Vocabulary Task: ANZAC Ted
What were the tricky words you came across while listening to the story ANZAC Ted?
Tricky words
Woe, Foe, ridicules, tote, encounters, enlisted, reckon
Word
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What I think the word means
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What the word means within the context of the text
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Online / Dictionary meaning
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Ridicules
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Laugh at someone
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27 kids just ridicule ANZAC Ted
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To ridicule is to make fun of, either sportively and good-humoredly, or unkindly with the intention of humiliating
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Enlisted
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Gave his name.
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When Grandpa enlisted he was only twenty one
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enrol or be enrolled in the armed services.
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Tote
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You do not get anything.
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He doesn’t tote a single vote from any girl or boy.
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carry, wield, or convey (something heavy or substantial).
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encounters
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Two groups
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Anzac Ted had one or two encounters with a foe.
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unexpectedly be faced with or experience (something hostile or difficult).
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foe
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enemy
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Anzac Ted had one or two encounters with a foe.
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an enemy or opponent.
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reckon
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Think
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I reckon I can guess why some children start to cry.
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be of the opinion
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woes
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hurt
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No one knows Anzac Ted’s woes.
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great sorrow or distress (often used hyperbolically
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Write each word in your own sentence
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