Hawk-eye, the Pathfinder - Macmillan Readers

Beginner Level
Worksheet
Hawk-eye, the Pathfinder
James Fenimore Cooper
A Before Reading
1 Match the pictures with the words.
1 2
3 4
5 6
a) Ten of the Indians ran out of the forest. They were holding guns and they were carrying long canoes.
b) The potato fell to the ground. There was a hole in the middle of it.
c) Mrs McNab saw the Indians kill her husband. She screamed. Then she ran downstairs and out of the
door.
d) Three of the soldiers pointed their guns at the Indians. Arrowhead looked at the guns. Then he
stopped paddling the canoe.
e) The Mohican quickly caught Arrowhead. The two men fought.
f ) Four people were walking through a great forest, near Lake Ontario.
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Beginner Level
Worksheet
2 Look at The People in This Story on page 6. Find: Hawk-eye, Mabel and Chingachgook. Now read the
back cover. Make some guesses. Which men are the English officer and the captain of a ship?
B While Reading
3 Here is part of the map from
the Contents page. Where
does Mabel go in the story?
Read each chapter.
Then mark the map.
The start of
Mabel’s
journey
4 Read to the end of Chapter 2. Write about these people’s lives:
a) Mabel b) The Pathfinder
5 Here are seven important people in
the story. Who are they?
f
e
d
g
c
b
a
6 Look at the picture on page 16. What are these people thinking?
Mabel: ....................................................................................................................
The Pathfinder: ......................................................................................................
Jasper: ...................................................................................................................
7 Look at the picture on page 34. What are these people thinking?
Mabel: ....................................................................................................................
The Pathfinder: ......................................................................................................
8 Read to the end of page 36. What do you think? Who is the traitor?
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Beginner Level
Worksheet
9 Look at the picture on page 63. What are these people thinking?
Mabel: ....................................................................................................................
The Pathfinder: ......................................................................................................
Jasper: ...................................................................................................................
C After Reading
10 Look at The People in this Story on page 6. Who is dead at the end of the story? Who is alive?
11 It is ten years after the end of the story. You are either Jasper or Mabel or the Pathfinder. Write about your
life.
My name is ...
12 Many years later, Mabel and the Pathfinder meet again. They are old people. Write their conversation.
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