-TITLE OF THE BOOK: Canterville Ghost and other stories-AUTOR: Oscar Wilde -PUBLISHING HOUSE: Richmond-MAIN CHARACTERS: I am going to introduce briefly the name, age, nationality, physical appearance of the characters:
CHARACTERS:
Hiram B. Otis is the father of tour children and husband of Lucrecia R Tappan. Mr Otis was a salesman from America. He give a lot of importance at the money. He normally is very calm, but he is be able to be very protector with his family in extremes situations
Simon is the ghost and the protagonist of this book, he lives very sorry of the murdered of his wife, a cause of it he has to wander around the house until someone save his soul. He is 300 years old
Washington Otis is the older children in the house, he is a salesman like his father, he is very joker with the unlucky ghost normally helped by the twins
Virginia Otis is another important character she is the daughter of the Otis, she is the responsible of save the ghost’s soul. She is a very pretty girl and she is very understanding and good with the ghost.
Mistress Umney is the housekeeper, she is very helpful and obedient but she is afraid with the ghost.
Lord Canterville, is the last owner of the house. He is a very sincere man to have said the problem with the ghost to the Otis family.
The duke, he is the lover of Virginia, he don’t appears a lot in the book but he seemed a very good person
The twins are the youngest children in the house and the most unruly too, they are all the time playing laughing and making heavy jokes to the ghost.
SUMMARY OF THE BOOK.
The Otis are a family that decides to buy an old castle in Britain property o lord Canterville. The family is composed by the character before appointed.
Lord Canterville the last owner of the castle advise them of the Ghost, who has been wandering around the house for 300 years . The “terrible” Ghost’s name is Simon Canterville, and he is condemned to roam the house since someone save his soul but he is very sorry for has killed his wife
However the Otis are not frightened of the ghost , and immediately the twins and Washington make the ghost a kind of toy, the ghost is despaired because he can’t scare the family. Only Virginia tries to help him to save his soul.
PERSONAL OPINION I have really likedthis book, I have read before others books by Oscar Wilde such as the “Rebellion in the Farm” or even the “ghost of Canterville” in Spanish when I was I child (however I didn’t remember very good). But I have enjoyed a lot this book because is very easy to read and the stories of the unlucky ghost are very funny
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VOCABULARY CHARTName _Luis Barrena Garcia ___________________________ Class _bt2b_____ Date_______04/02/2012____
Title ______The Canterville Ghost and other stories_____________________________________________ 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.
WORDCertainly
MEANINGCiertamente
SENTENCECertainly politics have the fault of the crisis
Haunt merodear The lion was haunting while the zebra was grazing
Housekeeper
Ama de llaves
The housekeeper murdered Tom while he was slept
Pleased Complació o satisfecho
After he scored his first goal he was very pleased
Own Propio ….And even ours own friends are be able to betray us for money
Salesman Hombre de negocios
A good salesman know when a customer is going to buy anything or not
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Name______Luis Barrena Garcia_____________________________________ Class ______ Date___________
Title ___________________________________________________ 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.
WORDhowever
MEANINGSin embargo
SENTENCEAthletic Club plays football very good, however it loses a lot of matches
Calmly calmadamente Then, the man calmly, shot his gun against the furious beast
Footsteps pisadas footsteps echoed in the hall when appears a strange man
Breathing respirando Mike stopped breathing for a moment when he fell in the floor
illness enfermedad Miguel begin to feel his illness when he was only two years old
fingermarks Marcas de dedos
Mark had his wife’s fingermarks in his face
hole agujero His new t-shirt has a very big hole
Chains cadenas My neighbours dog broke the chains and escaped runnig
reached alcanzado The bullet hit her in her arm but she continued running
Behaviour comportamiento
If you want to be polite you should improve your behaviour
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WORDAmused
MEANINGdivertido
SENTENCEThe joke that we heard in the supermarket was very amused
armour armadura The armour was useless, the sword did him a deep wound in his back
exhausted exhausto Tom was very exhausted after the race, he did not won but he continued at the finish line like a champion
Upset trastorno Mika had a psychological upset after have seen the corpse
chamber camara The chamber was in semidarkness until I turned on the light
glided deslizado The snake glided under the door and escape of the zoo
knees rodillas He begin to feel bad in his knees a cause of rheum
Trick truco The magician was so bad all the tricks were very known
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VOCABULARY CHARTName___________________________________________ Class ______ Date___________
Title ___________________________________________________ Chapter _4______
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WORDfeather
MEANINGpluma
SENTENCEThe feathers of these strange bird were of a incredible red colour
Shroud mortaja The shtoud of is uncle had a stain after the party
knife cuchillo He was using the knife for opening the can so it wasn’t strange that he cut his finger
madman loco He was celebrating the goal of Athletic Club of a way that he seemed a madman
sharp afilado She was holding a sharp knife for cutting the chicken
fireplace chimenea They were sitting around the fireplace telling histories about old heroes
Suddenly De repente Suddenly she slide in the street and fell in the wet floor
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VOCABULARY CHARTName___________________________________________ Class ______ Date___________
Title ___________________________________________________ Chapter ___5____
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WORDrattle
MEANING sonajero o hacer sonar algo
SENTENCEThe prisoners was rattling the cups against the balls of the cell
reason razon “My only reason is you”
nasty feo You aren’t nasty, I think you are pretty of your way
Starve Morirse de hambre
In Africa the children are starving a cause of the drought
murmured Murmuró He was murmuring in class when the teacher saw him
churchyard cementerio She had not been never in a churchyard
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Title ___________________________________________________ Chapter _______
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WORDretourned
MEANINGRegresó
SENTENCEThey have not returned yet to their home when the thief attack them
jewels joyas The jewels have been stolen of the jeweller
narrow estrecho The ring was too narrow for him so he went to get a refund in the shop
Knelt Se arrodillo The valorous knight knelt when saw the beautiful woman
Blossoms florece every spring the trees blossomed since this strange year
Stood up Ponerse de pie
She stood up before him and say cry while tried to escape
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VOCABULARY CHARTName___________________________________________ Class ______ Date___________
Title ___________________________________________________ Chapter ____7___
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WORDweakly
MEANINGdebilmente
SENTENCEThe old man said weakly who has been the murderer before die
fearful Temeroso The fearful animal was smelling our food when we arrived
beyond Mas alla de… The legend which our grandfather tell us that beyond the mountains a glorious clan of Vikings lived
wet humedo He was crying in the wet corner of the chamber, he don’t want to remember all his crimes
pray rezar He realised that praying to the gods he cant improve his life
Almond tree
almendro I like sleep under the almond tree of mi country house
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VOCABULARY CHARTName___________________________________________ Class ______ Date___________
Title ___________________________________________________ Chapter __8_____
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WORDhidden
MEANING escondido
SENTENCEThen, lord Virom discovered the hidden door
Unearthly sobrenatural This man own a unearthly strength
silent silencioso Jaguar is a very silent hunter of the amazons forest
almost casi Almost all of the Athletic Club footballers are from the quarry
Gypsies gitanos Gypsies in our country have a very bad fame but not all the gypsies are bad persons
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Title ___________________________________________________ Chapter ___9____
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WORD MEANING SENTENCE
branches ramas The branches hit the windows of her bedroom making a strange noisy
argue discutir My neighbours think that we don’t hear them when they are arguing
walkers caminantes The walkers usually pass near my country doing the route of “San Isidro”
surely seguramente Surely the almost of all of yours think that I am stupid
silver plata The armour of the warrior king was decorate with silver filigrees
carriage carruaje The carriage was being followed by a group of wolfs
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