‘Sister Maude’ by Christina Rossetti Learning objectives: AO1: respond to texts critically and imaginatively‚ select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations. AO2: explain how language‚ structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas‚ themes and settings. Pre-reading Activity P A I R Let’s focus on the word ‘sister’. Think of any fairy tales‚ films‚ books‚ celebrities‚ sports women‚ pop groups‚ songs or television programmes where there
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You’ll probably be married by then‚ a good Italian girl like you … BELLA You mean it? You’ll really g o with me? I get so worried I’ll miss it. I get so worried I can’t sleep at night. You really mean it? JORDAN Bella I’d like to go with you. Even if you’re going out with someone I’ll hold you to it. I’ll force you to go with me. It’s a date and I’m it. Okay? BELLA Deal. BACKGROUND There are main five characters in the script of Little Sister: Tracey‚ Katie‚ Bella‚ Jay and Jordan.
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Sister Maude Christina Rossetti begins her poem “Sister Maude” with two similar questions‚ asking who told her parents about her ’shame’. We do not know at this point what the narrator’s shame is‚ but it gradually becomes clear that she was having an affair with a handsome man. In Victorian times when Rossetti was writing‚ this would certainly have been considered shameful. The narrator answers the questions in the first quatrain‚ naming her sister Maude as the person who told her parents what was
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Sister Flower played a significant role in the narrators life. Sister Flower is described as a being an aristocrat and being a strong lady of her time. She is well-dressed and a better educated women in her community despite the fact that she is black. When the narrator refers to her as "the richest white women in town" you can tell that the author is at awe with Sister Flower. In the essay‚ Sister Flowers presence in the narrators life eases her pain and encourages her to be strong.rarely mention
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separate what makes Sister Flowers so different and special compared to herself and her own life. Marguerite has respect for Sister Flowers for a number of reasons: the way Sister Flowers speaks and uses her grammar‚ the way she dresses‚ the way she carries herself‚ her body shape and even the richness of her skin. Marguerite is pretty embarrassed for her and her grandmother’s sake and in my opinion it shows how much Marguerite would like her grandmother to be more like Sister Flowers. She even goes
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“To my Sister” by William Wordsworth William Wordsworth has a bibliography of an interesting way to how he became of lover for poetry. On April 7‚ 1770‚ William Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth‚ Cumbria‚ England. Wordsworth’s mother died when he was eight‚ for this being the first major death in his life‚ it challenged him and shaped his life from there on. Wordsworth attended Hawkshead Grammar School‚ where his love of poetry was firmly established. While he was at Hawkshead‚ Wordsworth’s father
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“Sister Flowers” by Maya Angelou What role did grammar play? Mrs. Flowers was a very important role model in the life of the young girl‚ Marguerite. She was a person whom she looked up to and admired. Mrs. Flowers is a beautiful and well educated black woman of their town‚ Stamps‚ Arkansas. She dressed very well and spoke proper English as well. Marguerite was often times embarrassed by her “momma” (which is her grandmother) because of the way she spoke to Mrs. Flowers‚ or as her grandmother
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“Sister Flowers” by Maya Angelou is a descriptive essay taken from her memoir “I know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” The essay is from the viewpoint of a young lady named Marguerite and the influence her neighbor‚ Sister Flowers‚ has on her during that specific time in her childhood. Throughout the essay‚ it is evident that Sister Flowers has an impact on Marguerite by the intense details the author gives when referring to her. As a result of Sister Flowers’s influence‚ Marguerite expresses the positive
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1.1 It is important to remember that these six areas of learning do not work in isolation but are in fact interlinked. Good quality activities will cover more than one area of development. For example‚ allowing children to access the outdoors will not only support their physical development‚ but encourage their communication and exploration of their environment. Where a child experiences a delay in one area‚ it is likely to limit their learning and development in the other five...a child with cerebral
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1 QUALITIES AND ROLE OF AN ENGLISH TEACHER " Since the role of English as a language of international communication has been widespread quickly in educational systems around the world‚ teaching of English as a second or foreign language has become an increasingly significant task (Richards‚ 2001). Therefore‚ many countries in the globe have been working hard to ensure their citizens’ adequate English proficiency‚ which is necessary for their social economic development. To reach their goals‚ English
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