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The Canterville Ghost Stage 2

oxford bookworms library stage 2 the CaNterVille ghost

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Before Reading

before reading activities (page 44)

Activity 1 before reading

1 Yes 2 Yes 3 No 4 No 5 Yes 6 No

Activity 2 before reading

Encourage students to speculate and to make guesses, but do not tell them the answers. They will find out as they read that the yes answers are numbers 1 and 4.

While ReadingchApter 1 while reading

1 Two skeleton hands.2 A ghost.3 He asked her to marry him.4 He murdered his wife.5 The bloodstain.6 She wanted them to pay her more money.

Before reAding chApter 2

Encourage students to speculate and to make guesses, but do not tell them the answers. They will find out as they read that the answers are 1b and 2c.

chApters 2 And 3 while reading

The correct order is: 4, 1, 8, 3, 7, 5, 2, 6

chApter 4 while reading

1+7 The ghost used oil on his chains because he didnt want anyone to hear him.

2+9 One night the twins put butter on the top stair, which made the ghost fall down the stairs to the bottom.

3+6 When the ghost went into the twins room, a jug of water fell down on him and he got very wet.

4+10 The ghost went down just to look at the bloodstain, but the twins and Washington were waiting for him.

5+8 The ghost planned to do the Horseman of Death, but in the end he was too frightened to leave his room.

chApter 5 while reading

1 Why . . .? Because she wanted to change her skirt before anyone saw the hole in it.

2 What . . .? Nothing. / He was sitting near the window, watching the leaves dancing in the wind.

3 Who . . .? His wifes brothers.4 Why . . .? Because the ghost used her paints to

make it, and only left her dark blue and white.

5 Who . . .? The ghost.6 What . . .? He couldnt sleep.7 Where . . .? He wanted to go to the Garden of

Death.8 What . . .? She could pray for him, and cry for him.9 Where . . .? Into a great black hole in the wall.

Before reAding chApter 6

Encourage students to speculate and to make guesses, but do not tell them the answers. They will find out as they read that the answers are numbers 2, 5, 6, 8, 9.

After ReadingActivity 1 after reading

1 butterThe ghost has just fallen down the stairs. Because of the butter that the twins put on the top stair, his feet went from under him and he went crashing down to the bottom.

2 paintThe ghost has just found out that Washington has cleaned the bloodstain off the library floor. He finds Virginias paint box and decides to make the bloodstain again using the red paints.

3 medicineThe ghost has just hurried up the stairs, getting away from the Otis men, who came out when he fell to the floor with the armour. Then he gives his famous horrible laugh, and Mrs Otis comes out of the bedroom to give him some medicine because she thinks he has a pain in his stomach.

4 oilThis is the first meeting between the ghost and the Otis family. The ghost is walking past Mr Otiss bedroom, making a lot of noise with his chains. Mr Otis comes out into the passage with a bottle of Tammanys Sun Oil, which he tells the ghost to put on his chains.

5 turnipThe ghost has just been back to look at the second ghost again, very early in the morning. When he puts his arms round the ghost, its head falls off, and then he understands that the ghost is not real and is just another trick by the Otis family.

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G H O S T O A V E D K I

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T R I C K A R S P R A Y

Activity 2 after reading

Words across: frighten, ghost, medicine, false, passage, trick, sprayWords down: faint, feather, kiss, jug, jewels,disappear, skeleton, fireplace

1 The sentence is: I have not slept for three hundred years.

2 The ghost said it to Virginia.3 Virginia prayed for the ghost to have peace, and then

she and her family took Sir Simons skeleton to the Garden of Death.

Activity 3 after reading

The picture goes on page 23.1 The twins bedroom.2 The jug is going to fall off the door, and the water

will go all over the ghost.3 He will feel wet, angry, and unhappy, and the next

day he will be ill with a bad cold.Lines taken from the story would make suitable captions, for example: A heavy jug of water fell right down on him.Or students might like to think of something more imaginative, for example: A horrible surprise was waiting for the ghost. The twins waited happily for the ghost to come

into the room.

Activity 4 after reading

The correct order is: 5, 9, 2, 7, 4, 1, 3, 8, 6Sir Simon murdered his wife in the library in 1575. Then, in 1584, he suddenly disappeared. His wifes brothers locked him in a room without food or water, and he died there. After that, his ghost began to appear in Canterville Chase. For 300 years he was the best ghost in the country. When the Otis family arrived, the ghost had a difficult time. Then Virginia met the ghost, and prayed for him to die. The family found Sir Simons skeleton, and put it in the ground in the Garden of Death. After that, Sir Simons ghost never appeared again.

Activity 5 after reading

Open answers.

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