BISHOP JUSTUS. Year 9 GCSE English Language

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1 DAZ 4 ZOE BISHOP JUSTUS English Department Resource booklet BISHOP JUSTUS Year 9 GCSE English Language DAZ 4 ZOE Robert Swindells REALISE RESOURCE BOOKLET

2 Extract 1 Daz thay call me. 2 years back wen I com 13 Del that s my brovver thay catch in raiding with the Dred. Top in don t thay, and im just gon lornorders com tel our mam, 1 wumin, 1 man, nor thay don t come til after thay dunnit never. Our Mam been down with the dulleye, and she just sort of stairs don t she, tilt hay go if, and its not until nite she crys. She says don t you never go of wiv no Dred, our Daz. No Mam I sez, but I never crost my hart. Don t cownt less you crost yor hart, rite? Extract 2 Hi. I m Zoe May Askew. Or Zoe may not. (Joke!) I m fourteen. My friend at school is Tabitha. Tabitha Flinders Wentworth for short. She s fourteen too. If the name seems familiar to you it s no big surprise. Her dad s Paul Wentworth of Wentworth and Lodge (Developments) PLC, the outfit that shoved up practically every suburb in England. You re bound to have seen their boards, plus their ads on TV. He s into about a million other things too, Tabby says. Security. Roads. Power. He s into power all right. Chair of the Suburb Selectmen, Chair of Schools Management Committee, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Dog leaves mess on the sidewalk, Paul Wentworth ll make himself Chair of it. They re loaded. Well you can imagine. They live in the gorgeous architectdesigned house on Wentworth Drive. That s right Wentworth Drive. He built the place and named it after himself, and why not? I know what you re wondering. You re wondering home come Tabby Wentworth would bother with a scumbag like me, right? Sure you are. Well, my dad s an estate agent, see, and what estate agents do is they sell houses. You probably thought they sold cheese burgers, but they sell houses. Wentworth build s em, Dad sells em. They re not friends exactly, but they do a lot of business together and that s what it s all about, isn t it? Well, no as a matter of fact, it s not.

3 Blue Moon writing task DAZ 4 ZOE by Robert Swindells The Blue Moon One of the most distinctive parts of DAZ 4 ZOE is the difference in language used between the Subbies and the Chippies. The fight at the Blue Moon is the moment when Daz and Zoe meet, starting the chain of events in the novel. You are going to write about what happened in the fight. You can choose to write in Chippy style or Subby style. Re-read the section of the novel before beginning and think about the events that happened. CHIPPY STYLE U can b a bystander at t Blue Moon club. U r a Chippy. U cud b t gurl dat Larry waz annoyin. U saw t fight an u might o got involved or kicked out ov t club. U must tri 2 rite in Chippy stile. Remember: Most Chippies want to avoid trouble with the lorandorders, this should be reflected in your writing. SUBBY STYLE You are going to write as one of the Subbies. You can either be Larry, Ned or Tabby (who is described as a bit of a user ). You could also choose to be from another group of Subbies who were out Chippying what did they see? Remember: What they are doing Chippying is a banned activity and dangerous Suburban kids have died in fights like this. This tension should be reflected in your writing.

4 An Analysis of Nothing Changed This framework may help you the respond to the poem. You do not need to answer each question, but this will help you organise your ideas. 1. Introduce the poem and give the reader some information about the main themes/ideas in the poem? 2. Discuss the organisation of the poem Is there anything significant about the structure? Think about the beginning and the end? How does the poem tell a story or a journey? What is the main stanza? How and why is this important? What does it tell you about the subject of the poem? 3. Discuss the way in which language is used throughout the poem. What images are used? What do they mean or suggest? Select and image to describe the whites/the blacks/his emotions/his memories. 4. How does the poet use contrast? What do you learn about the people and the place? 5. What is the poet s message? What is the tone or attitude of the poem? How effective are the devices/language that the poet uses? What is your personal response to the poem? REMEMBER to use quotes. Make your point, provide the evidence in the form of a quote and make a comment and explain the point you have made.

5 NOTHING S CHANGED Small round hard stones click under my heels, seeding grasses thrust bearded seeds into trouser cuffs, cans, trodden on, crunch in tall, purple-flowering, amiable weeds. District Six. No board says it is: but my feet know, and my hands, and the skin about my bones, and the soft labouring of my lungs, and the hot, white, inwards turning anger of my eyes. Down the road, working man's cafe sells bunny chows. Take it with you, eat it at a plastic table's top, wipe your fingers on your jeans, spit a little on the floor: it's in the bone. I back from the glass, boy again, leaving small mean O of small mean mouth. Hands burn for a stone, a bomb, to shiver down the glass. Nothing's changed. Brash with glass, name flaring like a flag, it squats in the grass and weeds, incipient Port Jackson trees: new, up-market, haute cuisine, guard at the gatepost, whites only inn. No sign says it is: but we know where we belong. I press my nose to the clear panes, know, before I see them, there will be crushed ice white glass, linen falls, the single rose.

6 How does the poet use language to present the places? The use of alliteration The use of colour imagery The use of contrast How does the poet show the feelings of the speaker? How he feels The sentence structure and repetition Why he feels this way How does the poet show that the white people do not belong? The words and phrases that show they are not originally from there How does the poet show that racism still exists in South Africa? The use of contrasts The structure The title The imagery of the inn How does the poet use language to present the places? The use of alliteration The use of colour imagery The use of contrast How does the poet show the feelings of the speaker? How he feels The sentence structure and repetition Why he feels this way How does the poet show that the white people do not belong? The words and phrases that show they are not originally from there How does the poet show that racism still exists in South Africa? The use of contrasts The structure The title The imagery of the inn

7 Pronunciation and accent This worksheet asks you to investigate the different ways English can be pronounced and the attitudes we have to different accents. Open the website for the International Corpus of English at You might need a pair of headphones! 1. Listen to several extracts from at least four of the regions. Note the differences in the way particular vowels and consonants are pronounced. For example, consider how v is pronounced by the speakers from Hong Kong. Pick out individual words that are pronounced differently and write them below: Now try to identify what is actually different. For example, the first Kenyan speaker pronounces colleges differently to the way most people in Britain do. The difference is in the way the o is said. 2. Thinking about how vowels and consonants are pronounced leads to considering accent. Read the following definition: Accent: the combination of pitch, rhythm and stresses in a person s speech, as well as how vowels and consonants are chosen. In the box below, list any accents you really like or really loathe. Try to explain your responses.

8 Pronunciation and accent 3. There has been a great deal of research done about people s attitudes to accents. People often make judgements about what another person is like based on accent alone. For example, a strong Birmingham accent is sometimes seen as indicating low social status. Make a list of five accents. Then make a list of five qualities, such as honesty, friendliness and intelligence. Conduct a survey in which you ask your friends to rate each quality for each accent, using a scale from one to five. (Five means that the accent suggests that quality completely, one means not at all.) Present your findings in the box below. What conclusions can you draw about the way accent influences people s opinions?

9 Pronunciation and accent 4. Everybody has an accent. In fact, everybody has his/her own individual, unique accent. Use your phone or another device to record yourself talking for two or three minutes. (You might find it easier if you record yourself talking to someone else.) Listen to the recording and answer the following questions: a) What do you sound like? b) Do you sound the way you thought you did? c) How would you describe your accent? Write your responses in the box below.

10 POLICE - OPERATION DRED Your task is to compile evidence against the terrorist organisation DRED. You need to find out key information. 1. Collect photographs of the suspects Cal, Del, Mike, Daz and any others. 2. Make detailed notes on anything you know about each suspect eg age, appearance, previous convictions, habits/behaviour. 3. Make a map of key locations and sightings. 4. Information on victims and crimes. 5. Witness interviews 6. Forensic evidence eg finger prints, weapons. 7. Surveillance information 8. Wanted poster Some of this information you will find in the book Daz 4 Zoe, but some evidence will have to be supplemented with events that you imagine. Make suggestions for infiltrating the organisation to find further evidence or how you would go about catching the terrorists. REMEMBER: These are dangerous criminals and have been responsible for the deaths of innocent Subby s. YOU WILL NEED TO PRESENT YOUR FINDINGS TO THE CHIEF INSPECTOR AT 1:30PM ON FRIDAY 23 rd MAY 2008.

11 Daz 4 Zoe D A Z Its reely dark and stinky and i m scairt. Get a grip i sez inside my hed. Do somfing take yor mind of it ha ha. So i put the flashlite in my teef and get the twine and tie 1 end to the ladder. i say help me god and i m in the tunnel going norf. i hope Daz is trying to get through the tunnels to Silverdale. pp Daz 4 Zoe copyright Robert Swindells Obviously, it s dark, dank and grimy. Potentially Daz could lose his life if he is caught trying to get into a Subbie area. He might be killed by the guards or killed by the Dred for using their secret route. The tunnels are underground pipes but Daz has no idea which direction to follow. He has never been down the tunnels before and is utterly on his own. TASK: Write Daz s account of what happened in the tunnels whilst on his way to Silverdale. Use Daz s characteristic style and vocabulary in your writing. Remember that although Daz writes in a non-standard style with unorthodox spellings and word choices, he is intelligent and has a sense of humour. You should try to build tension by including/thinking about the following: short sharp lines details of Daz s thoughts and feelings images that show how he is reacting to the experience descriptions of what he discovers down there descriptions of what things are already in the tunnels. What else might he find there? Daz is using a secret Dred route into Silverdale make sure that you show the possible dangers of this choice in your writing use the five senses to build up your description there should be a growing sense of horror and darkness in your writing as the tunnels close in on Daz Daz is focused on seeing Zoe and the fact that it will make everything better, but will this help him to get through the experience? After you have drafted your writing, read it through to check that it has enough detail. Compare your version with Daz s account of what happened.

12 Zoe says, towards the end of DAZ 4 ZOE, I m no heroine. Discuss how true this statement is with reference to the text? Introduction What are the typical features of a hero or heroine? Briefly how does Zoe fit with this description? A hero or heroine is usually.. I think that Zoe is/is not a heroine because. Para 1 What is Zoe like at the beginning of the novel? Write about p6-7 and her first thoughts when she is invited to go Chippying. When Zoe is invited to go Chippying, she thinks.this shows her to be.. Para 2 Write about when Zoe begins to question her education. Include information about when and why she writes Brainwashing (p44-45) and how she reacts to this afterwards (p55). Zoe begins to question the things she is taught in school and writes Brainwashing over her lines. She does this because Her rebellion suggests.however,. Para 3 Write about when Zoe challenges Pohlman. (p82-83) How heroic or brave do you think she is here? Why? Zoe is interviewed by Pohlman. He has the power to put her in prison, yet Zoe.. Para 4 Write about when Zoe escapes from Silverdale. Look at p How heroic are her actions? Why do you think this? Zoe decides to escape from Silverdale. Para 5 Write about the fight between DRED and DS (p ). How does Zoe behave - is she brave or heroic. Why? Once Zoe has escaped from Silverdale she finds herself in a very dangerous situation. Conclusion Overall then do you think Zoe is a heroine? Why do you think this? How has Zoe changed and developed as a character? Why do you think Robert Swindells presents Zoe like this? In conclusion.