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CHINESE CINDERELLA
Monday, 20 July 2015
FIRST STEPS:
• Which words in the abstract stand out?
• Read, number and search for “new” words. How is the
writing given an ominous atmosphere at the opening?
• Annotate the heading – who is Cinderella?
• What does this knowledge lead you to expect about
the article? Annotate…
• This is an autobiography – note this and consider what
you expect from that genre of literature.
FOCUS 1
RELATIONSHIPS
Adeline’s feelings before she meets
her father
Evidence
Her first reaction on hearing that he
wants to see her.
She is overwhelmed.
How she suggests her father’s room is
somewhere uniquely special, a place to
be revered, an inner sanctum to which
few, if any, are admitted.
1. The Holy of Holies.
2. A place to which I had never been
invited.
3.
Her feelings on entering her father’s
room.
1. She knocks timidly.
2.
3.
Relationships continued
Adeline’s feelings as she meets her
father
.
Evidence
He is commanding – as indicated by
the repetition and use of exclamation.
1. Use of exclamation marks
2. He orders her to Sit down! and
repeats it.
3.
He is reassuring.
1.
2.
3
Their relationship lacks warmth and
closeness.
1.
2.
3.
He appears to be relaxed and at ease,
in contrast to her tension.
1.
2.
3.
She is desperate to please her father
and her reaction to his pleasure is
overwhelming.
1.
2.
3.
Relationships 3
Adeline’s feelings as she meets her
father
Evidence
She emphasises her timidity.
1.
2.
3.
She emphasises that she is wary of
him.
1.
2.
3.
Language for effect:
Technique
Intended effect
Slips into the present tense.
Emphasises her timidity and the
strength of her worry.
Use of repetition by her father.
Indicates either impatience or vigour.
Use of punctuation and short
sentences.
Develops the reader’s understanding of
character.
Use of triple rhetorical question; all
written in the present tense.
1.
2.
3.
Use of cliché.
1.
2.
3.
Use of numbers rather than names for
children.
1.
2.
3.
The passage starts in the past tense,
moves through the present tense and
ends with the past tense.
1.
2.
3.
POSSIBLE TASKS
•
1-3 PEE paragraphs answering the following question: How does
Adeline Yen Mah present her relationship with her family?
• Related to this passage:
• Consider the following two statements:
• ‘Boarding schools teach young people to become confident and
well-rounded
• adults.’
• ‘Sending young children away to boarding school is cruel and
unnatural.’
• • Write arguing in favour of one of these statements.
• • Describe what your dream is for your future, and how it would
feel to be granted
• your dream.