 
Topics: American Authors – Louisa May Alcott; Classic TV – Gilligan’s Island; up-to-date versus updated; to work out the kinks and to deserve a pat on the back; to seize the moment 
Words:
to provide for
pseudonym 
volume 
experience 
to be base on 
shipwreck 
to be stranded
mate 
skipper 
courage 
uncharted 
syndication 
up-to-date 
updated 
to work out the kinks
to deserve a pat on the back
to seize the moment