An Article a Day - Student attacks his classmate with penknife 2 March 2012

SINGAPORE - An argument that broke out in the middle of an English lesson yesterday ended with a student injuring his classmate and leaving him with eight stitches on his arm.

The Secondary 3 student at Anderson Secondary School is (1) b____________ to have injured his classmate with a penknife and was yesterday (2) a____________by the police.

The police said the boy is being (3) i______________for causing grievous hurt.

According to the victim, his 16-year-old classmate was asked a question by their teacher during the class.

In (4) r____________, the classmate had shouted at the teacher, saying he did not know the answer.

This prompted the victim, 15, to ask the classmate to speak politely to the teacher, but the boy told him (5) o____________.

The victim told TODAY that the quarrel had (6) c____________ in the school corridor after the lesson ended but was broken up by a teacher and the victim returned to the classroom.

However, he came out again when he saw the boy appearing to charge towards one of his friends outside the classroom.

The victim attempted to block the path of the boy, and, in the process, (7) s___________ injuries to his arm from a penknife the boy had apparently been holding.

The school called for an (8) a__________and the victim was taken to hospital.

The school's principal, Mr Mark Lo, said the victim was discharged after receiving (9) t______________.

"The other student involved in the incident is (10) a______________ police with the investigations," said Mr Lo.

"The school will render the necessary support to the students involved and any other students who may be affected by the incident."

He declined to comment on whether the 16-year-old boy has been suspended, noting that the police are still investigating the case.


Article taken from TODAYonline


Task 1
What are the missing words? Fill in your answers here.


Task 2
Write an account of the above incident from the perspective of
- the English teacher (index numbers 1 to 6)
- the assailant (index numbers 7 to 12) 
- the classmate who told the assailant to be polite to the teacher (index numbers 13 to 18)
- the teacher who broke up the quarrel in the corridor (index numbers 19 to 24)
- the victim (index numbers 25 to 30)
- the principal (index numbers 31 to 36)
- the police (index numbers 37 to 42)


Complete your Task 2 here. For those who prefer to do the writing task on fullscap paper, please indicate in the form that you will be submitting your work to me on Monday.