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  • From: Tina Muller <tinam AT rotorua-intermediate.org.nz>
  • To: <ictenglish AT lists.tki.org.nz>
  • Subject: RE: [ICTs in English] living through trauma
  • Date: Wed, 09 May 2012 11:07:07 +1200

In my year 8 class I have looked at Shane Koyczan - we're looking at people who show resilience - 'living through trauma - His 'This is my voice' and 'New Poem' are excellent. Some others have swear words in that I felt were inappropriate for year 8 - pity becausethey are all good.
Tina

On Wed, 9 May 2012 10:17:10 +1200, Catherine Lee wrote:
Thanks everyone for your contributions.

So that I am contributing as well as receiving, here's an amazing (3
minute) Ted talk I found which I will also use for this unit, where a
woman tells a story about an unexpected 'gift' she received - as with
many Ted talks, very powerful stuff!


http://www.ted.com/talks/stacey_kramer_the_best_gift_i_ever_survived.html
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Regards

Catherine

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ON BEHALF OF Maria
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SENT: Wednesday, 9 May 2012 9:14 a.m.
TO:
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SUBJECT: Re: [ICTs in English] living through trauma

Thanks for this great synopsis Kim! I think I might try and source the
book for myself. It might be useful for an interactive online
lesson...

All the best in your continued search Catherine. This is surely one of
the most collegial lists I have been attached too!

Thanks all, Maria

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Kim Cohen wrote:

The father hates Muslims because he thinks that "all Muslims are
terrorists". The narrator is a 10 year old boy who moves to a new
school and befriends a Muslim girl. He is torn between his wish to
please his father and his need to be friends with an interesting and
intelligent classmate. In the end, they decide to be friends despite
what the adults think. The father's views are shown to be
understandable in all of the circumstances but nevertheless, wrong.
The book allows you to explore racism within a very real context - I
looked at 9/11 as well as Anders Breivk's views that he was responding
to a "Muslim invasion" (views very similar to those held by the
father). It makes it clear that we should not stereotype people
because it has damaging results.

A brilliant book with lots of juicy material.

FROM: Maria Persson [3]

SENT: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 9:13 AM

TO:
ictenglish AT lists.tki.org.nz
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SUBJECT: Re: [ICTs in English] living through trauma

Hi all,

Just a spanner in the works here...I work with domestic and
international students daily and I know my tertiary context is
different but the high school leavers are an interesting cohort that I
love to work with on campus. They are influenced by so much these days
and it shows when they come here.

This novel in particular Kim - does it end 'well' with the 'father'?

Some of these topics are obviously HOT and I just want to know for my
own interest really if the novel then shows a way of dealing with some
of these kinds of thoughts and feelings that inflame the hatred that
is out there. Not all Muslims are terrorists of course.

Thanks and hope this hasn't offended anyone in my asking.

Maria

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Kim Cohen 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.

FROM: Catherine Lee [6]

SENT: Monday, May 07, 2012 2:50 PM

TO:
ictenglish AT lists.tki.org.nz
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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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MARIA PERSSON

SENIOR TUTOR -

University of Waikato/Faculty of Education

P O Box 3105, Hamilton 3240, NZ

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MARIA PERSSON

SENIOR TUTOR -

University of Waikato/Faculty of Education

P O Box 3105, Hamilton 3240, NZ


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