Barnes, Joyce Anette
Amistad : a novel / Joyce Annette Barnes; based on a screenplay by David Franzoni and Steven Zaillian; A Steven Spielberg film, retold by D'Arcy and Evadne Adrian-Vallance. - Simplified ed. - Harlow : Pearson Education Ltd, 2008. - 46 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm. + 2 CDs. - Penguin Readers Penguin Readers (Level 3) .
Includes glossary and reading activities.
"It is 1839. The slave ship, Amistad, is carrying African slaves to America. There is a bloody fight on the ship, and the Africans are free. But soon they are in prison in the US. Must they return to their 'owners', or are they free people?" (Book Cover) CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Escape
Chapter 2: Towards the East
Chapter 3: In Chains Again
Chapter 4: A Friendly Face
Chapter 5: In the Courtroom
Chapter 6: People Are Not Property
Chapter 7: Africans or Cubans?
Chapter 8: Proof
Chapter 9: A New Judge
Chapter 10: James Covey
Chapter 11: Cinque's Story
Chapter 12: Captain Fitzgerald Speaks
Chapter 13: Adams Has a Plan
Chapter 14: At the High Court
Chapter 15: Africa Calls
High-beginner students.
Level 3 (A2-CEFR)
9781405881746 (pbk)
Readers (Adult).
Amistad--Novels.
History.
America--Novels.
Slavery--Novels.
High-beginner.
A2 (CEFR).
Graded Readers.
Graded Readers.
Amistad : a novel / Joyce Annette Barnes; based on a screenplay by David Franzoni and Steven Zaillian; A Steven Spielberg film, retold by D'Arcy and Evadne Adrian-Vallance. - Simplified ed. - Harlow : Pearson Education Ltd, 2008. - 46 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm. + 2 CDs. - Penguin Readers Penguin Readers (Level 3) .
Includes glossary and reading activities.
"It is 1839. The slave ship, Amistad, is carrying African slaves to America. There is a bloody fight on the ship, and the Africans are free. But soon they are in prison in the US. Must they return to their 'owners', or are they free people?" (Book Cover) CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Escape
Chapter 2: Towards the East
Chapter 3: In Chains Again
Chapter 4: A Friendly Face
Chapter 5: In the Courtroom
Chapter 6: People Are Not Property
Chapter 7: Africans or Cubans?
Chapter 8: Proof
Chapter 9: A New Judge
Chapter 10: James Covey
Chapter 11: Cinque's Story
Chapter 12: Captain Fitzgerald Speaks
Chapter 13: Adams Has a Plan
Chapter 14: At the High Court
Chapter 15: Africa Calls
High-beginner students.
Level 3 (A2-CEFR)
9781405881746 (pbk)
Readers (Adult).
Amistad--Novels.
History.
America--Novels.
Slavery--Novels.
High-beginner.
A2 (CEFR).
Graded Readers.
Graded Readers.