Noughts and Crosses lesson 2; prologue discussion

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Noughts and Crosses

Lesson 2: prologue

In which social or historical contexts will you situate the previous terms? Give examples.

  Even though there have been, unfortunately, plenty of cases of racial segregation all through history, there are two examples in the 20th century that may help us understand better the context in Noughts and Crosses, the novel we are reading: segregation laws in some Southern States in the United States of America and Apartheid in South Africa. Choose one of these two historical contexts and do some research about the situation.  
 
• When and why did segregation start?
• Give examples of segregating laws that were applied and explain how they affected the life of the population (both groups of population: segregators and segregates)
•Were these laws legally approved?
•How long did the situation last? What were the turning points that made it start to change? 
•How is the situation nowadays in those countries?
 
 

 Make 3 predictions about what will happen to Callum and Sephy. Justify your choices with reasons based on the prologue

 In the prologue we meet the main characters in the novel and the relations amongst them. Identify each of them and their connections. Include also a brief description of what we learn about them in the prologue.

Make a sociogram
 
 
 
 
 
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

Sherlock

Read the text and find a(n)
assertion
example
reinforce
explicitating
comment
conclusion
Which words/marker tell you where to look?

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Bare bones

Working in pairs, but drawing individually, design a timeline which reconstructs the central argument of the author. Use discourse markers (so, therefore, etc).

Where do we find value judgements of the author? Look for clues in the text.

Homework for next week Monday:

Read N&C chapters 1-15