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Summary for Lesson 1
In today’s lesson we started our first book Journey to Jo’Burg learning about the history of South African apartheid and thinking about the history behind the book. The students shared their thoughts and ideas beautifully, reflecting on how they felt about the story before we dig into the history of South Africa, thinking about all the complex dynamics of the country in terms of culture, history and language. We learned about apartheid and important figures such as Nelson Mandela and finally asked some questions about South Africa in general. Amazing work everyone, you were all so sparky and creative today. Well done 🙂
Interview for homework: https://englishassociation.ac.uk/interview-with-beverley-naidoo/
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Hi Beth,
I didn’t do a lot but it is very accurate.
Have a nice week! Thank you for the amazing lesson.
I think that Beverley Naidoo was a brilliant author. I also find it very interesting how she didn’t like her handwriting. I wonder if all authors write their stories on the computer or they write it in their notebook or book first. I also want to know if Beverley Naidoo comes from South Africa.
FACTS
She is white although she comes from south Africa. And was born there.
She married another South African exile and returned freely to South Africa for the first time in 1991.
She now lives in the UK
Beverley Naidoo was born into a white, middle class family in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1943.
Her involvement with the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa led to her being imprisoned in solitary confinement for eight weeks at the age of 21.
Nadine Naidoo plays her as an actress.
Nadine is 13 years old in the story.(Did you know that Nadine in the story is based on the actress that played Beverly? (I didn’t))
Thanks again
Sanya
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Summary for Lesson 2
In today’s class we continued work on Journey to Jo’burg, thinking about how to understand the characters and themes. We discussed the homework and watched and interview with the author, before moving on to unpicking the symbolism of the identity documents in the story. We learned the history of these and completed some language analysis, responding to comprehension questions on Chapter 8 of the novel. The class did this beautifully, reflecting deeply on the injustice of police violence in the story and came up with some amazing ideas to share. Very impressive guys- well done and see you next week 🙂
Video from today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzOErf9dIGM&t=35s
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Dear diary
It is 1943 and im bored because i have no fun things to do and life sucks Im poor and my children are 250 kilometers away i have a 13 year old nadine and my youngest kid is sick and my boss wont let me go home and they treat me like a slave and i earn 1 pound and 5 pence every hour barley enough to provide for my family . when i asked my boss to go home to cape town she was so rude like in a sassy voice she was like okay but only an week and every day your pay will decrease.
Thats it for today bye
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Hi Beth, thank you for the lesson, have a great week!☺️
Dear Diary,
Today has been a horrible day! Let me tell you all about it. I was cooking food for me and the Madam. The usuals, green beans, grains of rice, and a slice of bread. I served supper on the table and called Madam to come and eat. She came immediately. “What is this?” she groaned. “Has your father ever taught you how to cook?” I didn’t answer but instead shook my head. She looked at me in a disgusted way and looked at me up and down. After muttering a few rude words under her breath, she finally sat down. I tucked into my rice and beans when suddenly, there was a knock on the door. “Who is disturbing us, open the door instantly!” Madam shouted.
Groaning, I walked to the door and opened it. To my surprise, were my two children, Naledi and Tiro! Before I could say anything, they took me into a giant hug! With tears rolling down my cheeks, I hugged them back. “WHO IS THIS?” boomed a voice behind me. “Oh, Madam, these are my two children, Naledi and Tiro,” I explained, trying to stay calm. Naledi explained that my baby was sick! I knew I needed to do something about it. After all, I was the mother. I asked my Madam if I could go see her and she said that I could go tomorrow.
I hope that this all goes to plan and my baby will be ok in the next few days.
By Joyce
Sanya
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Dear diary,
Yesterday, my children came all the way to where I work to tell me how my dear daughter was sick. But, when I asked madam if I could have a days rest they declined almost immediately! She said I had to take care of the children next month because she was going on a business trip. I’m so worried about Dineo, but all I can do now is to hope that she can get better soon. After one month I’ll be going back to check on her and perhaps take her to the hospital for a checkup. I really hope that she survives, if she doesn’t I shall still hope her the best.
It is really the worst day ever! I just can’t stop that strange feeling in my stomach as I closed the door on my children and went back to work. I guess I’ll just have to accept the truth that I really was born just to serve white people.
Oh how worried I am for poor Dineo, she’s just a child but she’s already on the verge of death it really hurts to think about it. It is so worrisome, I really wish I could just be allowed to meet my family for just one day. It’ll really make me feel better. Anyways I better get some sleep since I’ll have to wake up early again for work. Bye. -
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Summary for Lesson 3
In today’s class we finished Journey to Jo’burg, thinking about the journey the characters go on and how it affects them. We began by discussing the theme of journeys and our personal connection to it before thinking about the characters in the story. We spoke about Naledi and how she changes and connected this to Chapter 6 when they first met Grace. The class analysed this passage beautifully before finally watching a short animation on the story and coming up with incredible ideas for their own scenes from the story they could add to the book. Super great work today everyone, I can’t wait to see your homework! Keep up the amazing work and see you next week 🙂
Animation we watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xso02dsMpXo
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this will be taking place at chapter 3 when the boy meets naledi and tiro
boy: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH there is black people here HELP ME SAVE ME
naledi and tiro: what we didn’t do anything ?
boys dad: why are you two doing in this white neighbourhood and why you touch my kid
tiro: WE DID NOT DO ANYTHING TO YOUR STUPID KID
naledi: whispers SHUT UP TIRO than sorry sir
black police: what are you doing
naledi we just wanted to walk to johanesburg
black police:ok you may go
naledi and tiro: thank you
police and dad have argument
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Hi Beth
Thanks for the amazing lesson, have a nice week
By the way, I don’t know how to put my actual picture on the website so i ended up screenshoting it. I wrote numbers on the corner of each picture to tell you which order it goes in. It is hard, Im very sorry.
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So you can understand it better, Im going to write the description of each one:
1. Naledi and family are celebrating that Dineo is better.
2. After the party, Auntie starts coughing and Naledi gets very worried
3. Mum realises that Auntie is really ill and she decides to call the doctor.
4. The doctor takes Auntie away
5. The next week Auntie is better
6. Naledi is happily sitting down for a rest
7. She realises there is something on the couch
8. She finds a letter
9. The letter says, Dear Naledi and family, we are inviting you to Switzerland for no slavery for your life. Please arrive in 2 days. The Switzerland government
10. Naledi is really happy
11. She tells her mother
12. They are really really happy
13 Mother tells the family
14. They leave for Switzerland
Thanks again
Sanya 🥰
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Summary for Lesson 4
In today’s lesson we began our work on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, thinking about the historical context of the novel and how understanding the mythology that Stoker plays off can enrich our understanding of the book. The class started by debating the things they liked and didn’t like about the book before thinking about the mythology of vampires and what they understand about vampiric legends and where they come from. We then moved on to discussing the author and what the facts of his life can illuminate about the story, which the class completed really well. Finally we spoke about the specific context of the ‘turn of the century’, just after the book was published in 1897, and how contemporary anxieties and xenophobia could have fed into the novel. We thought about the impact of modernity and how Dracula encapsulates the battle of the ‘old’ vs. the ‘new’ at a time where the world was straining between superstition and science. Everyone worked really fantastically today- the class were all super focused and came up with great ideas. Fab work today guys, keep it up and I’ll see you all next lesson 🙂
Bram Stoker video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kQq59k_xTM
Vampire myth video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0ThKRmySoU&t=11s
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Hi Beth,
I’m sorry to hear that you are sick. Hope you feel better now! Please see the attachment below for the homework question.
Best,
Mingyi
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Hope you get better
Why humans thought that vampires would take over
Firstly humans did not have many cures to diseases so if these mosteroue creators started roaming around humans would be terrified. Secondly it was the turn of the century witch meant a new everything new technology like fridges and clocks and watches but if new humans species came humans would be scared for there life.Thirdly humans like not want o look like those mosterous creatures because they would think things like ahhh I don’t want to look like that I don’t want to drink a different humans blood so humans would be terrified.Vampires also have many super crazy abilities so if a vampire came up to human they human would run but then the vampire would turn into a bay to fly but then the human finds a rock wall and then h morphes into a lizard out of nowhere.
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Hope you get better
Why humans thought that vampires would take over
Firstly humans did not have many cures to diseases so if these mosteroue creators started roaming around humans would be terrified. Secondly it was the turn of the century witch meant a new everything new technology like fridges and clocks and watches but if new humans species came humans would be scared for there life.Thirdly humans like not want o look like those mosterous creatures because they would think things like ahhh I don’t want to look like that I don’t want to drink a different humans blood so humans would be terrified.Vampires also have many super crazy abilities so if a vampire came up to human they human would run but then the vampire would turn into a bay to fly but then the human finds a rock wall and then h morphes into a lizard out of nowhere.
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Summary for Lesson 5
In today’s lesson we continued our study of Dracula, thinking specifically about some of the key stylistic choices that Stoker made throughout the novel. We began with a focus on genre, thinking about the genre of gothic horror and how Dracula fits those conventions, before moving on to thinking about the form of the book and its style as an epistolary novel. We spoke about perspective, completing a short creative task imagining the novel from Dracula’s perspective, which the class did wonderfully, pulling out some lovely aspects of Dracula’s narrative voice. Finally, we discussed the notion of dreams vs. reality and the ambiguity over how much of the plot could be a figment of Harker’s imagination, considering how Stoker purposefully creates a sense of disorientation for the reader. Fantastic work today class, you all came up with some gorgeous ideas particularly when it came to analysing the effect of the novel being told through people’s diaries and letters. Well done and see you next week 🙂
Gothic literature video we watched some of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1fg4y3uHDM&feature=emb_logo
Dracula video we watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uiyz3139tE
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Hi Beth!
Here is my homework for this week! I hope you like it, have a brilliant week! 😁
By the way, I chose the second one. Do you think dracula is a real character or an evil presence?
I think that Dracula is an evil presence. I know this because in the book, it says that dracula has a pair of wings and we all know that it is not physically possible to fly. I also know that Dracula is not real because if vampires were real, the vampire population would quickly outpace the human population, which would make the human population disappear even faster. Also, vampires are meant to have fangs and if vampires were real then the fangs would show when they open their mouth but in normal human teeth, that is not possible because all our teeth are the same size. (That is not strictly true but in movies, the fangs are like 4 times bigger than the regular teeth when in real life they are about the same.)
Some people may believe that vampires are real because of their cultures and religions, but respectfully, I don’t believe that that is true. Although a tiny bit of me thinks that vampires are real because in movies, they look really real and I have had nightmares about them.
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Dracula is a mysterious fake creature because the writer did this at th turn of the century on purpous (it’s my prediction). He did this because he wanted to scare people into believing this targeting the little kids and early teenagers because he wouldn’t expect 30 year old adults to believe that sort of stuff .dracula is an fictional creature because in real life have we ever seen a mysterious blood sucking animal on earth no because it’s all just a theory.
<b>Dracula is an evil presence because there is no scientific stuff to say that blood sucking stuff is real like Dracula and even if it was true we would see vampires not everyday but like every moth you would see 2-3 vampires so that’s why Dracula and vampires are not real.</b>
i forgot to tell you that I’m doing the secand question sorry .
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Summary for Lesson 6
In today’s lesson we completed our work on Dracula, focusing on the atmosphere Stoker creates through setting and learning about critical readings of the novel. We began with work on the settings of the book, moving on to analyse an extract from the book looking for literary techniques. The class wrote some great job adverts evoking the sense of eeriness exhibited in the book’s setting. Finally, we spoke about the complicated legacy of the book, particularly how the book treats women and the antisemitism that can be found in some of Stoker’s writing. We had a very thoughtful and sophisticated discussion about these issues which the students participated in exceptionally well. Lovely work today everyone, you have all done brilliantly today. Keep it up and see you next week 🙂
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Hi Beth,
Here is the homework for this week in the attachment below. Hope you enjoy it!
Best,
Mingyi
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DRACULA IS MUDURED BY JONATHAN HARKER AND QUINCEY MORRIS HOW HE DIED IS SHOCKING
As he finisheds loading up some boxes he walks on the soil of transalvania at night with the moon peaking for the final time but little does he know he is about to be mudured in a way humans couldn’t even imagine we dont hare much information yet about this disgusting murder yet but it seemed like Jonathan Harker and Quincey morris had a planed this moment for many many many years and Jonathan harker seemed like a trust worthy material in the begging 2 lessons learnt in this paragraph 1 don’t trust strangers some wolves could be disguised in a sheep’s clothes and 2 good always beat the evil so like Count Dracula was an evil disgusting horrifying human being and jonathan harker was good like a nice man from every book from good be evil Count Dracula vs Jonathan harker it seams like Count Dracula would wit every time but in the end Jonathan harker takes the cake
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DRACULA IS MUDURED BY JONATHAN HARKER AND QUINCEY MORRIS HOW HE DIED IS SHOCKING
As he finisheds loading up some boxes he walks on the soil of transalvania at night with the moon peaking for the final time but little does he know he is about to be mudured in a way humans couldn’t even imagine we dont hare much information yet about this disgusting murder yet but it seemed like Jonathan Harker and Quincey morris had a planed this moment for many many many years and Jonathan harker seemed like a trust worthy material in the begging 2 lessons learnt in this paragraph 1 don’t trust strangers some wolves could be disguised in a sheep’s clothes and 2 good always beat the evil so like Count Dracula was an evil disgusting horrifying human being and jonathan harker was good like a nice man from every book from good be evil Count Dracula vs Jonathan harker it seams like Count Dracula would wit every time but in the end Jonathan harker takes the cake
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Summary for Lesson 7
In today’s class we started our next book The Falcon’s Malteser, thinking through the way the author uses parody. We shared our ideas on the novel before learning about what parody was, digging into examples the class knew about whether it was music, literature or art. We then combined this with our knowledge of detective stories and shared ideas on why Horowitz might have chosen the 1940s film The Maltese Falcon to parody. We thought about how the author makes it funny and finally pulled all our ideas on comedy, crime and the conventions of parody to reflect on how this story is written. Amazing and invigorating work everyone, very well done for all your sparky ideas. Keep up the fantastic work 🙂
Detective stories link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbdZMu0Q79Q
Parody link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izMt9fcAzno
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Nick and Tim diamond are not your usual detectives because Tim diamond always tries to lighten the mood same as nick tim diamond is like the main detective and nick is his helper ,Tim diamond should be in a book for the worlds worst detective because he sucks at his job but it’s like a good type of I suck at my job overall I think Tim diamond are not the type of detectives you think they are because you think of a detective to be serious tim diamond and nick make it sound like a completely different story.The Falcons Masteaser is also a parody of a movie from the 1940 s they changed the title to somthing stupid to make the movie sound dumb becuase malteaser is a choclate and a falcon owning a malteaser is pretty funny.
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Hi Beth ,
Here is my homework for this week.
Thank you for the magnificent lesson, have a great week!
I think that Tim is a very funny and irresponsible person because he wants to be the boss of the diamond brothers but he is actually very distracted and stupid. Nick diamond is a more clever and reasonable person and he does most of the work. He gets the job assuming that it would be a very easy job. His part in investigations are mainly luck-based, as he is always the subject of a clichéd “lucky phrasing from the stupid character makes the thinker realise something crucial” trope, or he conveniently opens secret passageways by accident.
On the other hand, Nick diamond is more of a shy, sometimes funny, serious person who helps develop the plot in the story. Being only a teenager, Nick isn not a spy detective like Tim, but is the brain behind the business and somewhat of the underdog, initially perceived by people as nothing more than just a ‘smart kid’. Nick Diamond clearly does most of the work when Tim is just messing about. He does his homework for him and fills him out most of the time.
Thanks again
Sanya 😄
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Summary for Lesson 8
In today’s class we used the story as inspiration to create some detective plots of our own. We began by recapping the ideas in the story and then thought about Tim Diamond as a character, analysing why Horowitz has written him in the way he has. We then read the opening of the story and used it as inspiration for our own detective plots, before finally the class came up with their own mysteries and adventures for the characters and created a detective character using the original as inspiration. Well done everyone- lovely work developing your plots and bouncing creative ideas around. See you next week 🙂
Video from today: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/zn8fcqt
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