SYLLABUS Young Readers Stage 3

Oscar Wilde
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Vocabulary areas

OSCAR WILDE
ranging from captivating contemporary stories

Time, family and friends, the home, weather
Grammar and structures
Present, present continuous, past
The Canterville
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Verb + infinitive Oscar Wilde carefully edited and beautifully illustrated
Adverbs

The Canterville Ghost

to capture the essence of the stories and plots.
Oscar Wilde Descriptive adjectives The Canterville Ghost
(1854 - 1900) was Prepositions of place
from Ireland. He was The Canterville Ghost
Do you believe in ghosts? Well, the Otis family didnt until they
famous for his clever by Oscar Wilde
sense of humour. He met the Canterville Ghost. Retold, activities and poem by Jane Cadwallader
mostly wrote plays Illustrated by Gustavo Mazali
and poems but he
This is a story of life and death and love of a ghost trapped in the
present because of the bad thing he did in the past and how a young girl ELI Readers
also wrote some Founder and Series Editors
stories for children. helps him to move on. Paola Accattoli, Grazia Ancillani,
These often have a Young ELI Readers Daniele Garbuglia (Art Director)
message that is useful - Games and language activities
for everyone. - An audio recording of the story Graphic Design
Stage 1 Sergio Elisei
Anonymous, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp - A picture dictionary
D. Guillemant, Hooray for the Holidays Eli Design Department
D. Guillemant, Sophies Dream Tags Diletta Brutti

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J. Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the Yellow String
The Supernatural Human values Production Manager
J. Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the Pirate
J. Cadwallader, Granny Fixit and the Ball Francesco Capitano

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My name is Gustavo. O. Wilde, The Canterville Ghost ERY313.01
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city, Buenos Aires. J. Cadwallader, Uncle Jack and the Emperor Penguins
I have been drawing J. Cadwallader, Uncle Jack and the Bakonzi Tree
Stage 4 400 headwords A2 Flyers First edition: March 2012
all my life, ever since J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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J. Cadwallader, Harry and an Electrical Problem
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2 r Otis was a businessman from
America. He wanted to buy Lord
Cantervilles house but Lord
Canterville said, I have to tell you Mr Otis,
there is a ghost in this house. A ghost? asked
Mr Otis, But my dear Lord Canterville there
are no ghosts!

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Well , Lord Canterville started to say, but
Mr Otis said, Dont worry Lord Canterville,
I will buy your house and your ... hm ... ghost,
and Mr Otis bought the house.

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Mr Otis was married and had four children,
a son called Washington, a daughter called
Virginia and two happy noisy twin boys.
Mr Otis said, Lord Canterville told me there was
a ghost in the house! A ghost! How exciting!
said the twins.

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Mrs Otis pointed to the floor by the bookcase.
What is that? she asked. Oh! said Mrs Umney
the housekeeper, That is the blood of Sir Simon
Cantervilles wife. He killed her right here in 1575.
Oh dear Mrs Umney! said Mr Otis, In 1575?
Thats impossible! Yes! continued Mrs Umney,
And ... Sir Simon disappeared soon after ... but
then he came back as the Canterville Ghost.

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Mr Otiss son, Washington, took a small black
crayon from his pocket. Pinkertons special
cleaner will clean this, he said and it did.
Look! The blood is disappearing!

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But the next morning at breakfast THE BLOOD
WAS ON THE FLOOR AGAIN! How did that
happen? asked Mr Otis. The boys danced and
sang It was the ghost! Dont be silly! said
Mrs Otis.

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 Activity Pages
1 Circle the correct words to tell the story.

1 Sir Simon killed his brother / wife.

2 The brothers / sisters of Sir Simons wife
chained him to a wall.
3 He died of hunger / anger.
4 The Otis family were / werent afraid
of the ghost.
5 Sir Simon was a happy / an unhappy ghost.
6 Virginia helped / didnt help the ghost.
7 Virginia went with the ghost to find the
Angel of Death / Lady Canterville.
8 Sir Simon helped Mr Otis / Virginia to
learn about love and death.

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 2 Look at the poem on page 11.
Colour the words that are in the poem.

ghost jump businessman

house morning

ill shouting

behind years

see wind

night wife

find sheet

3 Now use the words to fill the gaps in

the poem.
ghost
I am the _____________ of Canterville
Ill make you _____________ or make you _____________.
For 300 _____________ Ive been around
_____________ and clanking on the ground.
So be careful and dont look _____________
You never know what you could _____________!

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