TRIVIA GAME

Files: past simple of 'be'; the plural; some and any; prepositions on-in-at; time and date; possessive adjectives; describing people; the seasons.
Internet Project: Edgar Allan Poe, life and work.

Team A
File
Write in the past and use the singular: 'There are some shelves in the rooms'
General Knowlege
What's the season in which we celebrate Halloween? (BrE and AmE)
Internet Project
What's the black cat's name?
a) Pluto b) Bruto c) Luto
Team B
File
Complete with a preposition: The party is ..... November, ..... Friday, ...... 6 o'clock.
General Knowlege
Which national team does Messi play for?
Internet Project
Where and when was Edgar Allan Poe born?
a) New York, 5th October 1849 b) Boston, 19th January 1809 c) London, 19th January 1819
Team A
File
Complete with a possessive adjective: What's your brother's name? ..... name is Brais.
General Knowledge
Which are the spring months?
Internet Project
Apart from being a writer, what was Edgar Allan Poe's job?
a) captain in the Army b) barman c) journalist
Team B
File
Put into the interrogative form: There were some pencils in the bag.
General knowledge
What time is 'tea time'?
Internet Project
The Simpsons based an episode on a poem by Allan Poe, What's the title of the poem?
a) The Craw b) The Raven c) The Sparrow
Team A
File
Complete the description: The man is short and ....., he is about ..... and he's wearing a...... and .....
General Knowledge
Say in which film you can dance 'La vida loca'
Internet Project
What colour is the bug in the tale by Poe?
a) gold b) silver c) black
Team B
File
Complete with a possessive adjective: John and Ann have a new car. This is ....... new car!
General Knowledge
What's Hanna Montana's real name?
Internet Project
The Tell-tale Heart: what's the old man's part of the body which the writer hates?
a) his teeth b) his heart c) his eye
Team A
File
Correct the sentence: I born in August 28th at a half past three on the morning.
General Knowledge
Who sings "You can stand under my umbrella"?
Internet Project
What is 'Amontillado' in Poe's tale?
a) a barrel b) a wine c) a cave
Team B
File
What time is it? 12.00 and 24.00
General knowledge
What is 'The Union Jack'?
Internet Project
How many tales and novels did Edgar Allan Poe write?
a) 67 tales and one novel b) 67 novels and 10 tales c) 67 tales and no novels

THE RAVEN by the Simpsons

THE RAVEN by The Simpsons. Based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered,

weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of

forgotten lore

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there

came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my

chamber door

"Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my

chamber door

Only this and nothing more."

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak

December;

And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost

upon the floor.

Eagerly I wished the morrow;-vainly I had sought

to borrow

From my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for

the lost Lenore

For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels

name Lenore

Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each

purple curtain

Thrilled me-filled me with fantastic terrors

never felt before;

So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I

stood repeating

''Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my

chamber door

This it is and nothing more.

" Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no

longer,

"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness

I implore;

But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you

came rapping,

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my

chamber door,

That I scarce was sure I heard you"-here I

opened wide the door;

Darkness there and nothing more.

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within

me burning,

Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than

before.

"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my

window lattice;

Let me see, then, what thereat is and this mystery

explore

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a

flirt and flutter,

In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days

of yore; Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute

stopped or stayed he;

But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my

chamber door

Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door

Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said,

"art sure no craven,

Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from

the Nightly shore

Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's

Plutonian shore!

" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."

Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed

by an unseen censer

Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the

tufted floor.

"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee-by

these angels he hath sent thee

Respite-respite and nepenthe from thy memories
of Lenore;

Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this

lost Lenore!"

Quoth the Raven "Nevermore,"

"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I

shrieked, upstarting

"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's

Plutonian shore!

Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy

soul hath spoken'

Leave my loneliness unbroken !--quit the bust

above my door!

Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door''

Quoth the Raven "Nevermore,"

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

on the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber
door;
And this eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s
that is dreaming;
And the lamp-light over him streaming throws his
shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies
floating on the floor

shall be lifted-nevermore!

EL GATO NEGRO. RESUMEN

EL GATO NEGRO. RESUMEN

( The Black Cat)

By Camila Lucía Chavez, Paula Sastre, Sivia Daniela Fuentes.

Esta es la horrible historia de un hombre, su mujer y su gato.

Este hombre siempre había sido bueno, respetuoso con la naturaleza y amante de los animales. Estaba casado, quería a su mujer y sentía un especial cariño por su gato, al que llamaban Pluto.

Pluto era un gato grande, negro y muy cariñoso que acompañaba a su amo a todas partes. Pero poco a poco el carácter del hombre fue cambiando por culpa del alcohol. Se enfadaba por todo y se convirtió en un ser cruel. Tan cruel que un día cogió a Pluto y con un objeto punzante le quitó un ojo. Él sabía que su comportamiento era horrible y tenía remordimientos por lo que había hecho, sin embargo hacía maldades por hacer el mal y no lo podía evitar. Otro día irritado por la presencia de su gato negro sin un ojo lo cogió y lo ahorcó. Ese mismo día se incendió su casa y en la única pared que quedó en pié apareció como dibujada la figura negra del gato. Pasaron los días y el hombre pareció recobrar el buen sentido, hasta que encontró a otro gato y se lo llevó a su casa. Este gato también era grande y le faltaba un ojo pero no era totalmente negro: en su pecho tenía una gran mancha blanca. Al principio todo iba bien, pero finalmente comenzó a odiar a este otro gato que tanto le recordaba a Pluto. Al final de la historia, en un ataque de rabia y odio intentó matarlo con un hacha pero su mujer se metió en el medio y el hacha fue a parar a su cabeza matándola. Ocultó el cuerpo en el sótano dentro de una pared de ladrillos. De repente el gato desapareció. Pasaron cuatro días sin saber nada del gato. Pero llegó la policía, quien descubrió el cuerpo emparedado de la mujer ya que tras los ladrillos se oía na voz, un quejido o algo así. Allí, con la mujer, estaba el gran gato negro sin su ojo!

EDGAR ALLAN POE AND THE SIMPSONS: The Raven

By Alex Vila

THE RAVEN (Third episode of the second season belonged to the first of a series of Halloween themed episodes: Treehouse of Horror)

It’s Halloween and Lisa starts reading The Raven, one of the most famous poems by Allan Poe. Bart is the raven, Maggie and Lisa are the seraphims, Marge is the portrait of Lenore and Homer is the poet. NEVER MORE!

EDGAR ALLAN POE AND THE SIMPSONS: The tell-tale head

By Ana Cabido

THE TELL-TALE HEAD. (Eighth episode of the first season)
Bart wants to be popular and he thinks that if he cuts Jebediah Springfield statue’s head the other children will admire him. He cuts the head with a hacksaw and hides it downstairs in the kitchen. Bart starts getting nervous when he sees how angry everybody in his family and in the village is with this event. Bart’s guilty conscience talks to him in the form of Jebediah’s voice. He finally confesses.

EDGAR ALLAN POE AND THE SIMPSONS: Lisa's rival

By Lydia Feijóo

LISA’S RIVAL ( Second episode of the sixth season)
Allison Taylor is a new pupil in Lisa’s class. She is very intelligent and, like Lisa, she can play the saxophone. They become friends but the annual diorama competition is coming and Lisa wants to win. She asks Bart for help and he decides to replace Allison’s diorama of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart. Lisa will feel very guilty.

By Iñigo Simón, Luís Pérez, Maeloc Valdés and Victor Pulido.

Muchos son los escritores que han adoptado el estilo y temática de Poe y muchas las películas, series de televisión y videos que se han inspirado en su obra.
Si queréis un resumen corto de The Telltale Heart y pasar un minuto divertido, haced click en el video y si no funciona haced click aquí:

http://www.vidoemo.com/yvideo.php?8-the-tell-tale-heart=&i=Qkl6OHk2cWuRpMHp2RUk

Otras adaptaciones de The Tell-tale Heart:
· http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8bgra_the-tell-tale-heart_shortfilms
· http://goanimate.com/movie/0BXCMoCVRLm4
. Y no os perdais en el programa de José Mota el episodio del Cansino Histórico.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ePz7k8z2g8