Deir el Asad Comprehensive School

A SUMMER’S READING

By BERNARD MALAMUD

Submitted by:malak samer taha 

Submitted to: Amira Asadi

subject :post reading activity 

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table of contents :             

Video about the story …………….4

compareing ……………………….6

post reading: 

letter to Mr.Cattanzara………….8

     conversation ………………………..10

Look back at your answers to exercise on page 32 .compare your goals to george . erethey they similar or different ? what other goals would you add to the list ?

My goals differs from George’s goals. While his goal during the story was to buy a car, have money, work, and a girl to love, or in other words it was the American Dream, my goals are: first, to succeed in high school, get excellent high degrees in the university. Second, to have a suitable and comfortable work in the society, also, to be special in the field I’ll be in, follows that to get respect and honor from people around me. Lastly, which is completely different from George’s goals, that I don’t look for love relationship and money, but for a successful happy life.

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Write a letter from George to Mr. Cattanzara ten years after the story ends?

Dear, Mr. cattanzara

Hi how are you ? I want to thank you for everything you did for me the lemon ice ,the money that you gave me and the most important when you say :”dont do what I did “This sentence changed my life for the better, and I didn’t lose my chance in the life to live a successful and beautiful life becaues now I have a good work ,people treat me with respect because I became an intellectual person after I startaed reading that day.  And how much i thank you I won’t be able to give you back your kindness that has changed my life

 By : George

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George an Mr. Cattanzara  meet ten years later. Write their conversation. act out the scene with a partner

George: Mr.Cattanzara!!

Mr.Cattanzara:how are you?

George:how are you Mr.Cattanzara ? I am George.

Mr.Cattanzara:oh my God?!George !you have changed so much, you has become a young man

George:hahahaha

Mr.Cattanzara:how are you my little son? What do you do in this days ?

George:I am working in a radio football games station.

Mr.Cattanzara:oh very good .what about your emotional life ?Are you get married?

George:yes and I have two boy

Mr.Cattanzara:Really, you are the boy who was taking money to buy lemon ice… and now you have children.

George:oh , I forgat to thank you for everything you have did for me .

Mr.Cattanzara:No! I don’t need from you to say thank you, because I put my life away without doing anything and I didn’t want for this thing will happen for you

George:you are really good person .

Mr.Cattanzara:thank you 

George:oh!! I have been lateto work, i must to go right now 

Mr.Cattanzara:ok ,good bye 

George:good bye

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