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!

Gravel, a short story by Alice Munro

Glossary from Munro's Gravel
Discussion questions

Infinitive versus -ing exercises

 Infinitive or -ing? Complete the drill

Infinitive or -ing? Check your answers

Further Practice

Career Builder Test

 

Take this test to find out the career that fits you best!

Hustle Culture: Reading and Watching

 

The Double-Edged Sword of Hustle Culture

Reading Comprehension Questions with KEY

Less Grind More Chill_Comprehension Questions with KEY

SELF-CARE DIALOGUE

Continuous Assessment and Final Assessment

Continuous assessment and final assessment

The Tell-Tale Heart, by Edgard Allan Poe

 

The Tell-Tale Heart short story

Listen to The Tell-Tale Heart

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!

Vincent Malloy's gapped transcript

Vincent Malloy Short Horror Film

Vincent Malloy's complete script