Monday, 17 March 2014

Reading and enjoying The Canterville Ghost


Some of my 2nd year ESO students (Compulsory Secondary Education) have read and enjoyed Oscar Wilde´s The Canterville Ghost.  They have drawn some comics, an amusing tool to foster their written expression and communicative skills, and searched about the great Irish writer´s work. Good excuse today, Saint Patrick´s Day, to show it to you.




"Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. He studied at Trinity College in Dublin. After that he wrote lots of plays like The Duchess of Padua, poems like Ravenna and tales like The Canterville Ghost." (Irene Cagigas)

"Nobody wanted to live in that house because they said that it was haunted. But Americans are very practical and the Otis family didn´t believe in ghosts" (Selena Martín)

"The tale teaches you many lessons but it is disappointing too." (Sara Cecín)

"Strange things happen and it´s exciting." (Nahia Martínez)

"It´s fantastic to practice my reading in English." (Paula Arce)



"When you read you feel in another place. With books you can travel around the world. When we read we can´t see the words, we see pictures, we see the story in our head. Books make you think about the world, the humans, the animals and our future. Books are our world, our culture, our past, our present and our future... Don´t stop reading, please!" (Cristina Pérez de las Cuevas)

4 comments:

  1. Bravo for these students!

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    1. another dreamer28 March 2014 at 05:35

      Bon courage with teenagers! They are the future.
      Really optimistic show.

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  2. Excellent choice.
    One of Mr.Wilde's quotes that I recall is; “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” - Oscar Wilde

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  3. Among Oscar Wilde's epigrams, one of my favorite quotes is:

    " Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken"

    Wise teaching for these teens and so many adults.

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