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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea: Teacher's Notes

The document provides teaching notes for the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. It includes: 1) A brief biography of author Jules Verne, noting he was a pioneer of science fiction and published over 60 works, including Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. 2) A 3 sentence summary of the novel's plot, following 3 men captured and taken aboard a revolutionary submarine, the Nautilus, as it explores the world's oceans. 3) Suggested discussion questions and activities for teachers to use before and after students read each chapter to enhance comprehension and engagement with the story.

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea: Teacher's Notes

The document provides teaching notes for the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. It includes: 1) A brief biography of author Jules Verne, noting he was a pioneer of science fiction and published over 60 works, including Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. 2) A 3 sentence summary of the novel's plot, following 3 men captured and taken aboard a revolutionary submarine, the Nautilus, as it explores the world's oceans. 3) Suggested discussion questions and activities for teachers to use before and after students read each chapter to enhance comprehension and engagement with the story.

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Teachers notes

PENGUIN READERS
Teacher Support Programme

LEVEL 1

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea


Jules Verne

Freedom: Aronnax learns many new things from Captain


Nemo, and he enjoys his adventures. However, in the end,
his freedom is more important, and he escapes with the
others.
Different civilizations: Societies rise and fall. The
Papuans represent an uncivilized society, and Atlantis is an
example of a great civilization that has disappeared.

Discussion activities
Chapters 12
Before reading

About the author


Jules Verne was born in Nantes, France, in 1828. His
father sent him to Paris to study law at university.
However, Verne gave up and started writing instead. He
lived in poverty for ten years before his first success, Five
Weeks in a Balloon (1862). Journey to the Centre of the
Earth made him very popular in France, and soon his
books were enjoyed by readers all around the world. He
died in 1905. He had published over sixty works.

Summary
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea tells the story of
three men who go to sea in search of a giant whale. They
are taken prisoner on board the worlds first submarine
the Nautilus.
The Nautilus travels through the worlds seas. The men
see amazing deep-sea creatures, and they travel to remote
islands. They find sunken treasure, and they discover the
lost world of Atlantis. They even travel under thick ice to
the South Pole.
When the Nautilus enters a dangerous part of the sea
called the Maelstrom, the three men escape in a small
boat. They are rescued and taken to Norway, but they
never find out if the submarine and its strange captain
survived the Maelstrom.

1 Discuss: Ask students to look at the cover of the book.


What can you see? Can you see a person? What do you
think happens in the story?

After reading
2 Pair work: One student is Aronnax and the other
is a journalist. They should work together to write
questions and answers about the giant whale.

Chapters 35
Before reading
3 Discuss: Look at the picture on page 3. Where are the
men? What are they doing? How do they feel?

After reading
4 Role play: Ask students to work in groups and role
play the scene in which Aronnax, Conseil and Ned
explore the coast. Direct them to focus on the last six
paragraphs on page 12.

Chapters 67
Before reading
5 Artwork: Have students draw a picture of the South
Pole.

After reading
6 Write: Is Captain Nemo good or bad? Get students to
write a brief paragraph to answer this question and
give reasons for their opinion.

Vocabulary activities
For the Word List and vocabulary activities, go to
www.penguinreaders.com.

Background and themes


Science and technology: Verne was one of the worlds
first science fiction writers. When he wrote Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, submarines didnt even
exist!

c Pearson Education Limited 2008

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