Read the article below and answer the questions that follow:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2006/jun/21/schools.uk1
1. What is the name of the
school which is mentioned in the article?
2. What did the teacher
who ‘lost it’ threaten to do to the pupils?
3. Why do you think the
writer asks us to put ourselves in the place of the teacher?
4. The writer asks us
whether we have any children of our own. What literary technique is this an
example of?
5. Why do you think the
writer tells us in the second paragraph that she herself has been a teacher?
6. What word does she use
to describe the experience of supply teaching?
7. What is the effect of
this word on us as readers?
8. Who does the writer
partly blame in the fourth paragraph for the negative attitude of students
towards teachers?
9. How does the writer
describe the students in the final paragraph?
10. Thinking about the
article as a whole, how does the writer try to make us sympathise with the
teacher who ‘lost it’?
Before you write an answer
to this question, copy out and fill in the table below (the first two points
have been done for you):
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What she says
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How she says it
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The writer
tells us that she herself has been a teacher and it was not much fun.
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She uses the
word ‘hell’ to describe her own experience. This is a very powerful word and
an example of hyperbole.
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Now take the information
from the table and turn it into a two paragraph answer the question. You need
to write around 200 words.
As always, this is due on Monday.
Good luck!
