A Summer’s Reading Work Page 1 – Vocabulary Name: _______________________ A. Fill in the correct prepositions1- 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
A Summer’s Reading Online Cloze Exercise A Summer's Reading – Part 1Gap-fill exerciseFill 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. Check Hint
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. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 2nd list for his wife _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) How are they similar / different? Which HOTS did you use to analyze them? _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 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? _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 4) Why did George tell Mr. Cattanzara that he was reading? Explain. Which HOTS did you use? _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) Mr. Cattanzara looked interested. – Why do you think he was interested? Which HOTS did you use in order to answer the question? _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 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.
Check Hint Index => 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 Families1. 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 _______________________ ____________________. 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 ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ C. Answer the following questions based on pp. 41-43 a. What does Mr. C. ask George when he meets him in the street? ______________________________________________________________________________________ b. How does George respond to his questions? ______________________________________________________________________________________ c. What does Sophie tell George? _____________________________________________________________________________________ d. What effect do her words have on George? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ______________________________________________________________________________________ A Summer’s Reading Online Cloze Exercise A Summer's Reading - Cloze 3 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! 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.
A Summer’s Reading Work Page 5 – Analysis Name: _____________________ A. Answer the following questions a) Compare the weather to George's mood. _______________________________________________________________________________________ b) Why did George go to the park finally? ______________________________________________________________________________________ c) What is the park a metaphor for? ______________________________________________________________________________________ d) What is the neighbourhood a metaphor for? ______________________________________________________________________________________
B. Using the thinking skill of uncovering motives, fill in the following chart:
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. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Where did his parents come from? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the connection between Malamud’s personal life and the story “A Summer’s Reading”? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
|