LO: We are learning to express our views on a topical issues using 'Write That Essay' sentences.
For this blog post, we have to write another persuasive writing. This time we have to write on the opposite side of the issue.
1. The W-Start Sentence - When someone did a crime, they have to pay for it even if it means their lives.
2. The -Ed Start - Killed victims deserve justice by killing the killer.
3. The -Ing Start - Reinstating death penalty should be legal.
LO: We are learning to express our views on a topical issues using 'Write That Essay' sentences.
In this topic, we have to chose our own topical issues that interests us and I chose, "Should the death penalty be reinstated?"
1. The Power Sentence - You don't know what the prisoner really feels for their crimes.
2. Simple Sentence - You should not decide on people's death.
3. Very Short Sentence - We decide our own deaths.
Learning Outcome: we are learning to identify persuasive writing language features.
The novel Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi is about a teenage girl who has latent magic that tried to bring magic back with the help of her friends.
In the text, the relationship between Amari and Zelie helped me to understand the character of Amari. This is because it showed me how she became brave, courageous and loyal.
Learning Outcome: practice writing an introduction.
In english, we're practising on how to write an essay for our upcoming essay assessment. Here's my work.
Learning Outcome: I am learning to plan an essay.
Our work.
1. What is going to be my 'key event'?
My key event is going to be Zelie losing her magic.
2. Who is going to be my 'important character'?
My important character is going to be Zelie.
3. What are the three ways the character changed as a result of this event?
Zelie believes that the god's will give her magic back. She was also confident before on helping her friends but she felt discourage when she loses it.
Chapter 74 – Inan
Note: This time you have not been provided a quote from the story. This is an
explanation.
King Saran firmly believes in duty over self. Peace between maji and kosidán
failed in the past, so he does not want to try again.
Inan believes he must make a similar choice between his country and his
heart. He makes the same choice as his father, even though the majacite
sword blisters his own skin (this is symbolism). Inan gives up everything to be
everything his Father wants.
A message I take from this scene is Inan don't really know what to do because right after he betrayed Zelie, he saw them and hesitates a little to kill her.
Think back to what Zuko said about honour. Where does it come from?
Chapter 66 – Inan
Father stands in his night robes, scanning a faded map. No sign of hatred. Not
even a hint of disgust.
For him, carving MAGGOT into a girl’s back is just another day’s work.
…
In that instant it hits me: Zulaikha’s death. Zélie’s screams. They don’t mean a
thing to him. Because they’re maji, they’re nothing.
A message I take from this scene is that Inan don't really want to hurt Zelie and the other maji, he just follow what his father wants in order to save Zelie.
Think about how the word ‘maggot’ is used. This is a slur. Do we have these in real life? - yes
Chapter 59 – Zélie
“How will me coming back to Lagos solve any of that?” I ask. “As we speak,
your father calls for my head!”
“My father’s scared.” Inan shakes his head. “He’s misguided, but his fear is
justified. All the monarchy’s ever seen is the destruction maji can bring.
They’ve never experienced anything like this.” He gestures to the camp, face
alight with so much hope his smile practically glows in the darkness. “Zulaikha
created this in one moon, and there are already more diviners in Lagos than
anywhere else in Orïsha. Just imagine what we could accomplish with the
resources of the monarchy behind us.”
A message I take from this scene is Inan is trying to convince Zelie to go back to Lagos with him, to also prove Inan's changes because of Zelie.
Chapter 56 – Zélie
We zip through the crowd while celebrants thrust and shimmy by our sides.
Though part of me wants to cry, I crane my neck to take in the crowd, craving
their joy, their life.
The children of Orïsha dance like there’s no tomorrow, each step praising the
gods. Their mouths glorify the rapture of liberation, their hearts sing the
Yoruba songs of freedom. My ears dance at the words of my language, words I
once thought I’d never hear outside my head. They seem to light up the air
with their delight.
It’s like the whole world can breathe again.
This could be compared to a group of people having fun in a feast. Everyone is happy because they are celebrating something special to them.
Chapter 45 – Inan
“Your people, your guards. They’re nothing more than killers, rapists and
thieves. The only difference between them and criminals is the uniforms they
wear.”
A message I take from this scene is that Inan's father is corrupted. He's also good outside but not inside.
“I won’t let your father get away with what he’s done. I won’t let your
ignorance silence my pain”
With that, she disappears. Her quiet footsteps fade into the silence.
In that moment I realize how wrong I’ve truly been.
It doesn’t matter if I’m in her head.
I’ll never understand her pain.
A message I take from this scene is that Inan is starting to understand Zelie's pain as he knows more about her.
CHAPTER 43
Now it takes everything to gain control. No matter how hard I fight, the risk of
feeling Zélie’s pain lingers. A constant and growing threat.
A message I take from this scene is that they can't stop Zelie's anger no matter what they do.
(Why is thinking about the truth a “threat”? - because it's dangerous)
Chapter 30
Chaos.
Before this moment, I never truly understood the word. Chaos meant Mother’s screams before a luncheon. It meant the scramble of oloyes to their gold-lined chairs.
Now chaos surrounds me, pulsing through every breath and heartbeat. It sings as blood splatters through the air, snickers with delight as boats explode into oblivion.
A message I take from this scene is that a person experience can change the way they look in things, like Amari, she don't understand what chaos means until she had an experience.
CHAPTER 22
I pause for a moment, aghast at the number of them filling the narrow path.
Before today, I caught only glimpses of the laborers brought in to staff the
palace—always pleasant, clean, groomed to Mother’s satisfaction. Like Binta, I
thought they lived simple lives, safe within the palace walls. I never considered
where they came from, where else they might have ended up,
“Skies…” It’s almost too hard to bear the sight. Mostly diviners, the laborers
outnumber the villagers by hordes, dressed in nothing but tattered rags. Their
dark skin blisters under the scorching sun, marred by the dirt and sand
seemingly burned into their beings. Each is hardly more than a walking
skeleton.
A message I take from this scene is that reality is harsher than what you expect and you might see some things that you taught they are in a good condition but they are not.
Chapter 13 - Zélie
I turn back toward Amari and try to let it go. But in her eyes, I see her
brother’s. I feel his hands choking me.
“I want to trust her—”
“No, you don’t.”
“Well, even if I did, I can’t. Her father ordered the Raid. Her brother burned
down our village. What makes you think she’s any different?”
A message I take from this scene is that when someone is nice but still remembers the bad things from them.
