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HALLOWEEN LESSON - VINCENT

(BY TIM BURTON)


1. Watch the video on Edgar Allan Poe and decide whether the answers
are true / false or there is no information.

https://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160

TRUE FALSE NO INFO


1. Edgar Allan Poe is known to
all Americans as the father of
the detective story

2. He started writing fiction


when he was 13.
3. Poe had a gambling problem.

4. Poe married a close family


member which caused a lot
of controversy
5. People thought Poe was a
bizarre person.
6. Hi most famous work is the
“Raven”.
7. No one really knows why Poe
was sick.
8. Poe died in a hospital.

9. Poe is the symbol of horror


and mystery in America and
slight respected today.

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HALLOWEEN LESSON - VINCENT
(BY TIM BURTON)

2. Look at the bold words, they will appear in the poem, can you match
them with their meanings?

1. He could wander the dark hallways... a) (adj) spooky/deadly/horrific


(N) ghoul – a spirit that feeds on corpses

2. ...alone and tormented b) (v) send sb away and forbid from coming
back

3. ghoulish crimes / ghoulish c) (v) become bigger


demands

4. A gruesome tale d) (v) write in a rapid and


very sloppy (=disorganized) manner

5. He turned pale e) (v) make sounds

6. He had been banished to the tower f) (adj) in extreme pain (physical or mental)
of doom

7. encased in his tomb g) (v) close/trap

8. He scrawled with a pen h) (adj) very weak

9. The room started to swell... i) (V) to walk without purpose

10. ...shiver... j) (v) shake

11. ...and creak k) (adj) white

12. He fell limp and lifeless l) (adj) frightful/horrific/shocking

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

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HALLOWEEN LESSON - VINCENT
(BY TIM BURTON)

3. This is a poem called “Vincent” written by famous director and


producer Tim Burton. Read the poem with your partner and decide
on the correct order of verses. The first and the last verses are given.
(ignore the gaps at this stage). Once you are done you will watch a
short animation to check your answers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxQcBKUPm8o

Vincent Malloy is seven years old


He’s always polite and does what he’s told
For a boy his age, he’s considerate and nice
But he wants to be just like Vincent Price

A Her anger now spent, she walked out through the hall
And while Vincent backed slowly against the ___________
The room started to swell, to shiver and creak
His horrid insanity had reached its peak
He saw Abercrombie, his zombie slave
And heard his wife call from beyond the ____________
She spoke from her coffin and made ghoulish demands
While, through cracking walls, reached _________ __________

B One night, while reading a gruesome tale


He read a passage that made him turn pale
Such horrible news he could not survive
For his beautiful wife had been ___________ alive!
He dug out her grave to make sure she was dead
Unaware that her grave was his mother’s _______ ________

C “You’re not Vincent Price, you’re Vincent Malloy


You’re not tormented or insane, you’re just a _________ ________
You’re seven years old and you are my son
I want you to get outside and have some real _________.”

D He doesn’t mind living with his sister, dog and cats


Though he’d rather share a home with __________ and ________.
There he could reflect on the horrors he’s invented
And wander dark hallways, alone and tormented

Vincent is nice when his aunt comes to see him


But imagines dipping her in wax for his wax museum

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E He likes to experiment on his dog Abercrombie


In the hopes of creating a horrible ___________
So he and his horrible zombie dog
Could go searching for victims in the __________ ________

F His mother sent Vincent off to his room


He knew he’d been banished to the tower of doom
Where he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life
Alone with the portrait of his ___________ __________

G While alone and insane encased in his tomb


Vincent’s mother burst suddenly into the __________
She said: “If you want to, you can go out and play
It’s ___________ outside, and a ______________ day”

H Vincent tried to talk, but he just couldn’t speak


The years of isolation had made him quite weak
So he took out some paper and scrawled with a pen:
“I am possessed by this ___________, and can never leave it again”
His mother said: “You’re not possessed, and you’re not almost dead.
These _________ that you play are all in your head…”

I His thoughts, though, aren’t only of ghoulish crimes


He likes to paint and read to pass some of the times
While other kids read books like Go, Jane, Go!
Vincent’s favorite author is _______ ________ ________

Every horror in his life that had crept through his dreams
Swept his mad laughter to terrified screams!
To escape the madness, he reached for the _______
But fell limp and lifeless down on the _________
His voice was soft and very slow
As he quoted The Raven from __________ _________ ________:

“and my soul from out that shadow


that lies floating on the floor
shall be lifted?
Nevermore…”

4. Look at the gaps with your partner, can you guess the missing words?

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HALLOWEEN LESSON - VINCENT
(BY TIM BURTON)
ANSWERS:

EXERCISE 1
1. F (known by many)
2. F (poetry)
3. T
4. NO INFO (first secretly then openly, nothing about scandal)
5. T
6. T
7. T
8. NO INFO (he died in a delirium, we can assume it was in the hospital but it
wasn’t said openly)
9. T

EXERCISE 2
1 i 8d
2 f 9c
3 a 10 j
4 l 11 e
5 k 12 h
6 b
7 g

EXERCISE 3

CORRECT ORDER: D E I B F G H C A

EXERCISE 4

Vincent Malloy is seven years old


He’s always polite and does what he’s told
For a boy his age, he’s considerate and nice
But he wants to be just like Vincent Price

He doesn’t mind living with his sister, dog and cats


Though he’d rather share a home with spiders and bats
There he could reflect on the horrors he’s invented
And wander dark hallways, alone and tormented
Vincent is nice when his aunt comes to see him
But imagines dipping her in wax for his wax museum

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HALLOWEEN LESSON - VINCENT
(BY TIM BURTON)
He likes to experiment on his dog Abercrombie
In the hopes of creating a horrible zombie
So he and his horrible zombie dog
Could go searching for victims in the London fog

His thoughts, though, aren’t only of ghoulish crimes


He likes to paint and read to pass some of the times
While other kids read books like Go, Jane, Go!
Vincent’s favourite author is Edgar Allen Poe

One night, while reading a gruesome tale


He read a passage that made him turn pale
Such horrible news he could not survive
For his beautiful wife had been buried alive!
He dug out her grave to make sure she was dead
Unaware that her grave was his mother’s flower bed

His mother sent Vincent off to his room


He knew he’d been banished to the tower of doom
Where he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life
Alone with the portrait of his beautiful wife

While alone and insane encased in his tomb


Vincent’s mother burst suddenly into the room
She said: “If you want to, you can go out and play
It’s sunny outside, and a beautiful day”

Vincent tried to talk, but he just couldn’t speak


The years of isolation had made him quite weak
So he took out some paper and scrawled with a pen:
“I am possessed by this house, and can never leave it again”
His mother said: “You’re not possessed, and you’re not almost dead
These games that you play are all in your head

You’re not Vincent Price, you’re Vincent Malloy


You’re not tormented or insane, you’re just a young boy
You’re seven years old and you are my son
I want you to get outside and have some real fun.”

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HALLOWEEN LESSON - VINCENT
(BY TIM BURTON)
Her anger now spent, she walked out through the hall
And while Vincent backed slowly against the wall
The room started to swell, to shiver and creak
His horrid insanity had reached its peak
He saw Abercrombie, his zombie slave
And heard his wife call from beyond the grave
She spoke from her coffin and made ghoulish demands
While, through cracking walls, reached skeleton hands

Every horror in his life that had crept through his dreams
Swept his mad laughter to terrified screams!
To escape the madness, he reached for the door
But fell limp and lifeless down on the floor
His voice was soft and very slow
As he quoted The Raven from Edgar Allen Poe:

“and my soul from out that shadow


that lies floating on the floor
shall be lifted?
Nevermore

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