to me. 9

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