Being Bullied Chapter 4
Tom stood and stared at the boy, lielying with his eyes shut tightlytightly on the cloakbaycloakbay floor. A little dribbledribble of blood was runningrunning from a wound in his hair, down his face, like a daub of face paint.
AnotherAnother boy came out of the classroom.classroom. "Wow, what happenedhappened to John?" he asked,asked, wantingwanting to know why he was on the floor.
"I got so mad with him that I hit him with this school bag," Tom answered,answered, feelingfeeling like he was goinggoing to be in the biggestbiggest troubletrouble ever!
"That isThat's John'sJohn's bag. I wonderwonder what was in it to make it so heavy! I hadI'd betterbetter go and tell Mrs Brown," the other boy said, and went back to the classroom.
His teacher came out and sent a studentstudent to the officeoffice for help. She spoke quietlyquietly to Tom and he answeredanswered all her questionsquestions honestly.honestly. She pickedpicked up John'sJohn's bag and openedopened it to see what was in it. She pulledpulled out two paddapadda tennistennis bats with a strange look on her face.
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Comprehension Summarise what has happened so far in this narrative. Clarify these words: dribble, wound, daub, honestly. Retell how the story ended? Was your prediction correct? Make inferences about:
Predict what you think Mrs Brown might do next and why. What question could you ask about this narrative? Visualise these uses of descriptive language: little dribble of blood; like a daub of face paint; spoke quietly; strange look on her face. Make a connection with this narrative.
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Word Study Verb endings: What happens when we add s, ed or ing to: stare, lie, run. Other affixes: What happens when we add prefixes and suffixes like ly, est to these words: tight, quiet, honest, big. What two words make up these compound words: cloakbay, classroom. What two words are contracted here: that's, I’d. Explain the possessive apostrophe in: John’s.
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