Name ____________________________ Date _______________________
You’ve spent a lot of time using a dictionary to determine the meaning of unknown words over the past few months. One thing you’ve hopefully learned is that the purpose it to help you understand what the word means. Sometimes the definition doesn’t seem to make clear sense to you which requires that you look up additional words to help determine the meaning.
The other developments were in Babe’s education. Despite herself, Fly found that she took pleasure and pride in teaching him the ways of the sheepdog, though she knew that o f course he would never be fast enough to work sheep.
Babe – page 40
o Using the context, define the word “despite”.
o Using a dictionary, define the word “despite”. (You may need to define “spite,” too…)
o Now that you understand the meaning of the word “despite,” use it in your own sentence.
o What does the author mean when he says that Fly “took pleasure and pride in teaching” Babe despite herself?
