A  Summer’s Reading                                                   Work Page 1 – Vocabulary        Name: _______________________                 

 A. Fill in the correct prepositions

1-      He left ________ an impulse

2-      He stayed _________ the streets but _____ his room most of the day.

3-      I have run _____    ______ milk so you can’t have a proper milkshake.

4-      Are you looking ________ a job? Please look __________ my little girl in the afternoons.

5-      I am really looking _______________    ________  meeting him!

6-      Let’s put these things ___________ for future use. I can’t put ______   ________ with this big mess.

7-      You should be ashamed _____________ yourself, stop getting ____ my nerves

8-      His flat was ____________  the butcher store.

B.  Word Families

 1-immigrant – When did they ____________________ to the States?   -  New Israeli _______________ have “rights” for 3 years.  -  A successful  __________________ depends on so many factors. - The opposite of immigrate is ____________________.  

2-impulse- Teenagers are very__ _____________ and often behave ___________________.

                     Everything  George did was on an _______________

3-resemble - Although George _______________ Sophie physically, there was little ____________ in their characters.

4-patient -  ___________________ is the first word in Hebrew that immigrants learn in this   country. If they show their _____________________ and don’t wait __________    they will be in trouble.  

 Are you _________________ and calm and considerate ?

5-consider – He sometimes _________________ going back to school but he didn’t really  give the matter enough _________________ . When he felt like it, he was   ________________     and helped Sophie  take care of the house.

6-shame  - He was ________________ to admit  that he wasn’t  successful . His ________    caused  him a lot of unhappiness

7-respect – George wanted people to be _____________   of him , although he didn’t make  any effort   to earn their ____________.

8-embarrass- I  felt so ____________________ when  he yelled at me.  His bad behavior caused a  great deal of _______________   Can you think of an ________________ event where you were involved?

9-hesitation – She wasn’t sure of the answer so she ___________ for a while before giving   her  answer . Is she always so    ___________  ? Her _______________ is    not caused  by  a lack of knowledge.

10-approve-  Suddenly everyone in the neighborhood _________________ of him.  Mr. Cattanzara’s ____________________ was very important to him.

11-appreciate- The neighborhood _______________________ education.  How can you show a pupil your _________________  ?

 

Nowhere Man by the Beatles

He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere man please listen
You don't know what you're missing
Nowhere man, The world is at your command

He's as blind as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
Nowhere man, can you see me at all
Nowhere man don't worry
Take your time, don't hurry
Leave it all till somebody else
Lends you a hand
Ah, la, la, la, la

Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?
Nowhere man please listen
You don't know what you're missing
Nowhere man, The world is at your command
Ah, la, la, la, la

He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

 

 

 

A  Summer’s Reading                                           Online Cloze Exercise

A Summer's Reading – Part 1

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

George who was nearly 20, had  high school at the age  16, and although he had  [?] back to school, he had not managed to do so. He was quite   himself, but he felt the teachers had not  him and he didn’t like to  told what to do . He lived in a  flat above a  store in a poor district with his father and his sister Sophie, who  him in appearance .  his father worked in a fish market and Sophie worked in a cafeteria in the Bronx, they were poor.
In the morning he had  special to do, so he sometimes  the floors or listened to the ball games on the radio and read old  that Sophie had brought home. But he stopped  them when they got  his nerves.
In the evening , George walked to a park outside his ., There he enjoyed the feeling of , peace and quiet. He was  with his life but when sitting on a bench in the park, he could think of a  life for himself, and a much  future. Surrounded by  flowers and  trees, he dreamed of a  house with a porch, some  in his pockets and a girl to go with. He wanted many things, but most of all he wanted people to  him.

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 A  Summer’s Reading                                      Work Page 2 – HOTS Questions          Name: _____________________

Part 1:

a) What can we learn about George’s relationship with his father?

 Explain which HOTS you have used in order to answer the question and why. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b) What do you think will happen to George? Base your answer on information you found in part 1. Explain which HOTS you have used in order to answer the question and why.

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c) How do Sophie and George relate to reading? Explain which HOTS you have used and why. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Part 2

1) In pairs make list of adjectives that describe Mr. Cattanzara and a 2^nd list for his wife

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 2) How are they similar / different? Which HOTS did you use to analyze them?

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3) George said, “ I’m reading a lot to pick up my education.” – What does he mean? What is education in George’s opinion? Do you agree with him?  _________________________________________________________________________________________

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4) Why did George tell Mr. Cattanzara that he was reading? Explain. Which HOTS did you use?  _________________________________________________________________________________________

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5) Mr. Cattanzara looked interested. – Why do you think he was interested? Which HOTS did you use in order to answer the question?  _________________________________________________________________________________________

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6) Do you think George will begin reading? Yes / No? Justify your answer with evidence from the text. Which HOTS did you use in order to answer the question?  _________________________________________________________________________________________

A  Summer’s Reading                                           Online Cloze Exercise

A Summer's Reading - Cloze 2

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

 

Mr. Cattanzara was a man who worked in a  on an IRT  .Though often , Mr. C. looked sober  for his  walk and his wet eyes. Mr. C was different from the other  . He read the New York Times every evening from the  to its end. Mrs. Cattanzara,  the other hand, was described as a fat and  woman who didn't do  but watch her husband read the newspaper. 
When Mr. Cattanzara asked George how he spent his summer, George felt . To earn Mr. C.’s  , George told him that he had decided to pick up his  and that he had begun to read books. Mr. C whistled  his teeth when George said that he had decided to read about one  books that summer and suggested that they might  the  about them one of these days.
As time went on, George realized that Mr C.had  the rumor of his reading because many people in the neighborhood smiled kindly at him. His sister Sophie was so proud that she gave him a  a week.
George enjoyed  around the neighborhood as he could tell that the shopkeepers had begun to  him highly.

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A  Summer’s Reading                                      Work Page 3 – Vocabulary         Name: _____________________                                           

A. Complete the sentences

1. Mr. Cattanzara was a _______________________________ man who worked in a _______________________ at an_____  ________________ .Though often drunk, Mr. C. looked  ___________________ except  for his ___________________ ,   his __________________ and that his eyes ________________.  Mr. C was different  ________________________ . He _________________________ and he _____________________________.

2. To earn  Mr. C.’s  respect , George tells him that he __________________       to___________________________

3.  Mr. C whistled through his teeth to show______________________ when George said _________________ __________________________ that Summer  .  

4.   The shoemaker spread the rumor___________________________________________ so Sophie was so proud  that she gave ___________________________________________________.

5. George enjoyed __________________________________ as he walked as ___________  as a king and he even skipped ________________________________at night.

6.  Although George met Mr.C., he didn’t ask George about __________________________________ but his silence    ___________________________________.

 

B. Word Families

1. Desert:   1- The street was ____________

                      2- The soldier ____________ his post.

                     3- ______________ in time of war is punishable by death.

                    4- He ________________ his wife and children and went abroad.

2. Recognize: 1- George _________________ from his walk that Mr. C. was drunk.

                           2-George’s ________________ that lies will not get him far, help bring about an inner change in him.           

3. Relief:          1-George was _______________ that Mr.C didn’t see him.

                           2- Acamol __________ pain.

                          3- It was a great _____________ to find the children safe and sound.

                         4- ______________ was sent to the people made homeless by the floods.

4.  Vary:          1-There were ____________ reasons for the change in George.

                         2-His night walks __________________ picked him up.

                         3-There was a wide ________________ of flowers in the shop.

                         4-This melody is a _____________ of a well known song.

5. Death:         1-George’s mother had  ___________ . Did her ___________ affect him ?

                         2- She has been ___________ for quite a while now.

                         3-This is a __________ drug.

A  Summer’s Reading                        Work Page 4 – parts 2+ 3                           Name: _____________________

A. Review part 2

Complete the following “Cause and Effect” sentences.

1.    Mr. Cattanzara was smart and knew a lot because __________________________________________

2.    George liked Mr. C. because ____________________________________________________________

3.    When talking to Mr. C., George was ashamed about being unemployed so _______________________

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4.    George began to feel better about himself because __________________________________________

5.     George avoided Mr. C. so ______________________________________________________________

B. Part 3:

Read p. 41 and correct the false sentences.

1. George told Sophie he wasn't reading the library books.                   True / False

2. Sophie gave George money because she felt sorry for him.               True / False

3. George was happy to see Mr. D. that evening.                                     True / False

4. Mr. C. acted very proud of George.                                                         True / False

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C. Answer the following questions based on pp. 41-43

a. What does Mr. C. ask George when he meets him in the street?

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b. How does George respond to his questions?

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c. What does Sophie tell George?

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d. What effect do her words have on George?

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e.  Mr. C. is referred to in two other ways in part 3. What are they?

     1) _______________________________________                  2) ___________________________________

f.  Did George read the books in the end?

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A  Summer’s Reading                                           Online Cloze Exercise

A Summer's Reading - Cloze 3

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Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

For a few weeks Mr. Cattanzara asked no questions but his silence made George a little . For a while George didn't pass in front of Mr. Cattanzara's house any more, until one night, forgetting himself, he  it from a different  than he usually did when he did. It was already  midnight. The street,  for one or two people, was , and George was surprised when he saw Mr. Cattanzara still reading his newspaper. His  was to stop at the stoop and talk to him, but the more he thought about it, the more the idea  him, and he decided he'd  not. He even   it home by another street, but he was too near Mr. Cattanzara, and the change maker might see him as he ran, and get . So George  crossed the street, trying to make it seem as if he had to look in a store window on the other side. He feared Mr. Cattanzara would  from his paper and call him a dirty rat for walking on the other side of the street, but all he did was sit there,  through his undershirt, his  head shining in the  light as he read his Times, and upstairs his fat wife  out of the window, seeming to read the paper along with him. 
George made up his mind to stay away from the change maker until he had got some of his softback books read, but when he started them and saw they were mostly story books, he lost his interest and didn't  to finish them. He lost his interest in reading other things too. Sophie's magazines and newspapers went . She saw them  up on a chair in his room and asked why he was no longer looking at them, and George told her it was because of all the other reading he had to do. Sophie said she had guessed that was it. So for most of the day, George had the radio on, turning to music when he was sick of the human voice. He kept the house  neat, and Sophie said nothing on the days when he  it. She was still kind and gave him his extra buck, though things weren't so good for him as they had been before. 
But they were good enough, considering. Also his night walks  picked him up, no matter how bad the day was. Then one night George saw Mr. Cattanzara coming down the street towards him. George was about to turn and run but he recognized from Mr. Cattanzara's walk that he was drunk, and if so, probably he would not even  to notice him. So George kept on walking straight ahead until he came  of Mr. Cattanzara and though he felt  up enough to pop into the sky, he was not surprised when Mr. Cattanzara passed him without a word, walking slowly, his face and body still. George drew a  in relief at his narrow , when he heard his name called, and there stood Mr. Cattanzara at his elbow, smelling like the inside of a beer . His eyes were sad as he gazed at George, and George felt so uncomfortable he was tempted to  the drunk aside and continue on his walk. 

 

A  Summer’s Reading                           Work Page 5 – Analysis                           Name: _____________________

A. Answer the following questions

a) Compare the weather to George's mood.

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b) Why did George go to the park finally?

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c) What is the park a metaphor for?

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d) What is the neighbourhood a metaphor for?

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B. Using the thinking skill of uncovering motives, fill in the following chart:

MOTIVE	EVENT
1.	Mr. C. gave George a nickel for a lemon ice.
2.	George didn't want to talk to Mr. C.
3.	George stayed in his room and didn't come out for a week.
4.	George went to the library and began  to read

 

C. Answer the following questions using the different HOTS to do so   

1. What did Mr. C. mean when he said on p.42, "George, don't do what I did."

    What thinking skill helped you to answer this question? Explain and use examples.

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2. George went to the library in the fall (p.43 line 29), yet the title of the story is "A Summer's Reading," Can you explain this? What thinking skill helped you to answer this question? Explain.

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A  Summer’s Reading            Work Page 6 – Bridging Text and Context                 Name: _________________

Bernard Malamud   adapted from the Encyclopædia Britannica

Bernard Malamud,  (born April 26, 1914, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died March 18, 1986, New York, N.Y.), American novelist and short-story writer who made parables out of Jewish immigrant life.

Malamud’s parents were Russian Jews who had fled tsarist Russia. He was born in Brooklyn, where his father owned a small grocery store. The family was poor. Malamud’s mother died when he was 15 years old, and he was unhappy when his father remarried. He early on assumed responsibility for his handicapped brother.  Malamud was educated at the City College of New York (B.A., 1936) and Columbia University (M.A., 1942). He taught at high schools in New York City (1940–49), at Oregon State University (1949–61), and at Bennington College in Vermont (1961–66, 1968–86).

Malamud’s genius is most apparent in his short stories.  His stories are told in the language of  their immigrant characters. He often uses  emotional and metaphorical language. The people are portrayed as ordinary, hardworking who are used to self-sacrifice but also experience love and human relationships.

A. Read the above text and answer the following questions

1. What do you learn about Malamud’s early life?

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2. Where did his parents come from?

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3. What is the connection between Malamud’s personal life and the story “A Summer’s Reading”?

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B. Read the following quote and answer the question below

Bernard Malamud once said: “A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.” Explain how this statement is relevant to “A Summer’s Reading. Support your answer with examples from the story. Write 80-100 words.

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A  Summer’s Reading            Work Page 7 – Post Reading Task                 Name: _________________

 

A. Choose one of the following and create the dialogue between the two characters.

1.        George’s dead mother comes to George in a dream. What do she and George talk about? What does his mother want from George? What does George have to say to his mom?

2.        George wants to leave school but the school principal wants George to stay.  What can the principal say to convince George to stay in school?

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B. Choose one of the following and write a paragraph.

1.    George is 40 years old today. Describe his life today. Where does he live? Who does he live with? What does he do for a living? Is he happy? What is his relationship with his family/Mr. Cattanzara? What is the connection between his past and present life? How did his past affect his present day life?

2.        You are a psychologist and George has come to you for help. What advice would you give him?

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