Question

kinds: the national geographic and the junior red cross news. because the boys were stronger and sat near the back they usually got the national geographics first, which meant they could spend the rest of red cross looking at african ladies wearing nothing on top, while us girls had to be satisfied with the junior red cross news, which showed little african kids wearing lots of clothes and learning how to read. apart from the magazines for the big kids and maybe the teacher reading a story to the little kids, about the only other thing that happened regularly during red cross was picking the two boys who would carry water the next week. in our school the water bucket always stood on a shelf at the front of the room just behind the teachers desk. first youd make a paper cup out of a piece of scribbler paper, then youd grab the teachers attention from wherever it happened to be and then up youd go to the front of the room for a drink from the water bucket. it was kind of interesting to stand at the front of the room behind the teachers desk and drink water. the school looked different from up there and sometimes you could get just a glimpse of an idea of what the teacher thought she was all about. i mean, from the front, looking down on those rows of kids with their heads bent over their desks and the sun coming in the windows and the blackboards and all that stuff on the walls, you might almost think, at first glance, that you were looking at one of those real city schools - like in the health books - where the kids were all so neat and all the same size. but after the first strange moment it just became our school again, because you had to start adding in things like the coal stove and the scarred old double desks and the kids themselves. i mean, we just didnt look like the kids in those pictures. maybe it was because we were so many different sizes - from the kids snuffling in the front rows over their nan and dan readers to the big boys hunched over their desks at the back - maybe it was because we were so many heavy. 2. assessment: how do the girls in the class change throughout the story? use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Explanation:

The text shows that girls are given the Junior Red Cross News while boys get the National Geographic first. This implies girls are restricted to more 'innocent' reading material compared to boys. Evidence is "while us girls had to be satisfied with the Junior Red Cross News, which showed little African kids wearing lots of clothes and learning how to read" while boys could view more revealing content in National Geographic.

Answer:

The girls in the class are limited in their reading - material options compared to boys during Red Cross time. They are given the Junior Red Cross News which has more innocent content about African kids learning to read, while boys get the National Geographic first and can view more revealing images.