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• ☐ ☐ ☐ a runt [n] - the smallest in a group of babies
• ☐ ☐ ☐ unjust [adj] - not fair
• ☐ ☐ ☐ heartless [adj] - no feelings or compassion
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a teat [n] - a nipple of a female mammal from which the milk is sucked by the young
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a sow [n] - a female pig
• ☐ ☐ ☐ rude [adj] - not polite
• ☐ ☐ ☐ any minute [exp] - very soon
• ☐ ☐ ☐ early risers [n] - people who get up early in the morning
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ridding [v] - getting rid of, eliminating
• ☐ ☐ ☐ injustice [n] - evil things in the world
• ☐ ☐ ☐ Pop [n] - Dad

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb,  [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

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Fern	Pop	Avery

• Fern is a young girl who lives on a farm.
• She has a brother named Avery.

1. Pop chooses the biggest baby pig to kill.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Fern was a very small baby (a runt).
   True
   False
   
   
3. The mother pig (sow) doesn't have enough teats for all the babies.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Fern offers to take care of the runt.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Mom tells Avery that it is rude to yell.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Pop offers to let Avery take care of a pig as well.
   True
   False
   
   
7. The pigs were born early in the morning (before dawn).
   True
   False
   
   
8. Fern almost forgets to bring the pig with her.
   True
   False
   
   

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• What are you --- doing being havinggoing (doing) ?
• Fern, --- do be havego (go) back to bed.
• You're not going to kill it, are you?
• It's a runt. Now, --- do be havego (go) back to bed.
• No, it's not fair! It can't help --- doing being gettinggoing (being) born small.
• Careful.
• If I'd been born small, would you have killed me?
• Of course not. A little girl is one thing. A runty pig is another.
• There's no difference! This is unfair and unjust. How could you --- do be havego (be) so heartless?
• Come here. I want to show you something. You see that? You see? There's 11 pigs and only 10 teats. The sow can't --- give get feedeat (feed) it, honey.
• Then I will. I'll --- give get feedeat (feed) you and take care of you. And I absolutely will not let you kill him.
• Hey! When did Fern get a pig?
• Avery, it's rude to point. Give me that. Come, sit, --- put get feedeat (eat) your breakfast. The bus will --- do be havego (be) here any minute.
• Good morning.
• Hey, Pop, can I --- do be havego (have) a pig, too?
• No. I only give pigs to early risers. Fern was up before dawn, ridding the world of injustice.
• Fern, --- drop get moveput (put) that pig down and --- arrive come getput (get) to school. Avery.
• See ya.
• Bye, Pop.
• --- Do Be HaveGo (Have) a good one, buddy. It says here we're going to --- arrive come getput (get) a lot of rain this month.
• Fern! Your books!
• Bye.
  
  

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Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order. Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.

Instrucciones: Escribe oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de las palabras o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa tiempo presente.

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.

Fern / run / out / house / through / rain / and / into / barn

Fern runs out of [the/her] house, through the rain, and into the barn.

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several / baby / pig / just / be / born

Several baby pigs have just been born.

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Fern / dad / pick / up / axe / small / baby / pig

Fern's dad picks up an axe and the smallest baby pig.

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Fern / realize / dad / go / kill / runt

Fern realizes (that) her dad is going to kill the runt.

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Fern / call / dad / heartless

Fern calls her dad heartless.

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Pop / explain / why / he / plan / kill / runt

Pop explains why he plans to kill the runt.

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sow / have / eleven / baby / and / only / ten / teat / so / runt / starve / death

The sow has eleven babies and only ten teats, so the runt will starve to death.

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Fern / offer / take / care / runt

Fern offers to take care of the runt.

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next / morning / Fern / eat / breakfast / parent

The next morning, Fern is eating breakfast with her parents.

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when / Avery / see / Fern / have / pig / he / want / one / too

When Avery sees (that) Fern has a pig, he wants one too.

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Pop / tell / Avery / only / early / riser / get / pig

Pop tells Avery (that) only early risers get pigs.

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Fern / hide / baby / pig / sweater / and / bring / school

Fern hides the baby pig [in/under/beneath] her sweater and brings [him/it] to school.

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The text below is from the [ original novel ].

1. Which parts of the video are the same as the novel?
2. Which parts of the video are different from the novel?
3. Which parts of the novel are not in the video?

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Chapter 1 - Before Breakfast

Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.

"Out to the hoghouse," replied Mrs. Arable. "Some pigs were born last night."

"I don't see why he needs an ax," continued Fern, who was only eight.

"Well," said her mother, "one of the pigs is a runt. It's very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything. So your father has decided to do away with it."

"Do away with it?" shrieked Fern. "You mean kill it? Just because it's smaller than the others?"

Mrs. Arable put a pitcher of cream on the table. "Don't yell, Fern!" she said. "Your father is right. The pig would probably die anyway."

Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. Fern's sneakers were sopping by the time she caught up with her father.

"Please don't kill it!" she sobbed. "It's unfair."

Mr. Arable stopped walking.

"Fern," he said gently, "you will have to learn to control yourself."

"Control myself?" yelled Fern. "This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about _controlling myself." Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father's hand.

"Fern," said Mr. Arable, "I know more about raising a litter of pigs than you do. A weakling makes trouble. Now run along!"

"But it's unfair," cried Fern. "The pig couldn't help being born small, could it? If I had been very small at birth, would you have killed me?"

Mr. Arable smiled. "Certainly not," he said, looking down at his daughter with love. "But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another."

"I see no difference," replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. "This is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of."

A queer look came over John Arable's face. He seemed almost ready to cry himself.

"All right," he said. "You go back to the house and I will bring the runt when I come in. I'll let you start it on a bottle, like a baby. Then you'll see what trouble a pig can be."

When Mr. Arable returned to the house half an hour later, he carried a carton under his arm. Fern was upstairs changing her sneakers. The kitchen table was set for breakfast, and the room smelled of coffee, bacon, damp plaster, and wood smoke from the stove.

"Put it on her chair!" said Mrs. Arable. Mr. Arable set the carton down at Fern's place. Then he walked to the sink and washed his hands and dried them on the roller towel.

Fern came slowly down the stairs. Her eyes were red from crying. As she approached her chair, the carton wobbled, and there was a scratching noise. Fern looked at her father. Then she lifted the lid of the carton. There, inside, looking up at her, was the newborn pig. It was a white one. The morning light shone through its ears, turning them pink.

"He's yours," said Mr. Arable. "Saved from an untimely death. And may the good Lord forgive me for this foolishness."

Fern couldn't take her eyes off the tiny pig. "Oh," she whispered. "Oh, look at him! He's absolutely perfect."

She closed the carton carefully. First she kissed her father, then she kissed her mother. Then she opened the lid again, lifted the pig out, and held it against her cheek. At this moment her brother Avery came into the room. Avery was ten.

He was heavily armed - an air rifle in one hand, a wooden dagger in the other.

"What's that?" he demanded. "What's Fern got?"

"She's got a guest for breakfast," said Mrs. Arable. "Wash your hands and face, Avery!"

"Let's see it!" said Avery, setting his gun down. "You call that miserable thing a pig? That's a fine specimen of a pig it's no bigger than a white rat."

"Wash up and eat your breakfast, Avery!" said his mother.

"The school bus will be along in half an hour."

"Can I have a pig, too, Pop?" asked Avery.

"No, I only distribute pigs to early risers," said Mr. Arable. "Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one, to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly. Let's eat!"

But Fern couldn't eat until her pig had had a drink of milk.

Mrs. Arable found a baby's nursing bottle and a rubber nipple. She poured warm milk into the bottle, fitted the nipple over the top, and handed it to Fern. "Give him his breakfast!" she said.

A minute later, Fern was seated on the floor in the corner of the kitchen with her infant between her knees, teaching it to suck from the bottle. The pig, although tiny, had a good appetite and caught on quickly.

The school bus honked from the road.

"Run!" commanded Mrs. Arable, taking the pig from Fern and slipping a doughnut into her hand. Avery grabbed his gun and another doughnut.

The children ran out to the road and climbed into the bus.

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1. Do you agree with Fern? Is the situation unfair and unjust? Is Pop being heartless? Why?
2. Fern's father says that Fern is "trying to rid the world of injustice." What does he mean?
3. Fern offers to take care of the pig. What problems do you think she will have?
4. Do you think pigs make good pets? What would be the advantages and disadvantages of having a pig as a pet? (Think of two good points and two bad points.)

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