Oliver Twist

«Fighting against poverty and

social exclusion»

1. How does the story begin?

2. Where did he live until he was 9?

3. What can you explain about the food he ate in theworkhouse?

4. He also lived in a special shop. What was the shopof?

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Complete the sentences:

• Oliver met «Dodger» on his way to ...

• He took Oliver to Fagin’s place, ...

• Oliver discovered that Fagin ...

• The boys played a game with Fagin about ...

• When Oliver and the boys went to the market ...

• Oliver was rescued by Mr Brownlow and tookhim to ...

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Fagin wanted to .1. ___ precious things from a house.2. ___ London. Sikes .3. ___ the plan was difficult so they decided Oliver was the .4. ___ person. Oliver was .5. ___ of him. They went to the big house on a cold, .6. ___ night. Sikes .7. ___ a pistol on Oliver’s head and forced him to enter the house through a small .8. ___. There .9. ___ two men inside the house. One of them .10. ___ Oliver. Sikes took him to the garden and left him there. Sikes ran .11. ___ with Toby Crackit. The servants of the house .12. ___ them but nobody .13. ___ Oliver’s body. He lied on the wet ground all .14. ___

CHOOSE ONE WORD FOR EACH BLANK AND CONPLETE THE TEXT:

• right

• afraid

• steal

• foggy

• outside

• thought

• away

• ran after

• saw

• night

• put

• window

• were

• shot

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Bring order to the following sentences:

The people in the room thought that Oliver didn’t look like a thief.

Oliver saw Fagin and a strange man called Monks outsidethe window.

Rose Maylie played the piano and read books to Oliver – he couldn’t read, he had never been in a school.

Oliver woke up outside a house near London.

Oliver and the Maylie family went back to the country houseafter three months.

Doctor Losberne examined Oliver.

A kind teacher gave lessons to Oliver.

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Nancy’s Secret

Complete the names:

M____ went to the workhouse where O_____ was born because he wanted to take the wedding ring of Oliver’s mother, A_____. N_____ was very sad and decided to meet R____ Maylie to tell her about O______ and that he was in danger because F_____ and M______ wanted to kidnap him.

Old Friends andMonks

TRUE or FALSE

a. Nancy met Rose and MrBrownlow at LondonBridge.

b. Sikes followed Nancy andheard everything.

c. Mr. Brownlow wanted to know about Oliver’sorigins.

d. Monks had a red mark in his back.

e. Fagin was happy becauseNancy wanted to helpOliver.

f. Monks was Oliver’s father.

g. He signed a paper to giveOliver’s money back.

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EXPLAIN THE END OF ...

Fagin:

Sikes:

Monks:

Mr. Bumble:

Oliver:

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1. This book was written more than two hundred yearsago. What was the situation of the society at thattime?

2. Poor Housing – Lack of Health – No Access to Education – Scarce Drinkable water – Not enoughFood – No Family ties – War – Natural disasters –Violence – Social exclusion - ... Identify the factors that affect Oliver at the beginning of his life.

3. In this story, how does Oliver get out of thePOVERTY CIRCLE?

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