Learning Objective: to show understanding of the threats that Starr and her family face, with supporting evidence
Success criteria:
1. I have completed the work set yesterday on boys, gangs & fear, showing understanding of language features and reading on, between and beyond the lines.
2. I have shown understanding of the power relationship between King and Maverick by creating a cartoon or poster that uses 1-2 key quotes and visual imagery to highlight the main ideas.
1. Language features. Find an example of a metaphor, an example of personification and a simile. For each example, copy it out, describe what it means and explain what effect it has.
e.g. "Momma's beating the hell out of some steaks when we get home." This describes how noisily and angrily Starr's mum is cooking. It emphasises her frustration. The effect is to help us understand how tense the atmosphere is in the kitchen at Starr's house, due to her parents arguing and stress about Starr's witnessing Khalil's death.
2. Describe the encounter between King and Maverick in your own words. Find three examples of threatening language and copy them.
3. "He's gonna mess me up if I rat on him." - who says/thinks this, and what does it mean?
4. Describe the good news Starr's mum has. Why do you think she didn't share it earlier?
5. "We can look at some houses before you go to it." - what is the on-the-lines meaning of this sentence? What is Maverick suggesting (implying) in this sentence?
6. In the last two pages, Seven is having different thoughts about the idea of moving. Explain, in your own words, why that is.
Today we are considering how a recent event in New Zealand where a person made a racist comment online possibly links to the novel The Hate You Give.
Herald article on Eagle Breweries owner's comments.
Radio New Zealand article on "unacceptable comments.
(Or you may have found a different source on this topic)
Starr is terrified and upset in chapter 11 for several reasons, and none of them are her fault. Firstly, she is terrified because the police have ordered her father on the ground and are searching him as though he has done something wrong. She sees the police treat her father like a dangerous criminal, when he was merely having a conversation with his neighbour about something very serious. She fears that they will shoot him like they shot Khalil.
The second reason that Starr is terrified is that she discovers that people know that she witnessed Khalil's death. A neighbour called Tim reveals this just after the police incident, saying, "They only did that shit 'cause they 'bout Starr." The family had worked hard to keep her identity as the witness secret to protect Starr, and now she feels very exposed.
The third reason that Starr feels terrified is that Kenya exposes her fears that she is a coward. Kenya accuses her of sitting back and letting Khalil be disrespected: "You're letting them trash-talk him." This is Starr's own fear, and now Kenya has confirmed it. Kenya runs the point home by saying, "The Khalil I know would've jumped on TV in a hot second and told everybody what happened if it meant defending you. And you can't do the same for him." Starr is now feeling terrified because she is scared of the police, scared of the people in her neighbourhood, and scared of what she sees as her lack of courage.
Now that you have read my example, go to your document answering the reading comprehension questions that we worked on earlier this week, and have a go at writing a 1-3 paragraph answer to the same question: "Why is Starr terrified in chapter 11?"
Welcome back to Te Kura Tuarua o Māwhera for Term Two!
This term our focus is on a novel study. By the end of term we will be ready to write an essay on aspects of our novel.
Before we start our new novel for the term, we want to complete reading The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas. Yesterday we talked about the links between George Floyd and this novel, and then listened to another chapter. Today we are starting with a reading comprehension activity on a section of the novel. You have been given an extract from the novel to read. Then answer the following questions:
