a summer's reading
A summer's reading
Part 2
Everything we know about Mr. Cattenzara
- He has a "sick" wife
- He is a stocky and bold headed man
- He reads the NY times (which means he is more educated than others)
- He sometimes get drunk
- He asks different kind of questions
- He gave George money to buy lemon ice when he was a little child
The meeting between George and Mr. Cattenzara
- George felt embarrassed because Mr. Cattenzara asked what he was doing. George answered "I'm waiting for a job" passively and he also lied and said " I'm reading a lot to pick up my education"
- Mr. Cattenzara was impressed by what George told him and suggests that they will meet and talk about the books
After the meeting with Mr. Cattenzara:
- George did nothing different than usual
- People from the neighborhood started to respect George because they think that he is reading a lot
- George feels much better in the neighborhood so sometimes he even skips the park
Vocabulary
Uncomfortable – I feel uncomfortable because of this lesson
Part 3
The meeting between Mr. Cattenzara to George
- George tried to avoid Mr. Cattenzara
- One night Mr Cattenzara came home drunk, George met him
- George felt uneasy, embarrassed, uncomfortable
- Mr. Cattenzara gives George money to buy lemon ice
- George says that he is too old for that and mr. Cattenzara says that he is not
- Mr. Cattenzara asks George about the books
- Mr. Cattenzara left saying "don’t do what I did"
- George doesn’t leave his room because he felt ashamed
Literature book page 21 questions
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He felt ashamed
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Like he was a child
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So bad that he couldn’t leave his room
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He wouldn’t leave his room
Work page
Page 1
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where? New York. when? When the dollar droped
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George: he quit school and wander around at night
George's father: he work in a fish shop and he is shy
Sophie: she is George's sister and she brought George money when she thought that he was reading
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He cleaned the house, listened to the radio and read magazines
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A girlfriend, money and a nice house
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- Quit
- Impulse
- Respect
- Ashamed
- Poor
- New immigrants
- Clean
- Magazines
- Wandered
- Park
- Flowers
- Neighborhood
Page 2
Part 2
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He worked as a change maker
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He read the new York times
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She was gazing Mr. Cattenzara
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Occasionally he got drunk
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That he is reading around 100 books
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- Drunk
- Hesitated
- urge
part 3
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He felt good
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He felt uneasy, uncomfortable and breaking from the inside
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He felt embarrassed
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He went to his room and refused to get out
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They treated him with even more respect because they thought that he finished reading
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He goes to the library, counts 100 books and sits down to read
Page 3
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Mr. Cattenzara gets drunk and George goes to the park
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1 that George was reading 100 books
2 that George finished reading the books
Because he wanted to show George how people will treat him if he was educated
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Because Mr. Cattenzara lives in a bad neighborhood and has a bad life
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Literal: He works in a change booth
Symbolic: He also make a change in George's life