The Canterville Ghost A class project
Laura Acosta Díaz IES Cristo del Rosario- Zafra (Badajoz) 9/2/2012
The Canterville Ghost. Author:Oscar wilde Publishing house: Black Cat
Characters:
– Mr Hiram B.Otis: He was a minister of the United States. He was rich and very important American. But everyone told him that he was very foolish. – Washintong: He´s the oldest son of Mr Otis, he was tall, blond and good-looking and he liked dancing veru much. – Virginia: She was fifteen years old with large blue eyes. She was lovely and she loved riding her pony. – The twins: they were the youngest children and they were often naughty but everyone liked them. – Mrs Umney: She was the housekeeper. Sje was and old woman dressed in black with a white apron. – Mrs Lucretia: She was the wife of Mr Otis. She was a beutiful lady full of enrgy and very healthy. – Sir Simon: He´s the ghost. He´s very sad and usually angry. He liked scared people or make noise.
Summary: Mr Otis and his family went to live in a house he had bought from Lord Canterville. Lord Canterville told them that the house had a ghost but Mr. Otis doesn´t care. The first night the ghost appeared rattling his chains, laughing or making change color a bloodstain that appeared the first day and that when clean it was not removed. But all the family spoiled his plans and none was frightened. The ghost was sad and angry and disappeared, or so t thought the family because he was in his secret room. One day the family made a party because Virginia is going to marry with a Duke and this day Virginia found the secret room the ghost and the was and talking. The ghost was tired of his job and wanted to be a ghost. Virginia decided to help. the ghost told him he had killed his wife for not knowing how to cook well, and the brothers of his wife killed him. When Virginia know the ghost story and helped him, the ghost disappeared and appeared a skeleton. Virginia told his family that were looking for her. Virginia married with the Duke, the family was happy at home and the ghost desappeared.
My opinion of the book: The book is OK, not the ones I like but I can not say it's a horror, is entertaining and I could understand the story.
VOCABULARY CHART
Name Laura Acosta Díaz
Class 3 C Date
Title The Stain
Chapter 1
Record new words on the chart. First, write the vocabulary word. Next, write what it means. Then, use the word in your own sentence. WORD
MEANING
SENTENCE
foolish
tonto
Don´t be foolish and don´t buy the house.
carriage
transporte
Public carriage is very expensive.
apron
delantal
That apron looks uncomfortable.
fireplace
hogar
You back to your fireplace.
knelt
se arrodilló
He knelt down and started screaming.
cigar
cigarro
Smoking is bad, turn off the cigar
VOCABULARY CHART Name Laura Acosta Díaz Title The Ghost Appears
Class 3C
Date___________
Chapter 2
Record new words on the chart. First, write the vocabulary word. Next, write what it means.Then, use the word in your own sentence. WORD
MEANING SENTENCE
elbows
codos
he was injured in the elbows
anger
ira
he showed his anger
peashooters cerbatanas
is a nice peashooter
wrists
muñecas
She has veru small wrists
ankles
tobillos
He sprained his ankle
rubbing
frotamiento
He was rubbing the stain.
VOCABULARY CHART Name Laura Acosta Díaz Title The Terrible Twins
Class 3C
Date___________
Chapter 3
Record new words on the chart. First, write the vocabulary word. Next, write what it means.Then, use the word in your own sentence.
WORD
MEANING
SENTENCE
shroud
mortaja
envelops the body with a shroud
dagger
puñal
Becarfull with the dagger
ears
orejas
Cover your ears, it is very cold
fear
miedo
I have fear of spiders
coffin
ataúd
the coffin is under ground
VOCABULARY CHART Name
Laura Acosta Díaz
Class 3C
Title Virginia Meets the Ghost
Date___________
Chapter 4
Record new words on the chart. First, write the vocabulary word. Next, write what it means.Then, use the word in your own sentence. WORD
MEANING
SENTENCE
frightened asustado
Don´t frightened, it's a good person
kind
The “pastor alemán” is a kind of dog
tipo
dishonnest deshonesto
don´t be dishonest with me
asleep
the baby is asleep
dormido
VOCABULARY CHART
Name Laura Acosta Díaz Title The Garden of Death
Class
3C
Date
Chapter 5
Record new words on the chart. First, write the vocabulary word. Next, write what it means.Then, use the word in your own sentence.
WORD
MEANING
SENTENCE
knelt
arrodillarse
kneel and kiss my the hand
whispered
susurrar
He was whispered something in his ear
nightingale ruiseñor
that nightingale sings well
golden
dorado
that hair so golden
rang
soñar
you always rang
VOCABULARY CHART
Name Laura Acosta Díaz Title The Flowering Tree
Class 3 C Date Chapter 6
Record new words on the chart. First, write the vocabulary word. Next, write what it means.Then, use the word in your own sentence.
WORD
MEANING
SENTENCE
crash
chocar
I´m sorry, I crash with you.
thunder
trueno
Are you afraid of thunder?
wall
pared
I want the pink walls
torches
antorchas
these people come with torches