INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
A Before Reading
1 Here are some of the people in this story. There are: a lawyer, a university professor, a paleontologist, a
computer expert, the publicity manager of Jurassic Park, the owner of Jurassic Park. Guess which is which.
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2 Read the section from the story on the back cover of the book. What are the scientists, Ellie and Alan,
going to do now? Write the rest of their conversation.
B While Reading
3 Check what happens in the story. Read the story in these sections; Chapters 1–3, 4–6, 7–9, 10–12, 13–15.
Then put these sentences or picture captions in the correct order. Say which chapters they come from.
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‘We get the DNA from amber.’
‘Please try to do something, Tim.’
‘The kid says she can see some animals on the supply ship.’
Arnold shut down the computer system and restarted it.
‘These are pieces of shell from a velociraptor’s egg.’
‘Things will start to go wrong and they will continue to go wrong.’
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‘Turn the ship round immediately.’
‘What do you know about Hammond’s island near Costa Rica?’
A compy jumped onto his hand and bit it.
‘Press the yellow button down, then press the red one.’
Grant saw hypsilophodontids running through the forest.
The raptor watched them with large dark eyes.
He was starting to believe that these animals were real.
‘There are a few places we can’t put sensors.’
It bent its head down and threw Malcolm into the air.
Muldoon stood still and fired again.
The dinosaur had spat at him!
Twenty metres away, the adult rex was asleep under a tree.
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C After Reading
4 Make a game to play with other people who have read Jurassic Park. You will need: one die, and one
marker for each player. (You could make markers in the shapes of dinosaurs.)
(a) Copy the game and stick it onto thick card or paper. (b) Write 20 questions about Jurassic Park on
pieces of card. Ask questions about things that happened and about characters – humans and dinosaurs.
On the back of each card put a question mark (?). (c) Write a list of rules for your game.
This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com.
It isREADERS
photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages.
HEINEMANN GUIDED
© Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013.