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- Galgut's plot serves as an allegory for post-apartheid South Africa, with the unfulfilled promise from the Swart family, who are white, to Salome, who is Black, mirroring what the author sees as a failed promise of reparations made to the nation's Black citizens.
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The The Promise Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes.
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- The Promise Summary
Aug 12, 2018 · The big themes of conversation of natural life and caring for others are at the heart of this story. I intend to use this with a class to explore how picturebooks combine words and images to express an idea.
Oct 13, 2020 · The Promise: How a Children’s Book Hopes to Change the World. Nicola Davies gives unique insight into the making of children’s environmental book, The Promise, and its journey from print to a new BBC film set for release in October.
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The lesson notes and student activities for this picturebook have been developed by Gail Ellis and Tatia Gruenbaum. This lesson is part of a series of four plans that each address the theme of hardship and resilience. The picturebooks that have been chosen for this lesson series discuss social issues such as experiencing homelessness, relying on fo...
In order to offer teachers clear guidance and a comprehensive overview of each picturebook, the notes have been divided into four parts A - D. See below for more information.
The lessons are informed by a story-based methodology (Ellis and Brewster, 1991; 2014) and a story-based e-methodology for video picturebook read-alouds (Ellis and Gruenbaum, 2023). In addition, the lessons are embedded in a children’s rights perspective and comprises three categories: protection, provision and participation. This threefold categor...
Publisher's synopsis
On a mean street in a mean, broken city, a young girl tries to snatch an old woman’s bag. But the frail old woman says the thief can’t have it without giving something in return: the promise. It is the beginning of a journey that will change the girl’s life — and a chance to change the world, for good.
Age and level
This lesson is suitable for use with secondary learners with a pre-intermediate level of English and beyond.
Lesson objectives
The general learning objectives for each lesson are to empower pupils to: 1. engage with social issues as presented through picturebooks to broaden their outlook of marginalised groups in society 2. develop English language skills 3. develop critical thinking 4. raise awareness and understanding of the UNCRC and of their rights and responsibilities 5. understand the importance of individuals and the community showing kindness 6. make responsible decisions when taking action in order to make a...
Click or tap on the title to go to the resources. It's a No-Money Day - Picturebook lesson for primary-aged learners A gentle, poignant and powerful exploration of foodbanks and life below the poverty line. Still a Family - Picturebook lesson for primary-aged learners A little girl and her parents have lost their home and must live in a homeless sh...
Mar 17, 2022 · The Promise by Damon Galgut. reviewed by Ella Fox-Martens. Somewhere in apartheid Pretoria, 1985, Rachel Swart, a recently re-converted Jewish woman, dies of cancer. On her deathbed, she feverishly forces her Christian, Afrikaans husband to promise to give the maid, Salome, the house where she already lives.
The The Promise Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes.
Sep 1, 2013 · In ONE TINY TURTLE, Nicola Davies's clear, compelling narrative follows the life of the rarely seen loggerhead turtle, which swims the oceans for thirty years and for thousands of miles in search of food, only to return, uncannily, to lay her eggs on the very beach where she was born.
