The Canterville Ghost, Class Project, Paco Sánchez 3ºC

THE CANTERVILLE GHOST A CLASS PROJECT

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Paco Sánchez 3ºC. IES CRISTO DEL ROSARIO (ZAFRA), 08/02/2012

Information about the book

Title: The Canterville Ghost Author: Oscar Wilde Publishing house: Vicens Vives (Black Cat) Main Characters: Mr Otis: He is and important American men. He is a minister of the United States government, so he was rich. He is married with Lucretia and has got four children. It is really self-confident, and he likes to joke about the English people. He is a generous man who don´t want to harm the ghost Ms Otis: Her name is Lucretia. She is married with Mr Otis. She was a beautiful lady, she was famous for it. She was healthy and full of energy. In the book, she is a good woman who love her children, especially Virginia Washington: Is the oldest son of the family. He was tall, blond and good-looking. He liked dancing and to be with the British aristocracy. In the book, he usually cleans the stain on the floor.

Virginia: I think she is one of the most important characters. She is 15 years old with large blue eyes, she was lovely. She loved riding her pony on the country. She gets married with Cecil. In the book,she is the one who help the ghost to be happy The Twins: The youngest children. They were often naughty but everybody liked him.

Least the ghost. In the book, they are always disturbing him.

The Ghost: The main character, of course. He killed his wife a lot of years ago, and now he is in the house frightening the American. At the end, he is a good, penitent and sad man. He is always wearing chains.

Mrs Ummey: She is the house keeper, and old woman with a white apron. She is easily frightened Summary: An American family buys a house on Canterville, England, but this house is burrow.

Here lives a ghost. When they arrived at the house, they saw a stain on the floor. They

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cleaned it, but all the days the stain appeared again. It was the first action of the ghost.

In the next days, the ghost appeared a lot of times, trying to scare the family. But he can ´t. So he was really sad and angry, because the twins always harm him. One day, when he was on his secret room, Virginia arrived. The talked a lot, and the ghost explained to her his situation and his problems. At the end, Virginia help him to repent, and the ghost finally died in peace.

Personal opinion: I liked the book a little, but it isn´t the best that I´ve read on the English class. I think it has a good argument with good characters, but I think is really typical and predictable.

The thing I like more is the story of the ghost, because it explains to us that is good to repent of our errors and the love is the most important thing on life. On the other hand, the part that I hate is the “love” scenes on the book, at the end ¡ They´re horrible ¡. But I liked the book, sometimes is funny

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Name: Paco Sรกnchez Class 3ยบC Date: 08/2/2012 Title: The canterville ghost Chapter: The Stain

WORD

MEANING

SENTENCE

Grandaunt

Tia abuela

My grandaunt died a lot of years ago

Shoulders

Hombros

You have very big shoulders

Furniture

Muebles

The furniture of the house was in very bad condition

Apron

Delantal

My grandmother usually uses an Apron on the Kitchen

To rub

Frotar

Washingon rubbed the stain all the days

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Title: The canterville ghost Chapter: The Ghost Appears

WORD

MEANING

SENTENCE

Doubt

Duda

I have no doubt: The ghost exists on the house

Pale

Palida

When I saw the corpse, I was pale

Wrist

Muñeca

I have a wound on my wrist

Ankles

Tobillos

My sister broke his ankles the last year

Pillow

Almohada

The twins used their pillow really well

Name: Paco Sánchez Class 3ºC Date: 08/2/2012 Title: The canterville ghost Chapter: The terrible twins 5

WORD

MEANING

SENTENCE

Feather

Pluma

A lot of years ago, the peoples used a feather to write

Shroud

Sudario

When a person die, the corpse is on a shroud

Whisper

Susurrar

¡¡ Don’t shout ¡¡ If you whisper to me, you will not wake up anybody

Curtain

Cortina

The courtain of the house were broken

To slip

Deslizarse

The ghost slipped on the stairs

Name: Paco Sánchez Class 3ºC Date: 08/2/2012 Title: The canterville ghost Chapter: Virginia meets the ghost

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WORD

MEANING

SENTENCE

Weak

Débil

I feel really weak, I´m very Ill

To tear

Rasgar

Virgnia tore his jacket and meet the ghost

Ugly

Feo

It think we have to respect and don´t insult ugly people

To steal

Robar

It isn´t good to stole all the things on the shop

Manners

Modales

I think you have really bad manners

Name: Paco Sánchez Class 3ºC Date: 08/2/2012 Title: The canterville ghost Chapter: The garden of death

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WORD

MEANING

SENTENCE

Lips

Labios

You have really beautiful lips

Knelt

Arrodillarse

I do not kneel to anyone

Spreads

Se extienden

The branches of the trees spreads on the garden of Death

Pray

Orar

The people go to the church to pray

Tightly

Estrechamente

This part of the way is really thigh, my bicycle cannot pass

Name: Paco Sรกnchez Class 3ยบC Date: 08/2/2012 Title: The canterville ghost Chapter: The flowering tree

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WORD

MEANING

SENTENCE

Railway

Ferrocarril

I never travel on a railway

Strike

Golpe

You will not strike me

Dish

Plato

When you eat, you usually use two Dishes

Honeymoon

Luna de miel

After the weddings, all the people have the honeymoon

To Blush

Ruborizarse

When somebody scolds me, I blush

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