1. ENGLISH
4
WRITING
AN
OLD
STORY
A
TALE
OF
LOVE
AND
DARKNESS
AMOS
OZ,
Vintage
Focus
:
I
can
write
an
old
story.
I
can
put
facts
and
activities
in
the
correct
form.
(regular
and
irregular
forms
of
simple
past)
I
can
link
my
ideas
and
write
more
complicated
sentences.
I
can
use
appropriate
linking
words
referring
to
people,
things,
place,
time
etc.
(who,
which,
that,
when,
where
etc.)
TASK
1
p.
23
When
I
(1
be)
………………..
about
six
there
(2
be)
………………..a
great
day
in
my
life
:
Father
(3
clear)
………………..
a
small
space
for
me
in
one
of
his
bookcases
and
(4
let)
………………..
me
(5
put)
………………..
my
own
books
there.
To
be
precise,
he
(6
grant)
………………..
me
about
a
quarter
of
the
length
of
the
bottommost
shelf.
I
(7
hug)
………………..
all
my
books,
which
up
to
then
(8
lie)
………………..
on
a
stool
by
the
side
of
my
bed,
(9
carry)
………………..
them
in
my
arms
to
Father’s
bookcase,
and
(10
stand)
………………..
them
up
in
the
proper
way,
with
their
backs
(11
turn)
………………..
to
the
world
outside
and
their
faces
to
the
wall.
It
was
an
initiation
rite,
a
coming
of
age
:
anyone
(12
=
linking
word)
___________________
books
are
standing
upright
is
no
longer
a
child,
he
is
a
man.
TASK
2
p.
25
Throughout
the
years
of
the
World
War
there
(1
hang)
………………..
on
the
wall
in
the
passage
a
large
map
of
the
theatres
of
war
in
Europe,
with
pins
and
different-­‐coloured
flags.
Every
day
or
two
Father
(2
move)
………………..
them
in
accordance
with
the
news
on
the
wireless.
And
I
(3
construct)
………………..
a
private,
parallel
reality
:
I
(4
spread
out)
………………..
on
the
rush
mat1
my
own
theatre
of
war,
my
virtual
reality
(…)
I
was
a
child
(5=
linking
word)
__________
(6
fascinate)
………………..
by
history.
I
(7
attempt)
………………..
to
rectify
the
errors
of
the
commanders
of
the
past.
I
(8
re-­‐fight)
………………..
the
great
Jewish
revolt
against
the
Romans,
(…)
(9
bring)
………………..
Bar
Kochba’s
troops
to
the
walls
of
Rome
(…)
and
(10
plant)
………………..
the
Hebrew
flag
on
top
of
the
Capitol.
To
this
end
I
(11
transfer)
………………..
the
British
army’s
Jewish
Brigade
to
the
first
century
AD
(…),
and
(12
revel2)
………………..
in
the
devastation
that
a
couple
of
machine
guns
(13
can)
………………..
inflict
on
the
splendid
legions
of
the
accursed
Hadrian
and
Titus.
rush
mat
:
mat
made
of
seagrass
revel
:
enjoy
TASK
3
p.
27
Once,
when
I
was
about
nine,
an
elderly
uncle
by
the
name
of
Nehemiah
(1
teach)
………………..
me
a
French
proverb,
‘In
love
as
in
war’.
I
(2
know)
………………..
nothing
at
that
time
about
love,
except
for
the
obscure
connection
in
the
Edison
Cinema
between
love
and
dead
Indians.
But
from
what
Uncle
Nehemiah
(3
say)
………………..
I
(4
draw)
………………..
the
inference
(ˈɪn.fər.əns) that
it
was
best
not
to
hurry.
(…)
I
am
not
like
him.
I’m
very
fond
of
change,
encounters,
travel.
But
I
was
fond
of
Uncle
Nehemiah
too.
Not
long
ago
I
(5
look
for)
………………..
him,
without
success,
in
Givat
Shaul
Cemetery.
The
cemetery
(6
grow)
………………...;
soon
it’ll
reach
the
edge
of
Lake
Beit
Neqofa
(…).
I
(7
sit)
………………..
on
a
bench
for
half
an
hour
or
so;
in
the
cypress
trees
a
stubborn
wasp
(8
hum)
………………..
and
a
bird
(9
repeat)
………………..
the
same
phrase
five
or
six
times,
but
all
I
could
see
was
gravestones,
trees,
hills
and
clouds.