this is an interesting story illustrate the mental trauma faced by the school going students who have to face a bullying behavior.

1. A HUNDRED DRESSES
Chapter – 5
Smriti bhoray – 11810001
English
Department of education
Lovely professional university, Punjab.

2. OBSERVE what is
happening to the
child

3. Backdrop of the story
◦ Polish girl shifted to America.
◦ The first Polish immigrants arrived in America in 1608, but the largest wave of Polish
immigration occurred in the early twentieth century, when more than one million Poles
migrated to the United States.
◦ The Polish State did not exist at that time, and the immigrants were identified according
to their country of origin rather than to ethnicity.
◦ Polish-Americans were sometimes discriminated against in the United States, as were the
Irish, Italians, and Jews

4. Main characters of the story
◦ Wanda Petroski - main protagonist
◦ Peggie and Madeline – classmates
◦ Backdrop – school
◦ Boggins heights – locality or community

6. Scuffling
Engaging in small fight

7. Elaborate………..??
What was the mental condition of Wanda ?
Does peer pressure leads to bullying ?

8. TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING – 1
1. Wanda was originally from which ethnicity?
a. Polish
b. British
c. German
d. Dutch
Helpful for concept clarity

9. If you come across a friend or peer who is being
bullying and getting teased , what self-help measures
can you take?

11. Elaborate
What made Wanda sit at the corner of the room?
Do you think the way her friends are having fun
with her is appropriate?

12. Test your understanding - 2
Where in the classroom did Wanda sit?
a. End corner
b. Middle
c. Rotational
d. Front
Who was the most popular girl in school?
a. Maddie
b. Peggy
c. Wanda
d. Cecile

13. Do you think bullying causes a child or students to be absent from the school
or even change his/her school? Share your views if you have ever been
bullied or judge/taunted at school.

18. 1. What according to you was the main reason for judging and teasing Wanda?
a. Faded school dress
b. Different name
c. Poor economic status
d. Not ironed clothes
e. All of the above

20. Incredulously
Peals of laughter
Nudge
Courteous manner

21. Elaborate
How the current generation is having a negative
impact because of judging and teasing?

22. Test your understanding - 2
1. In the extract studied , Maddie and Peggy were teasing
Wanda and were asking about –
a. How many bags she had
b. How many dresses she had
c. How many books she had
d. None of the above

23. Maggie was teasing Wanda about her silk and velvet
dresses , does silk and velvet represent royalty to
you ?