Jerry Decided to Buy a Gun

by arbel blumenfeld

Artwork: Arbel Blumenfeld

Joined Jan 2019
Published Books 1

Jerry Baldwin was 30 years old. He was the manager of a pizza restaurant. He lived in an apartment about one mile north of the restaurant. He walked to and from work. When it was raining, he took the bus.

Jerry loved gangster movies. When a new one came out, he would go to the theater and watch the new movie three or four times. Then, when it went to video, Jerry would buy the video at Barney’s Video Store. Jerry had a home collection of over 1,000 gangster videos. Old ones, new ones, color, black and white, English, Spanish, Japanese–he loved them all. He could tell you the name of the movie, the director, the stars, and the plot. Did you say you liked “Pulp Fiction”? Well, Jerry would rattle off all the details of that movie. And then he would invite you to his place to watch it some time. He was a nice guy.

Jerry finally decided that he would like to own a gun, just like the gangsters. So, he saved his money for a couple of years. Then he went to a gun store and bought a used .38 caliber revolver for $300. While there, he also bought a couple of boxes of ammunition. The following Saturday morning, he went to the gun club to practice with his new revolver. He was in the club for only 10 minutes when he accidentally dropped his pistol. The gun went off, and the bullet went into Jerry’s right knee.

Jerry now walks with a limp and a cane, just like some gangsters.

https://www.rong-chang.com/qa2/stories/story005.htm

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Jerry Decided to Buy a Gun by arbel blumenfeld - Illustrated by Arbel Blumenfeld - Ourboox.com

Assignment 1 – The comic:

First of all, I will bring an example and then an assignment.

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Mach the following sentences with the comics that follow

– If I’d bought a gun, I’d better go to the gun club to practice with my new gun.

– What a shame I insisted on buying a gun. Now I limp just like gangsters.

– Oh My God! It really hurts! Help me I got a bullet in my knee…

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Assignment 2 – vocabulary + reading comprehension:

The new vocabulary from the text-

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Task 1 – vocabulary:

https://quizlet.com/342787164/flashcards

https://quizlet.com/342787164/match

https://i.imgur.com/gQ71xyx.png – I will introduce the students the words in the word cloud and the students will have to write their own story using the words in the word cloud (they need to write 2 or 3 sentences).

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Task 2 – reading comprehension:

Enter the link and answer the questions inside:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11rqg4PQGQIJiEGb2-ChvCISb9diCGKkEy0ECUjLIXuo/edit

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Task 3:

Find the words that in the warehouse words in bulk.

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Assignment 3 – listening and speaking:

Task 1 – listening:

Enter the link and listen to the recording, answer the questions that in the link, and then read along with the audio recording.

The subject that related to the story: hobbies –

https://www.dailyesl.com/hobbies/baking-goods/

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Task 2 – listening:

Read the questions before watching the video and try to answer them after watching the clip twice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjdmIY04soc

Questions about the video:

What is the key way to find a hobby?

What examples the video shows as examples of hobbies?

Can online communities be supportive and helpful? Yes/ No. Explain why?

What should we always remember? (the answer is at the end of the video).

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Task 3 – speaking:

Hi guys, my name is Ofri and I want to tell you about my special hobby. My hobby is to play tennis. Twice a week I go to a tennis class and play there with my team. I really enjoy tennis and even participate in tennis competitions in Israel. From a very young age, I play tennis and it has always been my favorite hobby. Although playing tennis is my favorite hobby, I have other hobbies like swimming and baking and painting.

I’d love to hear what your favorite hobby is and why? And if you have other hobbies besides your favorite hobby?

To answer the question, go to the attached link and create yourself a character through which you will tell about your hobby.

https://www.voki.com/site/create

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Assignment 4 – dilemma + games:

Task 1 – dilemma:

An online discussion:

Yael is 30. She is married and has four children.

She has been working in high-tech for nearly five years but has already had enough of her work and the late hours when she has to keep working. And in general, she does not like her work at all. The big dream she always had was to be a teacher.

Her mother advised her to retrain because, in the end, she would regret it if she did not try to fulfill her dream and become a teacher.

At first, Yael refused, considering that the salary is significantly different from the salary she is receiving now, but recently her desire to learn to teach has increased and she does not want to miss her big dream.

What do you think Yael should do? Should she continue with her hard work but pay a good salary or pursue her great dream and go to study teaching?

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Task 2 – games:

https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com

Students should enter the link and select the game concentration.

In the game, there is an option to choose content and they have to choose the jobs (this communicates to us what the students dream when they want to be big. Most of their hobby leads them to their dream …)

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