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Jerry Gale and his “jack-o’-

lantern”

Martín Vicente Lozano3º semi-presencialGrupo 3A – login: mviclo Based in a Carmen Vicente’s taleIllustrated by Carmen Vicente Andrade

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Main characters and picture dictionary

Jerry Gale

Teenage boy

Boy

Grandma / grandmother

The girl

Witch

They are

married

Candle

Jerry working in his office

“jack-o’-lantern”

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1. Some questions before reading:

1. Is this a scary tale?2. Does Jerry Gale like to go to his grandmother’s

house in Halloween?3. Was he happy in his childhood?4. Was he a brave boy?5. Say five words you know related with Halloween

2. Complete the incomplete words with the correct letter:

1. He always _oes to his _randmother’s house 2. He likes _oing to…3. His _randma is a _ood woman4. It is a “_ack-o’-lantern” with horrible eyes, a bi_

mouth…5. A Halloween _oke that makes the _irl and _erry

laugh

Jerry Gale always goes to his grandmother’s house in Halloween.

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He likes going to his grandmother’s house, because they have dinner and hold a party.

What is Jerry doing?• walking• swimming• running

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His grandma is a good woman.

She is so good with everyone!

Every year, Grandma gives Jerry money and presents.

She gives him lots of lovetoo; something he neverwill forget about his childhood.

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But now, Jerry Gale is a teenage

boy, and he is very bored in his grandsmother’s

house.

She is in the garden with her

cat Benjamin, and she has

decided to make a good dinner.

A very gooddinner for Jerry!

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In the table there are chicken legs, fried eggs, juice…

And there arejelly beans and bagels too.

Grandma always has a lot of sweets, but Jerry doesn’t like it because they have a lot of sugar.

Find in the picture all the underlined words.

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It is a “jack-o’-lantern”

with horrible eyes, a big

mouth and a little nose.

The pumpkin is illuminated

with a little candle.

At night, Jerry’s Grandma gives him a gift.

It is a strange present.

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Jerry says:

-Oh! … Great!-What a beautifulpumpkin!

But he lyes because he hates “jack-o’-lanterns”Is Jerry happy with

the pumpkin?, Why?

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When he is in bed, there is a noise down the stairs.

The noise wakes him up. It is midnight.

- What ‘s wrong? What’s happening here?- I can’t sleep! - he shouts…

But no one hear him.

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He goes to the first floor down the stairs, but when he is there he doesn’t hear anything.

- Hello? Is there someone there? There ‘s no light here!

And he thinks in something brightly: the “jack-o’-lantern”!

He had forgotten the pumpkin with the little candle.

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When he has the “jack-o’-lantern”,

he uses a lighter to light the candle

inside the pumpkin.

Then, he takes the brightly pumpkin

to the door.One of these objects is not used to produce light. What is it?• a candle• a lantern• a candy

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There is someone or something strange there.

Something strange that he thinks at firstthat it can be a ghost! … or a witch!

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Jerry hids himself behind the door. He looks outside and says:

-Get out! … But the strange shadow is still there, waiting.

Then, he opens the door.

At the door, there is a girl wearing a witch dress and a witch hat.

Can you describe a witch?

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But Jerry is not scared,

because he likes the girl

and he discovers that

it is only a Halloween

joke!

A halloween joke that

makes the girl and Jerry starting to laugh.

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They fall in love from the very beginning…

Yes, they are married today because they love each

other since that night.

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Since that night, he takes his orange “jack-o’-lantern”, everywhere.

He is alwayshappy takinghis orange pumpkin.It’s so strange for many people!

What do you think it is the age of Jerry now?

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But he doesn’t mind.

Jerry will always take his “jack-

o’-lantern” with him because he

loooves it

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Now, he is twenty eight years old.

He is working in his office, with his pumpkin on the table, and someone asks him:

Why do you have a “jack-o’-lantern”in your table?

What is your favourite job?

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It’s always the same question. He knows it.

But Jerry always

answers:

-It is a great story about

my great childhood

and my great love…

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1. Some questions after reading:

1. Where did Jerry Gale go to hold a party in Halloween?

2. Why did he wake up?3. Why was Jerry Gale scared at first?4. Who or what was at the door?5. Is Jerry Gale a happy man now? Why?

2. Find 10 words from the story, in all vertical and horizontal directions:

P S C A R E DU G I R L L LM R T S E D AP A E N G N UK N R U S A GI D W I T C HN M A K E S RL A N T E R N

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3. Write in your notebook the next sentences in the right order:

1. His grandma is a woman good.2. And are there beans jelly and too bagels.3. He opens then the door.4. Now, he is old twenty eight years.5. But the shadow strange is there waiting still.

4. Answer the next questions:

1. Do you think that Jerry Gale has got any children?2. Do you think that he and his wife hold Halloween

yet?3. What would happen if you wake up in a similar

situation?4. Do you think that the girl could be really a witch?5. Why do you think he thinks about his childhood?