BEFORE READING ACTIVITIES

1-Read the title of this novel.
 a) What does leap mean?
 b) Read the blurb and the chapter headings below. What do you think this story is going to be about?
 
2-These are the chapter headings :
 

THE TURNING OPERATION

JAZZY´S ROOM´S EMPTY

JAZZY IS NUTS

EARTHQUAKE

LIFE

MOLE´S LAUNCHING

SABOTAGE!

JAZZY APPEARS

WHERE´S JAZZY?

SOMETHING WEIRD

TITAN

FAILURE!

ON BOARD THE SCUD

APPROACHING SATURN

CRASH

HIT

MOLE

IMPACT

   Of course, they are in wrong order.
a) Which chapter do you think is going to be the most exciting?
b) Which one the most important?
c) Which chapter heading do you think is the first and which is the last?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3- Read the blurb, look at the remaining chapter headings and decide your own order.
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4- According to the blurb you´ve read,
  a) What´s going to happen in the story.
 
 
 
 
 
   b) Try to invent your own final.