To finish this term and just before Christmas, we are going to read a tale of Oscar Wilde.
This story will let us not only think about selfishness and goodness (therefore being a conclusion for Unit 2 on Friendship), but it will be also an approach to an excellent irish writer through one of his best texts and a good opportunity to improve your vocabulary. While reading it, you must answer the provided questions in the work sheets.
You can write, in this blog, a brief opinion of this story as an optative task to get better marks.
Here is a description from the tale. You will have to draw a picture from it:
"Then the Spring came, and all over the country there were little blossoms and little birds. Only in the garden of the Selfish Giant it was still winter. The birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children, and the trees forgot to blossom. Once a beautiful flower put its head out from the grass, but when it saw the notice-board it was so sorry for the children that it slipped back into the ground again, and went off to sleep. The only people who were pleased were the Snow and the Frost. “Spring has forgotten this garden,” they cried, “so we will live here all the year round.” The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak, and the Frost painted all the trees silver. Then they invited the North Wind to stay with them, and he came. He was wrapped in furs, and he roared all day about the garden, and blew the chimney-pots down. “This is a delightful spot,” he said, “we must ask the Hail on a visit.” So the Hail came. Every day for three hours he rattled on the roof of the castle till he broke most of the slates, and then he ran round and round the garden as fast as he could go. He was dressed in grey, and his breath was like ice".
This picture is called 'The Massacre of the Innocents' and it belongs to the painter G. Leytens(1586-1643) also known as the Master of Winter Landscapes.
6 comentarios:
A wonderful and very moving story. Like most of the tales written by Oscar Wilde. By the way, Leytens is an amazing painter. Trees in winter... a real pleasure!
I believe that it is a delightful story, maybe my students don't like it.I don't Know, but it is a great opportunity to read something better than the texts they use to read.
I had never seen any of Leytens' pictures.Internet is a perfect resource to discover these weird authors.
This is an unexpected way to improve our English ;-)
Hi¡
My opinion of the book is that it's a very good story and it's very well written. Osacar Wilde it's a very good author, probably one of the best authors i know. But i think this story is more for children younger than us.
Lydia.C.
Hi¡
My opinion about the book is that it's a really good story and it's very well written. Oscar Wilde is a very good author, probably one of the best ones that i know. But i think this story is better for children younger than us.
See you in class,
Lydia.C.
You´re right. Maybe it is a children story, but I thought it was perfect for two reasons:
-it´s about the second unit: frienship and others relationships.
-it worths reading it for Cristmas time.
Although it seems quite easy, it has a very literary language and many new
words.
Anyway,thanks for your comment, I did not have the time to ask you to comment here the other day.
I am sandra ordoñez.
I think you chose quite well this story because it is about christmas and it fits quite well the main topic of unit 2.
I.think the story shows how love and friendship can change someone into a better person, and not only that, but shows how selfish one person could be, how all your bad acts are punished and how everything can be solved with good acts.
I really enjoyed the reading!!!!! Goodbye.
Sandra ordoñez
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