Reading: A summary a) Read the summary of Pig-Heart Boy. Find out if you guessed correctly in task 3a) and highlight all the adverbs of manner you find in the text. Time is running out for thirteen-year-old Cameron Kelsey, who is slowly dying of heart disease. This is why he quickly needs to get a transplant. Cameron’s father asks doctor Richard Bryce, who is trying to use pig hearts in operations, for help. Dr Bryce agrees to try the operation on Cameron, although it has never been done before. Cameron’s mother, however, is against the idea. Cameron must not tell anyone about the transplant, but he secretly tells his best friend Marlon about it. Some time later, his mother finds out that she is pregnant, and Cam happily starts making videos for the baby, Alex. He’s afraid something might happen during the operation and that he might die. Luckily, the operation goes well, but Cameron is shocked when he finds out that Marlon has informed the media about the pig heart. When he can finally leave the hospital and go home, Cameron is famous and his family are bothered by newspaper reporters all day. Even worse, a girl Cam likes doesn’t want to be anywhere near him anymore. Even some animal rights activists threaten the boy’s parents angrily. Now Cameron starts hanging out with Marlon again, but still doesn’t trust him fully. He likes spending time at the swimming pool and often tries to touch the bottom – something the other boys can do quite easily. Finally, he is able to touch the bottom of the pool but becomes tired in the water. After he has been desperately fighting for his life, he accepts that he is going to die. However, Marlon saves him from drowning. But then Dr Bryce tells Cameron that he needs another heart transplant … If you want to find out how Marlon will decide, you have to read the book! b) Read the sentences below. Don’t use more than four words to complete each sentence. 1. Mr Kelsey wants Cameron to have the operation, but Mrs Kelsey is against it . 2. After Cameron tells his friend about the pig heart, Marlon . 3. The worst thing is that the girl Cam is in love with . 4. At the swimming pool, Cam is lucky because . c) Read the summary again and think about the emotions Cameron feels. Complete the timeline below on a poster. Use blue for what happens in the story (the underlined parts in the summary) and green for feelings. 5 Grammar For more details see 1 G 16 (4) Revision: Adverbs of manner Time is slowly running out. The boys can touch the bottom easily. G 5 10 15 time is running out Marlon saves Cameron happy disappointed scared 83 10 eighty-three Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentu des Verlags öbv
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