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Narnia Literacy Circle - Artful Adventurer (Week 2)

Narnia Literacy Circle - Artful Adventurer (Week 2) Learning Intention: Creatively summarise the information. Success Criteria: Detailed summary of the information Presented in an artistic way e.g. a poem, music, collage etc. Acrostic Poem R - Respectful A - Adamant P - Proud H - Happy A - Appreciative E - Ebullient L - Lean Raphael is respectful to his friends and family as shown in the book, he cares for his aunt and he acts like a younger brother for Gardo. He is adamant because he refuses to tell the truth to the police officer. Raphael is proud of being a trash boy which is implied when he says in the book “I am a trash boy with style”. He is happy with his life and he doesn’t feel he is at a disadvantage just because his family doesn’t have that much money. Raphael is appreciative because he appreciates what he has and he doesn’t get greedy. He is ebullient because he likes to be cheerful and he is full of energy. Raphael is lean because he...

Solo Questions and answers (Week 1 - 2)

Explain causes of Stupp: Stupp is a combination of human muck wrapped up in tissue. The reason people make stupp is because many people don't have toilets and running water. So when they have to go, they do it wherever they can. They do it on a piece of toilet paper and wrap it up once they're done. They chuck it rubbish bags and the bags come together. All over the city, trash bags get loaded onto carts, and from carts onto trucks or even trains, and the train and trucks dump them in Behala. Analyze the items in Raphael's treasure box: The treasure box, which was a crate that beer came in contains many items including his little spread of treasures. His treasures included a penknife with a broken blade, A picture of the Virgin Mary, A still watch, a little plastic duck and a pair of jeans wrapping the precious bag. Predict who the girl in the photo in Jose Angelico's wallet was: I think the mysterious girl could be Jose's daughter who he lost when he left Phili...

Character Profile 😉

TRASH BY ANDY MULLIGAN CHARACTER PROFILE Learning Intention: Describe a character.                                  RAPHAEL FERNANDEZ AGE:14 ‘I'm a trash boy with style’ He have a very strong will, and being without education or not enough food to keep him strong he never gives up and when you are in a wrecked town where a lot of people are wanted by the police who do nothing to help the starving kids and the sick and dying. He has no home and only has a poor auntie. He makes a living by looking through the piles of trash through the town and selling them for money. But he is incredibly strong! Raphael fights poverty and with him having so little and some people having so much he deserves so much more than living in a trash site.   “I was a trash boy since I was old enough to move without help ...
Connector LI-   Make connections with self, other texts and the world Success Criteria: Detailed connections made, in your own words, with self, other text and the world Raphael Fernandez is a dumpsite boy, along with his best friend Gardo. He lives with his aunty, two cousins and his half sister, in a house made of trash found from the dumpsite, they are quite lucky compared to the others living in Behala. Families living in Behala is not in a very secure and rich condition, many suffer from hunger. They count on the trash they find, and the little money they have, to       Survive,  And to live under a shelter. Many people living in Behala, lives with either a parent or family members, but a boy named Rat lives alone, he is also one of the characters in the book.  But luckily he was found by the mission school, other wise he wouldn’t have survived. He lives down in the grou...

trash Tugul (vocab enricher)

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"what if they have the whole place surrounded what if they're all in plainclothes waiting for me and I don't see until it's too late"