CHEAT!

FORM 2 SHORT
STORY
Notes on Cheat! by Allan Baillie
Author: Allan Baillie
Setting: The story took place in various places of an Australian school (e.g. hall, library,
classroom, corridor, principals office). It set in the modern and educated social background
where people were appreciate talent in writing.

(p.102) how do you create a character from a one-eyed,

dumb red kelpie
From the word kelpie, which is a type of Australian breed dog, we made a guess that the story
took place in Australia.
Step by step guide in understanding the story
Announcement winner for the Holmes Walkins Medal

Lynne opened her eyes and gripped her seat

1.

How was Lynne Webbings feel while she was waiting for the result?

Geoff Bolder and Lynne Webbings both wrote very fine short
stories for the medal Lynne felt her mouth moving
Lynnes story about a sheepdog in a flood was both exciting and
moving. Geoffs story of a circus elephant running loose in
Albert Park
2.

What is Lynnes story about? And what is Geoffs story about?

She made her way to Geoff as he came down from the dais
with the medal and congratulated him. She went home and
everything tasted of cardboard that night
3.
4.

Who won the medal?

How did Lynne feel after the result has announced?
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Lynnes discovery

She read it again. And again. The tips of her ears prickled with
anger He did not write it at all, he just copied it down.
1.

Why did Lynne feel angry?

Please sir, Geoff beat me in the short story competition and I

hate to lose. So I am telling you how he cheated so you can
give the medal to me
2.

What was Lynne thinking to do?

Lynnes explosion of anger

or Bradburie. The words exploded from Lynnes mouth in a

sudden burst of anger.
1.

Why did Lynne suddenly shout Bradburie in the class?

Later Lynne saw that all the Bradburie books had been taken
from the school library
2.
What happens to the Bradburies book in the library?
3.
Who has taken the book?
4.
Why was the book taken?
In the principal office

I read the book. Theres a story there about an elephant

escaping in a park. It is not much like Geoffs story, but Geoff
feels he took the idea from the book without realising it. He
wants me to disqualify him for cheating
What do you think? A story of similar idea but a different story, is it consider cheating?

your story, Lynne, being entirely original, must be

considered a little better
So, is Lynne considered as the winner of the medal now?

She began to wonder where it was that she had read a story
about a sheepdog in a flood.
Why is she doing that?

MY HERO BY WILLIS
HALL
The Notes for My Hero by Willis Hall in
Poetry for Pleasure (Form2 Literature
Component)
When we watched the superhero movies like Spiderman, The Hulk, Ironman, Thor, Xmen, and
many others, we find that no matter how strong the person is, he or she still has weaknesses.
Even a superhero has its weaknesses, we as an ordinary person, of course we do have
weaknesses. In our life, we could be elder brother or sister, could be parents, could be teacher,
and could be leader in a group. There are expectations that we have to show bravery and hide
away our timidness, just as some people might say it, not brave enough? Then act like you are.
This poem explore this issue from a perspective of a child towards the father.

Little Notes for this poem

Poet: Willis Hall

Setting of the Poem: No particular place, but most probably at home
Persona: A child
About the poem: A child is wondering about the bravery of the father.
Tone: Irony and Humourous

Stanza to Stanza Guides

Original Poem

Guides to Understand
the Poem
1. Who is the persona?
2.
How the persona
thinks of the dad?

My Dads as brave as a dad can be,

I rate him Number One,
Hes not afraid of the dead of night,
Or anything under the sun.

Hes not afraid of a late-night film,

Full of horrors on the telly,
And is he afraid of skeletons?
Not Dad, not on your Nelly!

Hes not afraid of meeting ghosts,

Hed even smile and greet em,
And things that scared most dads the
most,
My dad could just defeat em.

Hes not afraid of vampires,

Or a wolf-man come to get him,
If Frankenstein monster knocked on
our door,
He wouldnt let that upset him.

3. What are the things

that the father is not
afraid of?
4.
What is dead of
night?

1.
Anything else the
father is not afraid of?
2. What is the telly?
3.
not on your
nelly = not at all

1.
What is another
thing that the dad is not
afraid of?
2.
How will the dad
react?
3.
What will the dad
do even if he met the
scariest thing?

1.
List down the
monsters that the dad is
not afraid.

My dads as brave as a dad can be,

And hes always ready to prove it.
So why, when a spiders in the bath,

1.
The dad always
shows off that he is
brave.
2. What happen when
there is a spider in the
bathtub?

Does Mum have to come and remove

it?

Exercise
1.

Which of the following is NOT the lesson learnt of this poem?

A.

We should be humble

C.

Father
spider

B.

Parents should not lie

to their children

D.

Everyone has strengths

and weaknesses

2.

afraid

of

happy

C.

panic

B.

calm

D.

angry

What is the dead in stanza 1 line 3 meant?

A.

the dead person

C.

Monsters and zombies

B.

Silence and darkness

D.

Robbers

4.

Who is the persona?

A.

child

C.

mother

B.

father

D.

Vampires

5.

the

How is the fathers reaction when he sees a ghost?

A.

3.

is

What is the tone in the last stanza?

A.

curious

C.

worried

B.

serious

D.

irony

NEWS BREAK BY MAX

FATCHEN (FORM 1)
Poetry for Pleasure Form 1 News
Break (Notes, Guides and Exercise)
When we did something wrong, we might feel guilty and will do something good to make it up
for the wrong deeds. In this poem, News Break is about the parents telling something unusual
happens to the child. They were wondering the reason why the child suddenly turned to be good.
We will go through the poem stanza by stanza, and we will have a few questions to test your
understanding.

Little notes about News Break

Persona: Parents
Setting: No specific time, At home
About: The parents is talking to the child
Structure: 5 Stanzas (4 lines each stanza)
Tone: light-hearted & Humourous

Stanza to Stanza guide

Original Poem
Now why so loving, darling,
And why the sudden kiss?
Youd help me with some little

Stanza
to
Stanza
Understanding Guide
1.

Who
is
(persona)?
2.
Who the
talking to?

the

voice

persona

is

jobs?
For goodness
this?

sake,

whats

3.
4.

What happened?
What are the little jobs
meant?

1.
2.

What happened here?

Cease = stop

1.
2.

What happened?
What is the different
now and the past?

Your face is clean for once,

dear.
Your clothes without a crease.
You saved
money?

your

luncheon

Will wonders never cease?

No dropping of your school

books,
No shrieking, childish treble.
Today you are a lamb, love,
Where yesterday a rebel.

But
surely
youre
stranger,
No rage or hullabaloo.
Come
dear,

closer, let me

Can this be REALLY you?

some

look,

1.
Can the persona believe
that happen?
2. Why the persona said the
child is a stranger now?

Now were you struck by 1.

The
persona
keeps
lightning
asking the reasons of what is
Or were you stunned at sport?
happening.
2.
Why do you think that

Ah Now I see the reason.

Youve brought your school
report!
happens?

Exercise
1.

Which of the following is NOT the lesson learnt of this poem?

A.

We should behave all

the time

B.

We should be brave to
face the consequences
of our action

2.

C.

We should be a stranger
to our parents

D.

We should help our

parents with housework

How is the parents reaction toward the childs behaviour changed?

A.

Happy

C.

Shocked

B.

Calm

D.

Angry

3.

What is the reason the childs change of behaviour?

A.

the child is a stranger

C.

The child received a bad

result

B.

The child is a lamb

D.

The child decided to be a

good person

4.

Who is the persona?

A.

Child

C.

Max Fatchen

B.

Parents

D.

Lamb

5.

What is the tone in the last stanza?

A.

Curious

C.

worried

B.

Serious

D.

Humourous

FAIRS FAIR (STUDY

GUIDE)
Fairs fair
Read the story and answer the questions below. Then you will be able to get the whole picture of
the story.
Questions
1.
Who are Lees best friends?
___________________________________________________________________
2.

What is the good news brought by Raj?

____________________________________________________________________
3.

What can they enjoy in the fun fair?

____________________________________________________________________
4.

Why Lee cannot go to the fun fair?

____________________________________________________________________
5.

What are the jobs that Sam suggested Lee to do?

____________________________________________________________________
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6.

Why they did not receive any money after the car wash?

____________________________________________________________________
7.

What is the job Mrs Green offers them to do?

____________________________________________________________________
8.

What did Lee do when the dog, Micky got hold of the little girls ball?

____________________________________________________________________
9.

Why Lee gives away the one pound to the little girl?

____________________________________________________________________
10.

Where did they find the womans purse?

____________________________________________________________________
11.

What did they do to the purse?

____________________________________________________________________
12.

Why are they happy in the end?

____________________________________________________________________

Characters
1.
Lee
Characteristics

Examples

Able to deal with

animal

Tips: how is he able to make Micky

give back the ball to the little girl?

Kind

Tips: What did he do when the little

girls ball was broken?

Honest

Tips: What did he do the the purse

he found?

2.

Sam
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Characteristics

Examples

Intelligent in solving
problems

Tips: what happen when Lee has no

money to go fun fair?

Helpful

3.

Tips: How did she help Lee?

Raj

Characteristics
Helpful
Dishonest

Examples
Tips: How did he help Lee?
Tips: What did he said when Lee
found a purse?

Moral Values / lessons / themes

Moral Values

Explanations

Examples

We must think
of ways to
solve
problems

There is always a
solution for every
problem.

Tips: How did they

solve the problem
when Lee didnt
have money to go
fun fair?

We must be
willing to help
our friends

When we help our

friends, we will enjoy
the happiness
together.

Tips: What was the

ending of the story
after they helped
Lee?

We must
behonest

Being honest shows

how much we really
care about people. It
also attracts people
to like us.

Tips: What happen

after Lee gave back
the purse to the
woman?

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COMPREHENSION
SHORT WRITING (PT3)
In the non-linear text comprehension question of your PT3 examination, you will need to
complete one short writing task. Most of the time, it requires you to write a friendly invitation.
This is one of the example question.
You intend to encourage your friend to join you in an English camp which will be held soon. In
about 50 words, write an invitation card to your friend.
In your invitation card:

Encourage him/her to join you

Give reasons why he/she should join you
Add any other relevant information to make your writing interesting.

How to do the short writing?

1. Make sure you read and underline what the question wants.
So in this letter, you need to encourage your friend to join you in English Camp and give reasons
why your friend should join you.
2. Try to make your writing without copy from the text

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3. You can make your own event. (you dont have to follow the text unless the question ask you
to follow the text)
4. Usually we use the 5W1H to plan the writing: What, when, where, who, why and how.
For Example
a. What is the event?
b. When is that?
c. Where is that?
d. Who will be there?
e. Why we need to join? Is it good?
f. How we go there?
Here is the writing structure that you can follow. Always remember the following things when
you do short writing:
1. Imagine that you are talking to your friend and you want your friend to somewhere with you,
you have to make sure they know the details.
2. Follow this process to start your writing with (greetings) (what events)
(when is that) (where is that) (who will be there?) (gives about 3
reasons) (tell them how to join) (Closing with see you or bye
bye) (your sincerely, and sign your name)
Writing Structure
Dear ___________,
How are you? My school is organising (what event). I would like to invite you to join me.
The event is held on (when is that) in (where is that). (who will be there it
can be teachers. Friends, or your favourite idol?). Im sure that this event will
be very interesting.
We should join this events because (reason 1). At the same time, we can also (reason 2).
Besides, this event can help us to (reason 3).
I really hope that you can join me in (what event). Please give me your reply by this
Friday so that I can submit our name to the teacher in-charge. See you soon.
Yours sincerely,
(signature)

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