Katherine Gmez Rodrguez (Basic 1 2) ACTIVITIES (BLACK CAT AND ONOTHER HISTORIES) THE BALCK CAT 1.

. Look at the pictures in this history. What type of story do you think it is? It is a sadistic history, because it showed bad feelings in the man of the history. Do the people in the pictures look kind and happy, or frightened and angry? The people looked frightened and angry. Does the cat look friendly? Yes, the cat looked friendly and calm. 2. Find these words in your dictionary. Evil: Miedo Funny: Gracioso Happy: Feliz Horrible: Horrible Horror: Horror Lovely: Amoroso Mad: Loco

Which of the words are bad and frightening? Evil, Horrible, Horror, Mad 3. Find these words in your dictionary. Axe: Hacha Bury: sepultar Servant: Criado Cellar: Stano Object: Objeto Plaster: Yeso

Now use the words to complete these sentences: a. b. c. d. He killed her with an axe and then buried her body in the ground. The servant made the beds and cleaned the rooms. The plaster on the wall was wet because it was new. She went down to the cellar and saw a black object near the door.

After you read. 4. Answer these questions: a. Why does the man begin to change and become ill? He became alcoholic and when he didnt have alcohol he became aggressive. b. Why does he hang Pluto, the cat, from a tree?

Because he cant stand that Pluto didnt love him anymore.

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How does the shape of a cat get into the new plaster?

I think is mysterious event, but the man of the history thought that the neighbors threw the cat through the window. d. Where does the man find a new cat? Why is he afraid of it?

He found the cat in a drinking-house and he became afraid because this cat looked like Pluto but it had a white shape that was an evil figure. e. Where do the police find the mans dead wife? How they find her?

The dead wife was in one of the walls of the cellar and they found her because they heard the cat's meow inside the wall. 5. In this story the man is afraid of the cat. Have you ever been afraid of an animal? No I havent. Maybe I have looked a furious dog but it was enclosed. THE OVAL PORTRAIT 6. Look at the picture on page 15. Describe the young woman. She looks like a young woman and she has an old dress. She has a blond hair, is thin and has a weird face, because her eyes are really big. Now look at the picture on page 17. Describe the man. He looks insane, he has a large hair and ugly face. He is thin too and has an angry face. 7. Find these words in your dictionary: Decorate: Adornar Oval: Ovalado Portrait: Retrato a. Can you think of things that are oval in shape? Yes I can, oval things like a mirrors, eggs, human eyes b. Where do you usually see portraits? In the houses and in some restaurant c. Look at the room you are in now. How is it decorated? Do you like it? Yea I like it, its my bedroom and it has green curtains, a big bed and its a cozy room. After you read 8. Are these sentences right or wrong? a. The man and his servant find a small, poor house. Wrong b. The man is feeling very ill. Right c. The man is excited because the young woman looks alive. Right d. The husband loves his wife more than his work. Wrong

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The woman smiles because her husband is happy. Right The husband thinks his wife looks alive in the painting. Right

9. The Oval Portrait is not a horror story, it is a love story. Do you agree? I dont agree. I think is a selfish history, because it shows a selfish man that didnt care his wife. BERENICE Before you read 10. Look at the picture on page 23. What do you think the girl and the man feel about each other? She looks like a zombie, she has a terrible look. He look intrigued maybe she said him something weird or she asked something to him. After you read 11. Put these sentences in the right order. a. The servants find Bernices body and she is alive. b. Egaeus and Berenice grow up together. c. Egaeus cannot stop thinking about Bernices teeth. d. One day Berenice comes to see Egaeus in the library. e. Egaeus is born in the library but his mother dies. f. The servants bury Berenice soon after dark. 6 2 4 3 1 5

12. What do you think Egaeus does to Berenice at the end of the story? He was mad, and he hurt Berenice because he pulled her teeth. He was mad about her teeth. THE MASK OF THE RED DEATH Before you read 13. Look at the picture on page 33. Why do you think the people in the picture are wearing strange clothes? I think is a Halloween party and the people wears different costumes. 14. Find this world in your dictionary: Mask: Mscara When do people wear masks? Why do they wear them? The people wear masks in a Halloween party and they wear them to hide their identity and look different. After Read

15. Draw a plan of the part of the Princes house where he had his party. Write the colour of each room on the plan. Draw the clock in the right place.

16. Who is the tall, dark stranger dressed in black? He is the mask of the red death Why does everyone shake with horror when they see his mask? Because the costume was horrible, and the people felt scary because it was so real. WRITING 17. You are the young woman in The Oval Portrait. Your husband is painting you. Write a letter to your mother. Tell her about the painting, and about how you feel. Mom, my husband is painting me, he is doing a good job!!!, but Im really tired because every day I remain seated all day, and I feel so sad and boring. I just wait that he ends this picture and leave alone!! I always have a smile for him but I feel really sad and ill. Kisses your daughter. 18. You Work for The Times newspaper. Write a report on the murder of Berenice Berenice a young girl that was murder for her cousin!!! Her cousin pulled her teeth and saved in a box because he is mad. The most terrible thing was that Berenice still alive. 19. All these stories are about people with an illness called monomania. Write

about the four different kinds of monomania in these stories.

In the black cat the man was thinking all the time hurts the people, in the oval portrait the husband was thinking about finish his painting, in Berenice her cousin was thinking in specific things include her teeth, in the mask of the dead the dead always think how to kill the people. 20. Write about a horror story or horrors film that you now. I dont like horror movies or horror histories then I really dont want to write about it!!! I know a lot of love stories that provide me better feeling than horror histories.