Young Adult Literature

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The Canterville Ghost

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Pre reading

•What type of text is it? Tick the correct option

A letter
A tale
A novel

•How do you know? What can you see in the pictures?

•Do you believe in ghosts?

Make a list of ghost's traditions and conventions.

1 Ghosts don't appear on sunny days.

2 Their clothes are not colorful
3 They appear on stormy nights
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General comprehension

Choose the best summary

a. The Canterville Ghost is the story of a haunted house where American children play with
an English ghost.
b. The Canterville Ghost is the story of a frustrated ghost that cannot frighten American
people because they don't understand English traditions.
c. The Canterville Ghost is the story of a quilty ghost that wants to live in peace with Mrs
Uriney and the American family.

Specific comprehension

Choose a title for each section.

1 A) Canterville Chase for sale.

B) The American Ambassador.
C )There is a ghost in the house.

2 A)The ghosts story.

B) The story of the house.
C) The housekeepers story.

3. A) A practical solution to ghostly matters.

B) The ghost's bloodstains.
C) Washington deans the stain.

4. A) The ghost's chains don't frighten the family.

B) Ghosts frighten English people but they don't
frighten Americans.
C) Another solution for a ghostly problem.
5. A) An impatient ghost Sir Simon.
B) An impatient husband.
C) The ghost's past.

Systematization

Write negative sentences.

a. There were a lot of bloodstains.

b. There was a noise.

C. She was pale.

Final task

Write questions and answer them.

a. The house was haunted.

b. They were cruel to the ghost.

Homework

Sequency

Put the story in the right order

O Every day there was a new bloodstain on the floor.

O The Otis family were the new owners of Canterville Chase.
O "We Americans can buy everything so we went the house and the ghost too."
O "Please, pray for me. Then I can die in peace, I want to rest in peace." Said Sir Simon.
O Sir Simon was very angry because the Otis family were not afraid of his tricks.
O One day, there wasn't a bloodstain on the foor. The ghost was angry. His tin of red paint
was empty.
O There was the sound of rusty chains, "Oil your chains" Mr Otis said to the ghost.

Make a draw for each sentence in the correct order.

1 2 3

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