Forrest Gump winston groom

ACTIVITIES 
Chapters 1
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4 
Before you read
1
Look at the picture on the front of this book. Where do you think the
man is sitting, and why? What do you think he is going to do? 
2
Check these words in your dictionary. Make sure you understand
them all. 
army boiler coach goal grenade harmonica idiot jungle
Find the right word(s) for these sentences.
a
A group of people who fight to protect their country.
b
Two words you can use in a conversation about football.
c 
A stupid person.
d
Something that can get very hot.
e
Something that can kill people.
3
Find the picture where you can see 
a
a harmonica
 b
a jungle 
After you read
4
Where do these sentences come in the story? Put them in the right 
order.
a
Jenny arrived at our house wearing a white dress, and with a pink
flower in her hair.
b
Jenny stopped singing for a second or two, and the others in the
group stopped playing.
c
But one girl, Jenny Curran, didn’t run away, and sometimes she
walked home with me.
d
Jenny saw me and smiled, and I sat on the floor and listened.
e
But it wasn’t Friday night and Jenny’s band weren’t playing.
5
Forrest and Bubba have just met again in the jungle in Vietnam. Act 
out their conversation.
Student A: 
You are Forrest.
Student B: 
You are Bubba.
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Chapters 5
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8
 
Before you read
 6
Do you think Forrest and Jenny will meet again? How and where?