Monthly Archives: June 2020
Floodlands Chapter Eight
https://youtu.be/koFm3olY0SI
Comprehension – Chapter 8
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1. What was the beam of light that Zoe could see?
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2. Who else knows about what she has found?
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3. ‘She held her breath’ Why did Zoe do this?
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4. What does Zoe believe she could bargain?
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5. Tell me two things that Dooby announced?
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6. When Zoe saw the pendant the author described this moment as ‘something broke inside Zoe.’ Explain what you think the author meant by this.
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7. Why is Zoe so upset when she is told that Spat gave the pendant to Sarah?
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8. Provide two examples that show William is kind.
9. How do we know that Sarah is ‘stupid’?
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10. Explain in detail why William’s information is good news to Zoe
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Challenge: Explain why Dooby has managed to make himself leader.
Time to practise!!!
Persevere people
Happy Birthday Aaron!!!
keep Dancing!!!!
Floodlands Chapter Seven
https://youtu.be/gVyRZL23MPk
Pg 54 ‘Zoe felt at a dead end’ …. Pg 55 ‘she wasn’t going to hang around.’
· What does it mean, ‘Zoe felt at a dead end,’?
· Why doesn’t she want to escape with Dooby?
· Which part of the text tells us that Zoe might be in trouble?Pg 55 ‘She found William’ ….to the end of the page.
Which word or words tells me the book William is reading is well used?
What does William find funny about the book he is reading?
What made Zoe jump?
Pg 56 ‘Right said William,’ …. Pg 56 ‘…but mostly stuff I needed to know about.’
Was there always water between Eel island and Norwich?
Why didn’t Zoe’s parents tell her about what it was like before? What information do you think they gave her?
Why did the remains of cars litter the street of Norwich?
Why was Zoe worried that she might offend William?
Pg 56 ‘How old would your parents be?’ …. Pg 57 ‘but she didn’t interrupt.’
Which phrase tells you that the weather started going wrong?
Where does William think the main part of the country still is?
What caused people to start panicking?
At the end William says they didn’t get any more news, why do you think that was?Pg 57 ‘Then things got worse’ … end of page 58.
· Why does the author appear to use a lot of ellipses in this section? What is he trying to show?
· Who was on the island first – Dooby or William? How do you know?
· Why has the author said, ‘It was a world of which she only knew the shadows,’ what does that tell the reader?
Pg 59 ‘Oh he’ll go, all right’ …. Pg 59 ‘the name on his book again’
What does the phrase ‘fished in her memory’ tell you?
Why do you think Zoe struggles to remember her second name?
William says that people stopped using their real names why do you think that is?
Why might William’s name be on the front of the book? What does that possibly tell you?
Pg ‘But Zoe wasn’t listening,’ …. Pg 60. ‘is your little child’ (end of the poem).
What causes William to ‘lose it again’?
Why is the paragraph in the middle of the page in italics? What kind of book do you think William was reading?
Who does William say Lyca is?
Pg 60 ‘William, you’re not listening,’ …. Pg 61 ‘We’ve found a spy.’
Who does William suggest that Zoe should take with her in her boat? Is it right? Explain your answer.
Which tribe does the spy come from?
What do you think is going to happen to the spy?Pg 61 ‘A young man was being pulled into the building’ …. End of the page.
· How did the spy get to the island?
· Which words or phrases tell you how the spy is feeling?
· What does Dooby do to try and make the spy talk?
· Why does Zoe look away when Dooby swings his boot at the spy?
Pg 62 to the end of the chapter.
Why can’t Zoe sleep?
The author doesn’t tell us what is happening to the spy but what clues does he leave in the text to suggest what is happening?
What has Zoe discovered towards the end of the chapter that might be useful for her?
Maths- Convert a metric measure
5 a day
6B Pizzas so far
Remmi-Li’s pizza is called Sausage Suprise. Try saying it 6 times without getting your tongue in a twist:-)
6B’s second entry is from Britney. That pizza looks like a succulent and cheesy contestant!
Well done so far. Waiting for the rest of you to make yours. Don’t forget to send your pictures.
Wake up
Yesterday, in response to our exploration of what it means to be a Refugee we looked at a poem called ‘We Refugees’ by Benjamin Zephaniah. We explored some of the structural and language features of the poem. We also watched Spoken Poetry called ‘Wake up.’
We will be writing our own poems and using Spoken word to perform them.
Click here to watch the Spoken word.
Have a read of the poem below.
I come from a musical place
Where they shoot me for my song
And my brother has been tortured
By my brother in my land.
I come from a beautiful place
Where they hate my shade of skin
They don’t like the way I pray
And they ban free poetry.
I come from a beautiful place
Where girls cannot go to school
There you are told what to believe
And even young boys must grow beards.
I come from a great old forest
I think it is now a field
And the people I once knew
Are not there now.
We can all be refugees
Nobody is safe,
All it takes is a mad leader
Or no rain to bring forth food,
We can all be refugees
We can all be told to go,
We can be hated by someone
For being someone.
I come from a beautiful place
Where the valley floods each year
And each year the hurricane tells us
That we must keep moving on.
I come from an ancient place
All my family were born there
And I would like to go there
But I really want to live.
I come from a sunny, sandy place
Where tourists go to darken skin
And dealers like to sell guns there
I just can’t tell you what’s the price.
I am told I have no country now
I am told I am a lie
I am told that modern history books
May forget my name.
We can all be refugees
Sometimes it only takes a day,
Sometimes it only takes a handshake
Or a paper that is signed.
We all came from refugees
Nobody simply just appeared,
Nobody’s here without a struggle,
And why should we live in fear
Of the weather or the troubles?
We all came here from somewhere.
Benjamin Zephaniah
What is the difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee?
What is an enjambment?
Describe, in the comments section, some of the structural and language features that Benjamin Zephaniah has used in this poem.
In class today we will be writing our poem about refugees. We will include poetry features we have learned over the years to write our poem. Most importantly we will use the repetitive feature of Benjamin Zephaniah’s poem. We will then be performing them with a traditional Syrian drum beat to enhance our spoken word poetry.
In the comments section write a summary about the poem.
Now write your own poem about refugees.