As Iroquois warriors and the French attack British forces in New York State in 1757, the frontiersman Hawkeye and his Indian friends try to save Cora and Alice, two English girls.
This reader uses the expansive reading approach, where the text becomes a springboard to improve language skills and to explore historical background, cultural connections and other topics suggested by the text. As well as the story, written and recorded in American English, this reader contains:
- An introduction about J. F. Cooper and the American Frontier
- A wide range of activities practising the four skills
- Dossiers: The French and Indian War, The Origins of the Indian People, The Typical American Fort, etc.
- Internet projects
- FCE-style activities and Trinity-style activities (Grades 6/7)
- A full recording of the text
- An exit test with answer key [résumé éditeur]

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