Ready Steady Read Together
Coming to England: Non-Fiction Lesson 4
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries while we knew so much about theirs. But they just didn’t seem to want to know.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How is the theme of racism and discrimination, as experienced by the Windrush Generation, shown in this extract?
B) How did Floella value differences in people and cultures?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
I hated the rejection I had experienced so far. Even going shopping was an ordeal. Sandra and I would stand at the counter waiting to be served but would be ignored, treated as though we were invisible, and that hurt. Other West Indian children in my school had experienced the same hostility. We were treated without any respect and we were bundled together as coming from the same place. Our individual identity was never acknowledged. We had come from different islands – Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts, Dominica and Antigua – and spoke with different accents. We were brought up with different cultures and music. Each island in the Caribbean was as different as France is from Finland as Spain is from Sweden – even we had to learn to understand each other. I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries while we knew so much about theirs. But they just didn’t seem to want to know. I always found it exciting when I meet someone from a different country as it expanded my knowledge of the world. I, too, was coming into contact with Jews, Italians, Africans and West Indians from other islands, but I didn’t treat them as if they were worthless beings with no feelings.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
So many British people thought we had come from a land of coconuts and palm trees, huts and beaches, not realising that our buildings, history and food had strong European influences. In fact, we probably knew more about British history and culture than most of them. My uncle, like so many other West Indians, had fought and died for Britain in the Second World War. Hundreds of West Indians had joined the Army and the Air Force, and had fought to protect Britain, to make her a safe place to life. Little did that generation of West Indians know that their gallant action was to go unrecognised and forgotten and that many of their descendants would have to go through a gruelling survival course on arrival in Britain, and be made to feel unwelcome and unwanted in the celebrated motherland.
I came to England feeling special, like a princess, but was made to feel like a scavenger, begging for a piece of what I thought was mine. I had been told that I was part of the British Empire. Was that a lie? My dreams and visions had been shattered but I was in England now and there was no turning back. I had to learn to survive.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
ordeal
gallant
acknowledged
descendants
gruelling
scavenger
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From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
ordeal
Explore
Find Read Talk
I hated the rejection I had experienced so far. Even going shopping was an ordeal. Sandra and I would stand at the counter waiting to be served but would be ignored, treated as though we were invisible, and that hurt.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
ordeal
Your turn
acknowledged
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
gallant
descendants
gruelling
scavenger
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
I hated the rejection I had experienced so far. Even going shopping was an ordeal. Sandra and I would stand at the counter waiting to be served but would be ignored, treated as though we were invisible, and that hurt. Other West Indian children in my school had experienced the same hostility. We were treated without any respect and we were bundled together as coming from the same place. Our individual identity was never acknowledged. We had come from different islands – Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts, Dominica and Antigua – and spoke with different accents. We were brought up with different cultures and music. Each island in the Caribbean was as different as France is from Finland as Spain is from Sweden – even we had to learn to understand each other. I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries while we knew so much about theirs. But they just didn’t seem to want to know. I always found it exciting when I meet someone from a different country as it expanded my knowledge of the world. I, too, was coming into contact with Jews, Italians, Africans and West Indians from other islands, but I didn’t treat them as if they were worthless beings with no feelings.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
So many British people thought we had come from a land of coconuts and palm trees, huts and beaches, not realising that our buildings, history and food had strong European influences. In fact, we probably knew more about British history and culture than most of them. My uncle, like so many other West Indians, had fought and died for Britain in the Second World War. Hundreds of West Indians had joined the Army and the Air Force, and had fought to protect Britain, to make her a safe place to life. Little did that generation of West Indians know that their gallant action was to go unrecognised and forgotten and that many of their descendants would have to go through a gruelling survival course on arrival in Britain, and be made to feel unwelcome and unwanted in the celebrated motherland.
I came to England feeling special, like a princess, but was made to feel like a scavenger, begging for a piece of what I thought was mine. I had been told that I was part of the British Empire. Was that a lie? My dreams and visions had been shattered but I was in England now and there was no turning back. I had to learn to survive.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
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Let me use my reader's voice...
I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries while we knew so much about theirs. But they just didn’t seem to want to know. I always found it exciting when I meet someone from a different country as it expanded my knowledge of the world.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries
while we knew so much about theirs.
But they just didn’t seem to want to know.
I always found it exciting when I meet someone from a different country
as it expanded my knowledge of the world.
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries while we knew so much about theirs. But they just didn’t seem to want to know. I always found it exciting when I meet someone from a different country as it expanded my knowledge of the world.
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
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Strategy: Main Point
A) How is the theme of racism and discrimination, as experienced by the Windrush Generation, shown in this extract?
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I hated the rejection I had experienced so far. Even going shopping was an ordeal. Sandra and I would stand at the counter waiting to be served but would be ignored, treated as though we were invisible, and that hurt. Other West Indian children in my school had experienced the same hostility.
A) How is the theme of racism and discrimination, as experienced by the Windrush Generation, shown in this extract?
Instead of receiving a warm welcome in England, Floella was not accepted. This discrimination made even simple tasks, like shopping, difficult as she and her sister were overlooked or dismissed. This affected her emotionally.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) How is the theme of racism and discrimination, as experienced by the Windrush Generation, shown in this extract?
B) How did Floella value differences in people and cultures?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - other West Indian children in my school had experienced the same hostility - we (West Indians) were treated without any respect - their (veterans’) descendants would…be made to feel unwelcome and unwanted in the celebrated motherland
treated with disrespect and resentment
Acceptable Answers
A) How is the theme of racism and discrimination, as experienced by the Windrush Generation, shown in this extract?
Text Mark Evidence - we were bundled together as coming from the same place - English people knew nothing about our different countries - they just didn’t seem to want to know (about our countries)
no recognition or knowledge of different countries or culture
Text Mark Evidence so many British people thought we had come from a land of coconuts and palm trees, huts and beaches
ignorance and stereotypes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
no recognition or knowledge of personal sacrifice
Text Mark Evidence my uncle, like so many other West Indians, had fought and died for Britain the Second World War…hundreds of West Indians had joined the Army and the Air Force, and had fought to protect Britain…their gallant action would go unrecognised and forgotten
Text Mark Evidence - we had come from different islands… and spoke with different accents…we had to learn to understand each other - each island in the Caribbean was as different as France is from Finland as Spain is from Sweden - we (people from the Caribbean) were brought up with different cultures and music
understanding and respectful of different cultures within the Caribbean
Acceptable Answers
B) How did Floella value differences in people and cultures?
interested in learning about different cultures
Text Mark Evidence - I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries while we knew so much about theirs - I always found it exciting when I meet someone from a different country as it expanded my knowledge of the world
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - I didn’t treat them as if they were worthless beings with no feelings - I came to England feeling special, like a princess
celebrated differences in herself and others
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘descendants’?
True or False?
People from the different islands in the Caribbean had nearly identical accents and cultures.
True
False
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘recognised or appreciated’:
We were treated without any respect and we were bundled together as coming from the same place. Our individual identity was never acknowledged. We had come from different islands – Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts, Dominica and Antigua – and spoke with different accents. We were brought up with different cultures and music.
Discuss then check
acknowledged
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fill the Gaps
descendants
gallant
gruelling
Little did that generation of West Indians know that their action was to go unrecognisedand forgotten and that many of their would have to go through a survival course on arrival in Britain, and be made to feel unwelcome and unwanted in the celebrated motherland.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
think about your life.
Reveal
Connect the story to your own experiences.
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
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Ready Steady Read Together
Coming to England: Non-Fiction Lesson 4
What do you think you know?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Book Talk: Let's explore this illustration.
Explore
What do you know and think?
I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries while we knew so much about theirs. But they just didn’t seem to want to know.
How might this extract link to the illustration?
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Today's Question(s)
A) How is the theme of racism and discrimination, as experienced by the Windrush Generation, shown in this extract?
B) How did Floella value differences in people and cultures?
Explore
Let me read today's text
Explore
I hated the rejection I had experienced so far. Even going shopping was an ordeal. Sandra and I would stand at the counter waiting to be served but would be ignored, treated as though we were invisible, and that hurt. Other West Indian children in my school had experienced the same hostility. We were treated without any respect and we were bundled together as coming from the same place. Our individual identity was never acknowledged. We had come from different islands – Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts, Dominica and Antigua – and spoke with different accents. We were brought up with different cultures and music. Each island in the Caribbean was as different as France is from Finland as Spain is from Sweden – even we had to learn to understand each other. I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries while we knew so much about theirs. But they just didn’t seem to want to know. I always found it exciting when I meet someone from a different country as it expanded my knowledge of the world. I, too, was coming into contact with Jews, Italians, Africans and West Indians from other islands, but I didn’t treat them as if they were worthless beings with no feelings.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
So many British people thought we had come from a land of coconuts and palm trees, huts and beaches, not realising that our buildings, history and food had strong European influences. In fact, we probably knew more about British history and culture than most of them. My uncle, like so many other West Indians, had fought and died for Britain in the Second World War. Hundreds of West Indians had joined the Army and the Air Force, and had fought to protect Britain, to make her a safe place to life. Little did that generation of West Indians know that their gallant action was to go unrecognised and forgotten and that many of their descendants would have to go through a gruelling survival course on arrival in Britain, and be made to feel unwelcome and unwanted in the celebrated motherland. I came to England feeling special, like a princess, but was made to feel like a scavenger, begging for a piece of what I thought was mine. I had been told that I was part of the British Empire. Was that a lie? My dreams and visions had been shattered but I was in England now and there was no turning back. I had to learn to survive.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
ordeal
gallant
acknowledged
descendants
gruelling
scavenger
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
I will model the first.
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
ordeal
Explore
Find Read Talk
I hated the rejection I had experienced so far. Even going shopping was an ordeal. Sandra and I would stand at the counter waiting to be served but would be ignored, treated as though we were invisible, and that hurt.
Reveal Vocabulary
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
ordeal
Your turn
acknowledged
Find the word or phrase Read the sentence Talk about it to a partner
gallant
descendants
gruelling
scavenger
Use your text
Explore
Vocabulary Check
Explore
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
I hated the rejection I had experienced so far. Even going shopping was an ordeal. Sandra and I would stand at the counter waiting to be served but would be ignored, treated as though we were invisible, and that hurt. Other West Indian children in my school had experienced the same hostility. We were treated without any respect and we were bundled together as coming from the same place. Our individual identity was never acknowledged. We had come from different islands – Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts, Dominica and Antigua – and spoke with different accents. We were brought up with different cultures and music. Each island in the Caribbean was as different as France is from Finland as Spain is from Sweden – even we had to learn to understand each other. I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries while we knew so much about theirs. But they just didn’t seem to want to know. I always found it exciting when I meet someone from a different country as it expanded my knowledge of the world. I, too, was coming into contact with Jews, Italians, Africans and West Indians from other islands, but I didn’t treat them as if they were worthless beings with no feelings.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Reveal Vocabulary
Teacher Note: Re-read if time allows.
So many British people thought we had come from a land of coconuts and palm trees, huts and beaches, not realising that our buildings, history and food had strong European influences. In fact, we probably knew more about British history and culture than most of them. My uncle, like so many other West Indians, had fought and died for Britain in the Second World War. Hundreds of West Indians had joined the Army and the Air Force, and had fought to protect Britain, to make her a safe place to life. Little did that generation of West Indians know that their gallant action was to go unrecognised and forgotten and that many of their descendants would have to go through a gruelling survival course on arrival in Britain, and be made to feel unwelcome and unwanted in the celebrated motherland. I came to England feeling special, like a princess, but was made to feel like a scavenger, begging for a piece of what I thought was mine. I had been told that I was part of the British Empire. Was that a lie? My dreams and visions had been shattered but I was in England now and there was no turning back. I had to learn to survive.
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fluency
Explore
Let me use my reader's voice...
I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries while we knew so much about theirs. But they just didn’t seem to want to know. I always found it exciting when I meet someone from a different country as it expanded my knowledge of the world.
What did you notice?
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
My Turn
Your Turn
Echo Read
I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries
while we knew so much about theirs.
But they just didn’t seem to want to know.
I always found it exciting when I meet someone from a different country
as it expanded my knowledge of the world.
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Sound like a reader!
Stand up!
Choral Read
I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries while we knew so much about theirs. But they just didn’t seem to want to know. I always found it exciting when I meet someone from a different country as it expanded my knowledge of the world.
Explore
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Focus
Explore
Strategy: Main Point
A) How is the theme of racism and discrimination, as experienced by the Windrush Generation, shown in this extract?
What's the main idea of the text?
Teach
Let me show you
Reveal Text Marks
I hated the rejection I had experienced so far. Even going shopping was an ordeal. Sandra and I would stand at the counter waiting to be served but would be ignored, treated as though we were invisible, and that hurt. Other West Indian children in my school had experienced the same hostility.
A) How is the theme of racism and discrimination, as experienced by the Windrush Generation, shown in this extract?
Instead of receiving a warm welcome in England, Floella was not accepted. This discrimination made even simple tasks, like shopping, difficult as she and her sister were overlooked or dismissed. This affected her emotionally.
Reveal Explainer
Teach
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Strategy Stop
What else could you use to answer today's question(s)?
Teach
Your Turn
A) How is the theme of racism and discrimination, as experienced by the Windrush Generation, shown in this extract?
B) How did Floella value differences in people and cultures?
Find the answers
Text mark
Explore
Text Mark Evidence - other West Indian children in my school had experienced the same hostility - we (West Indians) were treated without any respect - their (veterans’) descendants would…be made to feel unwelcome and unwanted in the celebrated motherland
treated with disrespect and resentment
Acceptable Answers
A) How is the theme of racism and discrimination, as experienced by the Windrush Generation, shown in this extract?
Text Mark Evidence - we were bundled together as coming from the same place - English people knew nothing about our different countries - they just didn’t seem to want to know (about our countries)
no recognition or knowledge of different countries or culture
Text Mark Evidence so many British people thought we had come from a land of coconuts and palm trees, huts and beaches
ignorance and stereotypes
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
no recognition or knowledge of personal sacrifice
Text Mark Evidence my uncle, like so many other West Indians, had fought and died for Britain the Second World War…hundreds of West Indians had joined the Army and the Air Force, and had fought to protect Britain…their gallant action would go unrecognised and forgotten
Text Mark Evidence - we had come from different islands… and spoke with different accents…we had to learn to understand each other - each island in the Caribbean was as different as France is from Finland as Spain is from Sweden - we (people from the Caribbean) were brought up with different cultures and music
understanding and respectful of different cultures within the Caribbean
Acceptable Answers
B) How did Floella value differences in people and cultures?
interested in learning about different cultures
Text Mark Evidence - I couldn’t understand why English people knew nothing about our different countries while we knew so much about theirs - I always found it exciting when I meet someone from a different country as it expanded my knowledge of the world
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - I didn’t treat them as if they were worthless beings with no feelings - I came to England feeling special, like a princess
celebrated differences in herself and others
Practise & Apply
Quiz Time
Start
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘descendants’?
True or False?
People from the different islands in the Caribbean had nearly identical accents and cultures.
True
False
Find Me
Find the word which means ‘recognised or appreciated’:
We were treated without any respect and we were bundled together as coming from the same place. Our individual identity was never acknowledged. We had come from different islands – Jamaica, Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts, Dominica and Antigua – and spoke with different accents. We were brought up with different cultures and music.
Discuss then check
acknowledged
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Fill the Gaps
descendants
gallant
gruelling
Little did that generation of West Indians know that their action was to go unrecognisedand forgotten and that many of their would have to go through a survival course on arrival in Britain, and be made to feel unwelcome and unwanted in the celebrated motherland.
Discuss then check
Click if correct
From: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
think about your life.
Reveal
Connect the story to your own experiences.
Copyright Notice
This document has been supplied under a CLA Licence with specific terms of use. It is protected by copyright and, save as may be permitted by law, it may not be further copied, stored, re-copied electronically or otherwise shared, even for internal purposes, without the prior further permission of the Rightsholder. Extracts sourced from: Coming to England by Floella Benjamin © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.
gallant
descendants
gruelling