1. The Night the Ghost Got in James Thurber, 1933 (1894-1961)

2. General Questions 1. How many times have you read this story? 2. Retell the story in order of times. 3. What is your impression of the story? 4. Where had the ghost gone? 5. What do you think of the characters? 6. How did they react to the noises? 7. What about the theme (s) of the story? 8. What questions do you have ？

3. The Night the Ghost Got in The title Para 1 1.What information can we get from the title? 2.What do you know about the author? 1.What is it about? 2.Why do I feel sorry? 3.Hullabaloo, advent, etc.

4. The Night the Ghost Got in Para 2 Para 3 1.What is it about? 2.What can we learn about the family? 3.Cadence, faint, rail, creak, trod, etc. 1.What is it about? 2.What can we learn about Herman and I? 3.Tiptoe, hiss, despondent, cease, grip, slam, etc.

5. The Night the Ghost Got in Paras 4-9 Para 10 1.What is it about? 2.So he had heard the steps, too! 3.What can we learn about Mother? 4.What can we learn about the Bodwells? 5.Gruffly, intuitive, flung, wham, froth, heave, etc. 1.What is it about? 2.Mother wouldn’t hear of it. 3.commendably, sedan, streaks of gleam, bound, etc.

6. The Night the Ghost Got in Para 11 Para 12 1.What is it about? 2.What had Mother heard? 3.whoop, carry on, etc. 1.What is it about? 2.I should never have said so. 3.Yank, thump, ransack, zither, guinea pig, strum, etc.

7. The Night the Ghost Got in Para 13 Para 14 1.What is it about? 2.What can we learn about Grandfather? 3.Snap, sprang, intervene, etc. 1.What is it about? 2.Who was shot, and when? 3.flannel, indignant, roar, lily-livered, smack, etc.

8. The Night the Ghost Got in Para 15 Para 16 1.What is it about? 2.What was the “layout”? 3.Distinctly, layout, phony, wispy, mingled, etc. 1.What is it about? 2.… as if I were a slot machine… 3.Lowdown, slot, bandaged, blaspheme, etc.

9. The Night the Ghost Got in Para 17 Para 18 1.What is it about? 2.What else can we learn about Mother? 3.He was such a nice-looking young man. 1.What is it about? 2.What else can we learn about Grandfather? 3.Lowdown, slot, bandaged, blaspheme, etc.

10. Author Biography Plot Summary Characters Themes Style Historical Context Critical Overview Criticism Sources Further Reading http://www.answers.com/topic/the-night-the-ghost-got-in US humorist and cartoonist Ghost  hullabaloo Thurber’s, Bodwells, Police Absurdity, Defiance, etc. folktale (horror), persona, etc. Great Depression, Domestic Comedy Great humor writer, best work David Kelly My Life and Hard Times Further Reading The Night the Ghost Got in

11. Suggestions 1.Preview two texts each weak ； 2.Don’t refer to the notes aside in the first reading. 3.Don’t look up the new words before class.