Cheat!

 About two schoolchildren and their attitude to peer achievements and

relationships.
 The short story competition is won by Geoff and he wins the Holmes-Watkins
Medal.
 Lynne’s story is placed second and she feels disappointed.
 She learns to accept her failure and decides to let go.
 Then, she comes across a short story of write William Bradburie.
 Geoff’s story of a circus elephant’s escapade in the park is similar to Bradburie’s
story.
 Immediately, Lynne assumes that Geoff has cheated and did not write his own
story.
 She is in dilemma as to whether and how she should expose Geoff.
 The consequences may be too drastic for Geoff.
 During the class discussion on careers, lynne holds back exposing Geoff but later
she inadvertently mentions the name Bradburie and notices Geoff’s reaction.
 A few minutes later, she is called into Headmaster Velo’s office and Geoff is ther
too with the Holmes-Watkins Medal.
 Mr Velos explains that Geoff feels he might have taken his story from Bradburie’s
collection.
 So, he decides to reverse the results and Lynne wins the prize.
 But, Lynne is unhappy with the way the situation has turned out.
 She begins to have doubts about her own story.

Cheat! Moral Values

May 18, 2016

1. We should have the spirit of competitiveness in order to further our good
character traits.
2. We should be honest in whatever we do
3. Creativity is a positive attitude and can increase our self-confidence and skills.
4. We should learn to let go and talk out our anger whether it is with friends or
enemies.
5. We should not be overly presumptuous and take situations or people for granted.
6. Friends are an important part of our daily life and so we should have faith and not
judge them too harshly.

Cheat! Themes

May 18, 2016

1. competitiveness
2. honesty
3. creativity and self-confidence
4. keeping anger in oneself
5. presumptuous and taking situations for granted
6. keeping faith with friends
Question : Based on the short story you have studied, write about
a character that you like
.
Based on the short story, Cheat! By Allan Baillie,

thecharacter that I like

is Lynne because she is gracious inaccepting defeat, hardworking and fair.
This story is aboutLynne and Geoff join a short story competition and Geoff wins it.
Lynne thinks Geoff has cheated by copyin thestory.n the story,
Lynne is gracious in accepting defeat. Althoughshe is disappointed, she congratulates
Geoff sincerely on his win.
"oreo#er,
she is hardworking. She works very hard to writea dramatic story about a sheepdog in a
flood.
$inally,
she is fair. She does not want to win the medal afterfinding out that Geoff did not cheat.
n conclusion,
the character that I like is Lynne becauseshe is gracious in accepting defeat , hardworking
and fair.
tmakes this no#el interestin % fun.
&'( marks)
1.Based on the short story you have studied, write about
a character whom you dislike
.~write your answer in the exercise book~

Question : Based on the short story you have studied, write about
a character that you like
.
Based on the short story, Cheat! By Allan Baillie,

thecharacter that I like

is Lynne because she is gracious inaccepting defeat, hardworking and fair.
This story is aboutLynne and Geoff join a short story competition and Geoff wins it.
Lynne thinks Geoff has cheated by copyin thestory.n the story,
Lynne is gracious in accepting defeat. Althoughshe is disappointed, she congratulates
Geoff sincerely on his win.
"oreo#er,
she is hardworking. She works very hard to writea dramatic story about a sheepdog in a
flood.
$inally,
she is fair. She does not want to win the medal afterfinding out that Geoff did not cheat.
n conclusion,
the character that I like is Lynne becauseshe is gracious in accepting defeat , hardworking
and fair.
tmakes this no#el interestin % fun.
marks)
1.Based on the short story you have studied, write about
a character whom you dislike