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1 Refugee Blues LO: to develop empathy skills LF: writer’s viewpoint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krubUqbYslc&saf e=active

2 What is happening? Why?

3 1 st reading How are these images related to the poem?

4 2 nd Reading Generate a word bank of adjectives to describe how the narrator feels: Examples Isolated Terrified

5 Read these diary extracts written by a refugee hiding from persecution I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change events anyway. I'll just let matters take their course and hope that everything will be all right in the end.

6 I put on a smile in public but the minute I was alone I knew I was going to cry my eyes out. I slid to the floor in my nightgown and began by saying my prayers, very fervently. Then I drew my knees to my chest, lay my head on my arms and cried, all huddled up on the bare floor. A loud sob brought me back down to earth.

7 Now write your own diary entry. Pretend you are the refugee in the poem. Remember to use: 1 st person Past tense Emotive language Secret feelings

8 Plenary What would you say to the refugee in the poem? Write down a message.


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