Badge of Honour
Written by Sarah Penwarden
School Journal, L4, May 2015
After reading the text, find five interesting words that have been used. Write each word in the first column, followed by their definition (use a dictionary to find these) and use them in a sentence to show that you understand the meaning of each word.
Word | Definition | Sentence (Underline the word) |
Pleasure | A feeling of happiness or enjoyment. | The Bus makes driving in town a pleasure. |
Represent | To be entitled or to be appointed to act or speak for someone. | Sarah's mum Represented her. |
Grin | Smile broadly. | She Grin back at her mum as she walks away. |
Despite | Without being affected by ___ in spite of ____ . | She was a great Leader Despite her Age. |
Shrugged | When you Raise one shoulder slightly and express doubt, ignorance or indifference. | Sarah shrugged her shoulders at her mum when she asked her a question. |
Answer the following questions in full sentences:
- How do you think Tomasi feels about his new position - I don't think he likes it very much because he would probably rather fight than be school captain.
- Why does Fai think Tomasi does not deserve school captain? - because she knows he likes to fight kids after school and he's also in a gang and does Bad things.
- How does the writer show us that Isaac is concerned for Tomasi? - because he told Tomasi to tell the principal to say he was at his house.
- Why do you think Tomasi feels like he has to fight? - because he's in a gang and also he probably feels pressured to fight other kids because his friends say we need you to fight him.
- How does the story tell us how long Isaac and Tomasi have been friends? - It doesn't really but from what i can tell is that they probably haven't been friends for
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