My mother coat

WALT: Identify poetic language features

SC: identify and use language features

My Mother’s Coat by Ta’i George SJ L3 April 2013

AGREE /DISAGREE Decide why you agree or disagree with these statements and explain why using information from what you read. Answer in full sentences

The author’s mother taught them to sew
Agree	After many years the mother taught the author how to sew on his own. The coat is brilliant and bright and it was not long ago

Many cook island people wear coats like the writer’s mother wore.
Disagree	The Cook Island people women did not wear any coat. They patchwork from the Cook Island. A form of traditional.

VOCABULARY - describe in your own words what these words mean:

1. extravagant- The uncool design extravagant colouring
2. unique-I remember its unique threads
3. discarding-With youthful disdain discarding my mothers coat
4. effective-An effective shield against bitter winter
5. awkward- Extravagant and awkward fit
6. unfazed- My mother coat always wore her coat with pride unfazed
7. peering-Big brown eyes peering from it fold
8. slenderness-Unusual and coarse their slenderness
9. belied-Their slenderness belied their strength