5/4/3/2/1 NOTES # 2           

“ARISE Sir David Beckham”

 

5) *David Beckham played for a local team in which he scored many goals and was already being noticed by new coaches.

 

*Academically, David Beckham was not doing what the teachers hoped from him because he was too concerned about soccer.

 

*During one of his local games, one recruiter coach, who gave Beckham an opportunity to go to Barcelona for a soccer school, saw David.

 

*After that soccer school academy, David went back to England and won a soccer contest in which another offer was given to go to Barcelona again.

 

*During and after school Beckham was always thinking about soccer, which was something that would provoke future problems with school.

 

4) *What were David’s grades during his time in school?

 

*Who was David’s first coach?

 

*What did David do in Barcelona?

 

*Why didn’t Beckham stay on Barcelona?

 

3) *peer: equal.

 

*stamina: staying power.

 

*auspicious: favorable.

 

2) *Simile: “a good football coach is like a good school teacher.” Page number 8

 

Metaphor: “David Beckham seemed to be a god at soccer” page number 21

 

1) In this chapter, David’s life as a kid has been exposed even more. This seems to be still a process of exposition in the book. We now know how David’s academics were like and how his life in school was. Also, the love for the game that the whole family had, specially Ted and David, was big.