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Re: [ICTs in English] living through trauma


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  • From: Pauline Larkin <plarkin AT carmel.school.nz>
  • To: ictenglish AT lists.tki.org.nz
  • Subject: Re: [ICTs in English] living through trauma
  • Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 10:05:14 +1200

We are also teaching My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece to all of our Year 9 classes this year. It is a very powerful novel and lends itself to some amazing opportunities with extension work. Highly recommend it.

Pauline Larkin
HOD English
Carmel College

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Kim Cohen <kcohen AT xtra.co.nz> wrote:
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher. The narrator’s older sister is killed in a terrorist bomb attack, The family is ripped apart by grief and the novel follows how the different characters deal with the fallout and the father’s resulting hatred of Muslims. My 2 Year 10 classes (mid and low ability) really enjoyed it.
 
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 2:50 PM
Subject: [ICTs in English] living through trauma
 

I am using work  developed by a colleague  using a mixed set of novels to ask Y10 students to ponder:

“How does the strength of the human spirit help people cope with traumatic experiences.”

The novels include Boy in striped pjs, Goodnight Mr Tom etc

 

Does anyone know of any suitable movies or youtube videos that could enrich this study please? Or poetry?

 

I’ll also take this opportunity to sincerely apologise to everyone for mistakenly sending a personal message to the whole list earlier today.

Many thanks

Catherine Lee

Epsom Girls Grammar School





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