Unit 1 Outcome 1 ‘Reading & Responding’ On completion of this unit the student should be able to identify and discuss key aspects of a set text‚ and to construct a response in written form Text ‘I’m Not Scared’ –Niccolo Ammaniti Mark Students will be awarded a mark out of 30 Duration 75 minutes (one period in class) SAC Task Details: * SAC will be in Week begining Friday 15 March * Students will be given two topics‚ they are to choose ONE and indicate it clearly on the
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I’m Not Scared explores the playful and volatile world of childhood through the eyes of nine-year-old Michele‚ who is forced‚ again and again‚ to make the hard choices that will define his character. As the book opens‚ he must choose between helping his younger sister or winning a race. Later‚ he must choose between letting his friend Barbara be humiliated or taking the punishment himself. And as the novel approaches its stunning climax‚ he must choose between obeying his father and fulfilling the
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Even though Michele is innocent and immature he still displays some admirably mature qualities. Niccolo Ammaniti‚ in the novel ‘I’m Not Scared’ depicts Michele as innocent. This is a significant factor of the choices Michele makes. Innocence is an important theme throughout the novel and is portrayed by many characters. Michele’s immaturity is an obstacle he defeats to display admirable qualities of loyalty and courage. Michele’s naivety originates from his juvenile youth. He is inexperienced with
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the boundless wheat fields is the darkness of poverty in which the hamlet of Acqua Traverse is wreathed. Niccolo Ammanity consummately describes the pervasive poverty of the place “forgotten by God and man” throughout this enthralling novel “I’m not scared”. The villagers do not only fall victim to poverty‚ but also to the subsequent fears with which they are afflicted after committing the crime – kidnapping a boy of a wealthy family and holding him to ransom. Fears are correspondingly intertwined with
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Year 11 ESL V1EN011ZB Task for Monday Day 6 18 February 2013. Task A Write Chapter Summaries form Chapter 1-10 in class. You are expected to have read the novel I’m Not Scared. Chapter Summaries is to sum up the main points or the key events that had taken place in the novel. Please write each chapter summary in complete sentences and in paragraph form. 1. Summary of Chapter 1 -Pages 1- 1-41 * Chapter one is about the introduction of the main character‚ Maria‚ skull‚ Salvatore‚ Barbara
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Whenever I write an essay‚ I constantly suppress myself under an obsession that must be perfect. And the only few words are written of the paper. I am confined to such feelings for what‚ I can not know. I’m exhausted while I’m suppressing. And I ask in prison that imprison myself. ’What is writing for who.’ However it is not be changed even if I ask again and again. Always I can’t answer. To say ’for myself’‚ I do not like too suppression of this prison‚ it is not be changed. I can’t answer again
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“Before I was‚ There Were...” I have so many relatives and all of them have done so much for me. My mom’s parents who are Kathey Sigmon and Jerry Carrigan are my grandparents‚ but they divorced and my grandma remarried to Bob Sigmon. My mom had a sister named Emily Sigmon and brother named Nick Carrigan. My grandma Kathey had two sisters name Faye Shew and Sue Robinette. My great grandmother Faye Carrigan is the mother of Jerry Carrigan‚ she has a sister named Nell-Rose Stafford but she passed
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President If all wishes were horses‚ then I would wish to be the president of the United States of America. My wishes to be the United States president are not self-centered but are based on the need to make America a better place for generations to come. In the eyes of the world we are limitless but‚ I believe there are things that are necessary to change to reflect the fame and superiority associated with America in the eyes of the world. If I was president‚ I would strive to accomplish three major
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So i have to do a 5 minute speech on what belonging is and stuff. I need a book/movie etc. that has something to do with belonging or not belonging that i can use for examples and relate my speech to. And i for the life of me can’t think of anything good!!! which is really annoying cause i know i have probably come across thousands of worthy choices in my life. \ So any book or movie or even poem that has themes of belonging/not belonging would be really helpful. (the only one i can think of at
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If I were a bird! As a little bird-maybe a nightingale or an innocent dove-if I were born on this earth‚ I would have been very happy. As a nightingale‚ I would be adored by the people for my sweet songs. I would have built my tiny nest on the top branch of a tree. My nest would give shelter to me and my brethren. From the top of the tree‚ I could see the greenery of the fields‚ the flowing rivers and the far horizon. In a storm‚ my nest would be swung to and fro‚ without being detached from the
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