Vultures

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Vultures

• Objective
• To understand what kind of creatures vultures are
  and what they represent in the poem.

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Task 1

• 1) What kind of creatures are vultures?
• Vultures are birds which . . . .
• 2) In the poem, what are the vultures doing?
• In the poem, the vultures are . . . having just .
  . .
• 3) What does the poet compare the vultures'
  behaviour with?
• The poet compares the vultures behaviour with .
  . .
• 4) Do you think the poet wants us to feel good,
  because evil people are capable of love, or bad,
  because they only love their families and are
  evil towards others?
• I think that the poet wants us to feel . . .

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Night of the Scorpion

• Objective
• To understand the poem Night of the Scorpion.

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What is a Scorpion?
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Task 1 Answer these questions using quotations.

• 1) What do the people think the scorpion
  represents?
• The people think that the scorpion represents . .
  .
• 2) How are the peasants described as they come to
  see what has happened?
• When they come to see the poets mother, the
  peasants are described . . . . This is because .
  . .
• 3) What is the reaction of the poets father to
  what has happened?
• The poets father . . .
• 4) Why is the poets mother relieved?
• Extension Write a narrative poem, telling the
  story of something initially frightening, but
  which turned out fine. Begin it, I remember the
  time . . . .

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Search for My Tongue.

• Objectives
• To understand what is meant by mother tongue
• To show that you understand how important
  language is to identity

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Sujata Bhatt Search for My Tongue. Sujata
Bhatt was born in the Indian state of Gujarat,
where her 'mother tongue' (first language) was
Gujarati. Later, her family lived for some years
in the United States, where she learned English.
She now lives in Germany. She has chosen to write
poems in English, rather than Gujarati. But a
number of her poems, including this one, are
written in both languages. This poem is part of a
longer poem (Search for my Tongue), written when
she was studying English at university in
America, and began to be afraid she might lose
her original language. In an interview she says,
'I have always thought of myself as an Indian who
is outside India'. Her mother tongue is for her
an important link to her family, and to her
childhood 'That's the deepest layer of my
identity.'
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Answer these questions in full sentences, using
quotations.

• 1) What does the poet mean when says that she has
  lost her tongue?
• When she says that she has lost her tongue, the
  poet
• 2) Why does the poet say that she could not
  really know the other language?
• The poet says that she could not really know the
  other
• 3) What does she mean by saying that her mother
  tongue will die in her mouth?
• When the poet says that her mother tongue will
  die in her mouth, she means
• 4) What happens when the poet dreams?
• When the poet dreams, she
• 5) What does she compare her language to and why?
• She compares her language tobecause
• 6) Why does she think that she will never forget
  her mother tongue?

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• Search For My Tongue.
• Task 1.
• Write a detailed paragraph, using quotations,
  explaining the importance of the mother tongue to
  the poet and why she feels concerned.
• Task 2.
• Write a detailed paragraph, using quotations,
  explaining what happens to the poets language
  and why she stops worrying.

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Nothings Changed

• Objectove
• To understand what Apartheid was.
• To understand why the poet is angry

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a) This makes him think that that despite the
changing political situation, there are still
huge inequalities between blacks and whites. Even
though South Africa is supposed to have changed,
he knows the new restaurant is really
'whites-only'. He feels that nothing has really
changed   b) He sees a new restaurant expensive,
stylish, exclusive, with a guard at the gatepost.
c) The poet returns to the wasteland that was
once his home, and relives the anger he felt when
the area was first destroyed. d) He thinks about
the poverty around it, especially the working
man's café nearby, where people eat straight from
a plastic tabletop.   e) The deep anger he feels
makes him want to destroy the restaurant - to
smash the glass with a stone, or a bomb.
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• Prejudice.
• 1)   What does prejudice mean? 
• Prejudice is when someone dislikes you because of
  . . .
• 2)   Write down 4 different types of prejudice?
• Racism is when . . .
• Sexism is when . . .
• Ageism is when . . .
• Homophobia is when . . .
• 3)   Can you think of an example where you have
  been prejudiced against because of who you are?
• An example of prejudice involving myself occurred
  when I was . . .
• 4)   What sort of prejudice is the poem about?
  Where and when does this take place?
• The poem Nothings Changed is about . . .
• It is set in_________ ___________ before then end
  of _______________. This happened in the early
  ______s.

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Hurricane Hits England

• Objective
• To be able to explain the 3 key words.
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification

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• Task 1
• Give
• A) 4 examples of metaphors
• B) Two examples of similes
• C) 1 example of personification from the poem.
• Task 2
• Why is the hurricane important to the poet? What
  does it remind her of? (Use quotes)