Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
NEXT MORNING, I HAD AN IDEA. IT WAS nothing clear cut, merely speculative,
but I considered it all the way to school. Then, after assembly, as soon as they were
quiet I waded in. This might be a bit rough, I thought, but here goes.
“I am your teacher, and I think it right and proper that I should let you know
something of my plans for this class.”
(i) Who is ‘I’ in the above lines? Where is he? In what mood was he when he entered the class?
(ii) What did the narrator expect from his students at this moment?
(iii) Who entered soon after this? What did she do that made the narrator angry? What
challenge did he give her?
(iv) What was the effect of the challenge on her? What plan did the narrator have in mind regarding the conduct of the young ladies? Whose help did he seek for this?
(v) What did the narrator expect from the boys? What was the reaction of the children when they heard the narrator’s expectations?
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(i)
- Mr. Braithwaite
- Greenslade School – top class
- Serious/ thoughtful/ firm/ determined
(ii) listen to him/ no interruption from his students/ when he was through, the students were
permitted to speak/ they were allowed to ask what they didn’t understand/ show their disapproval if they disagreed with his view point.
(iii)
- Pamela Dare
- came late/ barged into the room in an undignified manner
- Pamela was asked to give a demonstration of the first way of entering a room, in front of the class i.e enter in a controlled and dignified manner.
(iv)
- Angry/ humiliated/ stood up and walked out, quietly closing the door behind her/ re-entered with grace and dignity
- in future the girls must show themselves both worthy and appreciative of the courtesies men will show them/ there were certain things that needed attention
- Mrs. Dale Evans
(v)
- to keep themselves cleaner and tidier/ set a standard in all things for the rest of the school as the younger ones ape them/ be courteous/ give best work
- listened patiently/ showed interest/ quiet/ observant/ few disapproved