Project: The Canterville Ghost

“THE CANTERVILLE GHOST AND OTHER STORIES” A CLASS PROJECT

Carlos Pimienta Sánchez BT2B IES CRISTO DEL ROSARIO – Zafra (Badajoz) 08/02/2012

INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK 1. Title: “The Canterville ghost and other stories” 2. Author: Oscar Wilde 3. Publishing house: Richmond 4. Main characters: The main characters are the following: •

The ghost: He’s the main character of the book. Thanks to him, the story is developed. Every night, he appears to scare the family and at the end of the book, he tells Virginia the truth.

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Mr Otis: Mr Otis is a lord who buys the Canterville chase. He doesn’t hear people who say that this castle is haunted. After, he and his family discover that all of these topics about the Canterville chase were truth.

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Virginia: She’s Mr Otis’ daughter and she talks to the ghost about his life. The ghost says to her that he hasn’t killed to his wife. Virginia prays for him and she keeps a treasure from him.

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The twins: They scare the ghost every night. The Canterville ghost tried to scare them but finally, they always scare to him.

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Mrs Umney: She’s housekeeper’s family and she tells Otis’ family the story of the Canterville ghost.

5. Summary Mr Otis wanted to buy the Canterville Chase, everybody said to him that that house was haunted, but he did not care.

Mr Otis and his family moved to the Canterville chase soon. There was Mrs Umney, the housekeeper of them.

One day, when they was drinking tea, found a blood stain on the floor and Mrs Otis said to the housekeeper to clean it and she started to tell the story of the Canterville ghost.

At night, the ghost appeared and was foud by Mr Otis, but he did not scare and the Canterville ghost went to the twins’ room.

He tried to scare the twins but he could not and the ghost was scared by them.

The Canterville ghost did not appear more and one day, Virginia (Mr Otis’ daughter) talked to ghost and he told her about his story. He did not kill her wife (she had been killed by her brothers). The Canterville ghost pleased Virginia help him and prayed for him. She accepted and days later, the skeleton of Simon Canterville was buried.

6. Personal Opinion From my point of view, this book is very interesting due to we can see how the blood stain appears every day. It’s also amazing because the Canterville ghost wants to scare the twins but he can’t and then, he tries scare them every night when everybody is sleeping although the twins are who trick him. The mystery is also present through out the book, for example when at first, all family goes to the Canterville chase, or when Virginia doesn’t appear because she’s taking to ghost.

In conclusion, I really like mysterious books, and I have read some of these type along my life.

VOCABULARY CHART 1 Name: Carlos Pimienta Sánchez____________________ Class: BT2B Title: Bloodstain on the Floor

Date: 08/02/2012

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

Once

Una vez

I go to cinema once a week

Laws

Leyes

Everybody should respect laws

Warn

advertir

I warn you that we will go to Badajoz tomorrow

Carriage

carruaje

Mr Otis’ carriage was damaged

Soft

Blando

We can see how that team was soft in the match

Grass

Pasto, césped

The grass of this house, I don’t like it

Own

Ser dueño de…

I would like to be own of that factory

VOCABULARY CHART 2 Name: Carlos Pimienta Sánchez____________________ Class: BT2B Title: A Shock for the ghost

Date: 08/02/2012

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

Key

LLave

I lost the keys of my house. I couldn’t enter

Reach

Alcance

This aim is to my reach

Breath

Quedarse sin aliento

My mum breath when she sees a spider

Behaviour

comportamiento

Behaviour in class is very important

Holes

Agujero

This child falled in an hole

managing

Director general

The managing says that the film won’t do

VOCABULARY CHART 3 Name: Carlos Pimienta Sánchez____________________ Class: BT2B Title: The ghost gets upset

Date: 08/02/2012

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

Discuss

Hablar de

I will discuss with my mother about the next holidays

Almohada

I have to sleep with only with my personal pillow

Crash

Choque

Yesterday, I can see one crash between two cars

Trouble

Problema

Everybody have troubles in their lifes

Firewood

Leña

I want to catch light the fireplace but I need firewood

Pillows

VOCABULARY CHART 4 Name: Carlos Pimienta Sánchez____________________ Class: BT2B Title: The ghostly Plan

Date: 08/02/2012

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

Blow

Soplar

The wind will blow strongly tomorrow

Gentle

dulce

I love the personality of this girl. She’s gentle

Sharp

Afilado

My mum always cut with sharp knifes

Brave

Valiente

Mario is very brave. He want go to the war

Cut off

Cortar

My telephone line has been cut off

VOCABULARY CHART 5 Name: Carlos Pimienta Sánchez____________________ Class: BT2B Title: Headless Rupert

Date: 08/02/2012

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

Weak

Débil

I’m very weak in this aspect

Chains

Cadenas

The chains of my bicycle are rusty

Awful

Espantoso

This fact hasn’t been liked by me, it’s has been awful

Mirror

Espejo

If you break a mirror, you will have seven years of bad luck

Container

Recipiente

I threw rice in this container

VOCABULARY CHART 6 Name: Carlos Pimienta Sánchez____________________ Class: BT2B Title: Terror in the library

Date: 08/02/2012

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

Fireplace

Chimenea

I love to be at the fireplace when I was cold

Portraits

Retrato

That man was doing one portrait to this child

Scream

Grito

Not screams please! My mum is sleeping

Almost

casi

We almost lose our bus this morning

Wrong

Equivocado

My parents were wrong when they say me that I had gone to the party.

VOCABULARY CHART 7 Name: Carlos Pimienta Sánchez____________________ Class: BT2B Title: A young Girl’s Tears

Date: 08/02/2012

Chapter 7

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

Jokes

Chistes

María is very fun. She’s count jokes every day.

Keyholes

Ojo de la cerradura

When we came to our house, we don’t manage to enter the key in keyhole

Faults

Culpa

She lost the contest by my fault

Unkind

Poco amable

This man was very unkind with my cousin

Grows

Crecer

Your son is very grown. I don’t see him 4 years ago

Fearful

Aterrador

It’s was fearful. I don’t want to come back

VOCABULARY CHART 8 Name: Carlos Pimienta Sánchez____________________ Class: BT2B Title: The terrible secret

Date: 08/02/2012

Chapter 8

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

Gypsies

Gitanos

I don’t like the gypsy race but I respect it

Either

Tomar

You can either coffee or tea

Dear

Querido

He’s very dear by all of his family

Wooden

De madera

My furniture are wooden

Almond

Almendra/almendro In October, I love to eat almonds

VOCABULARY CHART 9 Name: Carlos Pimienta Sánchez____________________ Class: BT2B Title: The Garden of Death

Date: 08/02/2012

Chapter 9

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

Jewels

Joyas

I will buy some jewels to my girlfriend.

Flowering

Florecimiento

The flowering of flowers are very nice

Both

Ambos/as

I want both t-shirts. They are very pretty!

Stone

piedra

I hate stones street. It’s very uncomfortable

Sell

vender

He sold that car because he wants to buy another.