Year 11 English - The Melting Pot
Poems from Other Cultures and Traditions
Follow the links below to access copies of a variety of poems, readings, videos, and learning activities that revolve around the theme of a cultural "Melting Pot".
The poets utilise a range of features of author's craft in order to portray their individual message in powerful, moving, and sometimes humorous ways. John Agard's "Half-Caste" and Tom Leonard's "Unrelated Incidents" explore the power that language has in forming and exposing prejudice; Grace Nichols' "Island Man" and Sujata Bhatt's "Search for my Tongue" highlight the emotional effects of homesickness; and Imtiaz Dharker's "Blessing" and Denise Levertov's "What Where They Like?" paint vivid pictures of 'another world'...
The poets utilise a range of features of author's craft in order to portray their individual message in powerful, moving, and sometimes humorous ways. John Agard's "Half-Caste" and Tom Leonard's "Unrelated Incidents" explore the power that language has in forming and exposing prejudice; Grace Nichols' "Island Man" and Sujata Bhatt's "Search for my Tongue" highlight the emotional effects of homesickness; and Imtiaz Dharker's "Blessing" and Denise Levertov's "What Where They Like?" paint vivid pictures of 'another world'...
Why Stay in Chernobyl? Because it's Home...
Chernobyl was the site of the world's worst nuclear accident and, for the past 27 years, the area around the plant has been known as the Exclusion Zone. And yet, a community of about 200 people live there -- almost all of them elderly women. These proud grandmas defied orders to relocate because their connection to their homeland and to their community are "forces that rival even radiation."
National Geographic - PhotographyClick here to access the National Geographic website. You will be able to see hundreds of stunning and beautiful photographs in the "People and Culture" section. Choose a photograph and compose a piece of writing explaining what is happening in the picture from the persepective of teh subject.
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