Wednesday, December 17, 2025

A bit of literature for your holidays


Christmas is here! Just the perfect time for some relaxing reading, right? Here's my proposal for you guys: A short story from one of the greatest Canadian writers: Gravel, by Alice Munro, published in the literary magazine The New Yorker in 2011.
Check out the glossary, with vocabulary you may need to know while reading. And once you finish the story, you will have to start thinking about the discussion questions below, since I'd like to resume our bookclub after our first evaluation session in 2026. And Happy New Year to you all!





Wednesday, October 29, 2025

The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgard Allan Poe

 



Tim Burton's Vincent Malloy, a Short Horror Film

 

Vincent Malloy is a young boy whose dream is to be just like Vincent Price... And who's Vincent Price? Well, he was a famous actor from Hollywood back in the 40s and 50s... but most significantly the voice-over on Michael Jackson's Thriller videoclip. Who can possibly ever forget that eerie rap?

Before watching it, please open the gapped transcript and try to figure out the missing ending words in each verse. You'll see it's just a piece of cake. After that, watch the video to check your guesses. 

Happy Halloween!