CONFERENCES COMMENTS:
I like the conferences that we saw during the year but I think that the movie was boring and slow it could've been better but I really liked the Indian, it was very interesting
SUMMARIES:
THE FESTIVE SEASON IN A PART OF AFRICA:
A cow was waiting a calf and a vet had to come to a zulu village to help with the birth. Finally the mother bore the calf and everybody breathed again. The vet wanted to be paid and they paid him 750 rands. He was pleased. This happened two days before Christmas.
DORA'S TURN:
Two children are in an army in Uganda because they have a civil war. They are twelve years. The commander orders to kill Dora beacause she tried to escape. The boy must do it and he doesn't want to because it is his friend. When they were going to execute her they heard the sounds of the government's army and the children escaped.
REMEMBER ATITA:
Atita goes to a hospital to search for an old friend Laker. Firstly Laker doesn't recognize her because she is ill. Atita goes to the hospital every dat but she the situation is always the same, no answer. But finally Laker remembers Atita.
Amma - my mother - says I ought to take him
What are we going to do? I asked. I wanted to know what he really felt for
me.About what?About us, I said. What are we going to do?He said, There's an American film at the Majestic.But you like movies, he said.
I told him we've got to sort things out. Going to the pictures won't solve anything.
He comes straight out with what he thinks. But I must have looked worried; he
leaned forward. What is it you want to know then? he asked, touching my hand.1. When she says ‘about us’, what precisely is she referring to? To the narrator and Vijay
2. Look at your answer to question 1. Is she talking about short or long term
effects? Long
3. Is Vijay talking about short term or long term effects? Short
4. How do you think a) she feels and b) he feels after dialogues 1 and 2? Bad
5. Now look at question 2 of the previous dialogue. What is your answer now? He loved her. Only the next day I discovered he is the cook at the Beach Hut. He is older than me; tall
and long and always smiling. He has such a crease of hair and is so skinny. He never
eats! He says he likes to see his food eaten by other people. To watch his customers,
his friends, grow bony and happy. He says there is nothing he likes better than to
stir his pan of squid in front of the ocean. His face is big and square like a box
stretched over with skin; his lips barely keep his teeth in and he always seems about to
mop into a laugh. And when he does the whole sea seems to burst up. The beach is
so lovely with him.1. Why is Vijay so skinny? Because he likes to see his food eaten by other people.
2. What is Vijay’s job? Waiter
3. How attractive is he to look at? Why? He's smily and nicely.
4. What does the narrator think about him? He's a good person.1. According to the narrator, why is Vijay unique? Because he never has problems.
2. Can you connect the title of the story ‘Carapace’ with the final sentence of this
extract? Because he is like a part of the sea
3. What are the differences between your story (which you created in the first
activity) and the one that is emerging from the extracts above. The descriptions.2010
News per week(QUESTIONS abstract from the news read)
Geography/history(about country or continent selected)
Myths anb Stories
Countries
Religions
Summary of stories
chosen stories and mites by students in the group(individually)
2011
1.christmas song and activity
abiii
2010
News per week and comprehension question from the article read
country and it geography
chosen myths and stories(with comments)
summary of stories chosen
religions(traditional religions in Africa)
read articles given in class(summary made in grup)
2011
CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES DONE BY ABIGAIL
1.christmas recipy
2.How christmas is celebrated in different countries around the world
POWER POINT ABOUT AFRICA
Where do you think it is?
In Ocenaia
What would it be like to live there?
Very comfortable to live in an island and to have sun and beach every day.
1. The narrator of the story has a boyfriend called Vijay. What does he look like? He is beatiful
2. How, and where, did the narrator and Vijay first meet? In the beach
3. What does Vijay do for a job? He is a fisherman
4. Where do they live? In Asia
5. Who is Mr Anura Perera and why might he be seen as a threat to the narrator? He is the husband of Anura and he doesn't have any connection or love with the narrator.
6. What does the narrator’s mother think of Anura Perera? He is the perfect husband
7. What does the narrator’s mother want to happen between him and her daughter? Because their families have an arregement
8. What does the narrator want for her future? Is it likely? To have to right to choose
9. What does Vijay do or suggest to help the narrator? To marry with himAnura Perera is coming over tonight.
seriously. I told Vijay about it.
Vijay grinned and said nothing. That's the way with Vijay Do you know who Anura Perera is?
He shook his head, no. Then he laughed, So he's looking for a Lankan wife? He's coming to see me because he is interested in me and he has serious
intentions. He lives in Australia!
So what are you saying? Vijay laughed. You are going to marry this prick with a
foreign job? Is that what you've come to tell me? Yes! I said. Anura Perera has a dollar job, a Sydney house, and an Australian ticket.
So?o
Can you describe Vijay’s attitude to the news the narrator is bringing? He thinks she's doing the wrong thing o
tell him? (‘That wasn’t what I had come to tell him.’ What do you think she had come toKeep this question in mind as you look at the next dialogue)That wasn't what I had come to tell him at all.
