Being Bullied Chapter 2
"Right, pack up now please children,children, the bell is going in five minutes,"minutes," the teacher said quietly,quietly, once she had got the class'sclass's attention.attention. There was a scurryingscurrying to put books in the markingmarking box, to place the mathematicsmathematics textbookstextbooks back on the shelfshelves where they belonged,belonged, and to stow pencil cases and rulers back intointo desks.
The bell buzzedbuzzed loudlyloudly in everyone'severyone's ears and the students made their way out to the cloakbaycloakbay to get their lunches.lunches. Everyone,Everyone, that is, except for John. He went straight to the sports box and took out all the paddapadda tennistennis bats and balls for him and his friends. Mrs Brown did not notice him doing this. If she had, she would have made him put them back because you were not allowed to get any sports equipment out of the classroomclassroom until you had finishedfinished your lunch.
When the bell went to signalsignal it was time to play, the sports box was empty.empty. No one dared to complain about John because they knew what would happenhappen next.
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Comprehension Summarise what has happened so far in this narrative. Clarify these words: attention, scurrying, mathematics, textbooks, stow, padda tennis, equipment, signal, complain. Retell what has happened in this chapter. Was your prediction correct? Make inferences about:
What prediction can you made about what might happen next? What question could you ask about this narrative so far? Visualise these uses of descriptive language: a scurrying to put books in the marking box; stow pencil cases and rulers back into desks; the bell buzzed loudly in everyone's ears; the sports box was empty. Make a connection with this chapter. |
Word Study Verb endings: What happens when we add s, ed or ing to: dare, notice, know. Other affixes: What happens when we add prefixes and suffixes like ly, s to these words: quiet, loud, lunch, shelf. What other words can you think of that end in -tion, like attention; -ment like equipment? What two words make up these compound words: textbooks, everyone, cloakbay, classroom. Explain the possessive apostrophe in: everyone's, class's.
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