Ready Steady Read Together
The Place for Me: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘vicar’?
Which One's Right?
The shame weighed me down.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘shame’?
B pride
A embarassment
C sadness
D unease
Tick Me
What were Gloria’s thoughts on moving to Britain?
Tick all that apply:
A She was homesick and missed the beauty of the islands.
B She wanted to build a career and life in Britain.
Check
C She felt her place was home with her sister.
Click if correct
D She knew she had to persevere to provide for her family back home.
Link Me
Link each word with the correct definition:
A too many available jobs but too few workers
1 colony
B chances to improve yourself
2 labour shortage
C a country under the control of another
Check
3 mother country
Click if correct
D the country that rules over another
4 opportunity
Speaking Spotlight
Character Monologue
Explore
Character Monologue
Perform a monologue of the opening of Gloria's letter to her sister, from lesson 2
Express yourself
Speak clearly
Practise first
Imagine the scene
Understand your character
Eye contact
Gesture
Be confident
Then perform
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
riots
spouting rubbish
justice
companionship
prosper
bustle
From: The Place for Me: Stories about the Windrush Generation by Various Authors © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
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A LETTER HOME
NOVEMBER, 1958
E.L. NORRY – Part Four
They like to focus on difference. They have these signs up in shops, and in windows: no coloureds, no Irish, no dogs, no children. I ask you – what colour do I look like? How quickly they’ve forgotten our men fighting with them against Hitler.
A few months ago, in the summer, near where we live in Notting Hill, there was terrible fighting. The phone box at the end of our road was smashed up, glass all over. Two hundred in the streets – it made the newspapers and TV. ‘Riots’ they said, but they were attacks on our Black men. Eric says no man feels safe walking alone at night, so they stick together – and it seems some don’t like that.
Adapted from: The Place for Me: Stories about the Windrush Generation by Various Authors © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Shops, windows and homes were destroyed. Some young men here wear big heavy boots and grease back their hair – call themselves ‘Teddy Boys’, but there ain’t nothing cuddly or soft about them! Fear stamped across their faces like their acne. Spouting rubbish about ‘Keeping Britain White’, wanting to stir up trouble; unwilling to open their hearts or minds. Warning the men to keep away from ‘their women’. As if any woman wants a bully for a husband.
But still…it’s best if you don’t come over so soon; wait a while. Things will soon quiet down, madness like this can’t last. Thankfully, justice come: nine white boys got sentenced to four years in prison, they were the ones who started it. Maybe things are stirring, changing. I pray – hope – it’ll be different for our children. Eric and I want to start a family soon. Freedom and companionship will come again.
Small pleasures can be found: the markets, dominoes, music, even if the air is too thick and the sky too small. We’ll save up and have our own house, one day. Got to look forward. As Jeremiah 29:11 tells us: plans to prosper us, not to harm.
Yes, I miss the sunlight, the warmth, the bustle of community, the ease of…just being. But tonight, we have plans! Earlier, Eric went to get us fish and chips for our Friday dinner. He got talking to a couple from Barbados who’ve been here five years; they invited us round to have a drink and listen to music. For the first time in months, I’m excited. And I believe deep in my heart that the next time I write, my news will be brighter, just like how the sunshine back home dances on the water. I’ll be dancing soon enough.
God bless and all my love,
Gloria xxx
Adapted from: The Place for Me: Stories about the Windrush Generation by Various Authors © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) They like to focus on difference.
Circle the word which best fills in the blank.
The word ‘focus’ suggests that people in Britain
avoid
ignore
forget
notice
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Find and copy a phrase or sentence which suggests that Gloria thinks the Teddy Boys were cowards.
Acceptable Answers:
- fear stamped across their faces
- fear stamped across their faces like their acne
Also accept:
- as if any woman wants a bully for a husband as a bully is defined as someone who targets the vulnerable, not those equal in strength or stronger than themselves
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false:
True
False
Black men were attacked in the riots in Notting Hill.
Nine white boys were sentenced to four years in prison for starting the riots.
Gloria misses companionship and wants her sister to come to Britain quickly.
Gloria and Eric feel completely unsafe and hopeless.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) How does this extract show how had Gloria and Erik experienced racism and prejudice in Britain? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Text Mark Evidence - they have these signs up in shops, and in windows: no coloureds, no Irish, no dogs, no children - (Teddy Boys) spouting rubbish about ‘keeping Britain white’
racist language / excluded from shops
Text Mark Evidence - the phone box at the end of our road was smashed up, glass all over - shops, windows and homes were destroyed
property damage in Black neighbourhoods
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - two hundred (Teddy Boys) in the streets - no (Black) man feels safe walking alone at night - (Teddy Boys) wanting to stir up trouble
feeling unsafe / being intimidated
Text Mark Evidence - near where we live in Notting Hill, there was terrible fighting…two hundred (Teddy Boys) in the street - ‘riots’ they said, but they were attacks on our Black men
violent attacks / mobs
Text Mark Evidence (Teddy Boys) warning the men to keep away from ‘their women’
threats from racist groups
RevealEvidence & Answers
5) Remembering the whole text, put the following events in order. Write a number 1-5 in each box.
People from British colonies were asked to help rebuild Britain after the war.
Some of the ‘Teddy Boys’ were sentenced to prison for starting the riots.
A couple from Barbados invited Gloria and Eric over to listen to music.
Black men from the colonies fought with men from Britain against Hitler.
Reveal Answer
‘Teddy Boys’ started riots, destroying property and fighting
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
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Ready Steady Read Together
The Place for Me: Non-Fiction Lesson 5
Quiz Time
Start
Questions about the book so far...
Picture Me
Which image is the best match for ‘vicar’?
Which One's Right?
The shame weighed me down.
Which word is closest in meaning to ‘shame’?
B pride
A embarassment
C sadness
D unease
Tick Me
What were Gloria’s thoughts on moving to Britain?
Tick all that apply:
A She was homesick and missed the beauty of the islands.
B She wanted to build a career and life in Britain.
Check
C She felt her place was home with her sister.
Click if correct
D She knew she had to persevere to provide for her family back home.
Link Me
Link each word with the correct definition:
A too many available jobs but too few workers
1 colony
B chances to improve yourself
2 labour shortage
C a country under the control of another
Check
3 mother country
Click if correct
D the country that rules over another
4 opportunity
Speaking Spotlight
Character Monologue
Explore
Character Monologue
Perform a monologue of the opening of Gloria's letter to her sister, from lesson 2
Express yourself
Speak clearly
Practise first
Imagine the scene
Understand your character
Eye contact
Gesture
Be confident
Then perform
Vocabulary
Explore
Hover for definitions!
riots
spouting rubbish
justice
companionship
prosper
bustle
From: The Place for Me: Stories about the Windrush Generation by Various Authors © 2021. Licensed under CLA. Do not copy or share.
Let me read today's text
Explore
A LETTER HOME
NOVEMBER, 1958
E.L. NORRY – Part Four
They like to focus on difference. They have these signs up in shops, and in windows: no coloureds, no Irish, no dogs, no children. I ask you – what colour do I look like? How quickly they’ve forgotten our men fighting with them against Hitler. A few months ago, in the summer, near where we live in Notting Hill, there was terrible fighting. The phone box at the end of our road was smashed up, glass all over. Two hundred in the streets – it made the newspapers and TV. ‘Riots’ they said, but they were attacks on our Black men. Eric says no man feels safe walking alone at night, so they stick together – and it seems some don’t like that.
Adapted from: The Place for Me: Stories about the Windrush Generation by Various Authors © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Shops, windows and homes were destroyed. Some young men here wear big heavy boots and grease back their hair – call themselves ‘Teddy Boys’, but there ain’t nothing cuddly or soft about them! Fear stamped across their faces like their acne. Spouting rubbish about ‘Keeping Britain White’, wanting to stir up trouble; unwilling to open their hearts or minds. Warning the men to keep away from ‘their women’. As if any woman wants a bully for a husband. But still…it’s best if you don’t come over so soon; wait a while. Things will soon quiet down, madness like this can’t last. Thankfully, justice come: nine white boys got sentenced to four years in prison, they were the ones who started it. Maybe things are stirring, changing. I pray – hope – it’ll be different for our children. Eric and I want to start a family soon. Freedom and companionship will come again. Small pleasures can be found: the markets, dominoes, music, even if the air is too thick and the sky too small. We’ll save up and have our own house, one day. Got to look forward. As Jeremiah 29:11 tells us: plans to prosper us, not to harm. Yes, I miss the sunlight, the warmth, the bustle of community, the ease of…just being. But tonight, we have plans! Earlier, Eric went to get us fish and chips for our Friday dinner. He got talking to a couple from Barbados who’ve been here five years; they invited us round to have a drink and listen to music. For the first time in months, I’m excited. And I believe deep in my heart that the next time I write, my news will be brighter, just like how the sunshine back home dances on the water. I’ll be dancing soon enough. God bless and all my love, Gloria xxx
Adapted from: The Place for Me: Stories about the Windrush Generation by Various Authors © 2021. Adapted for accessibility under CLA Licence. Do not share.
Strategy Stop
Teach
Your turn
Practise & Apply
Use your text
Practise & Apply
1) They like to focus on difference.
Circle the word which best fills in the blank.
The word ‘focus’ suggests that people in Britain
avoid
ignore
forget
notice
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Find and copy a phrase or sentence which suggests that Gloria thinks the Teddy Boys were cowards.
Acceptable Answers:
- fear stamped across their faces
- fear stamped across their faces like their acne
Also accept:Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
2) Using information from the text, place a tick (✓) in one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false:
True
False
Black men were attacked in the riots in Notting Hill.
Nine white boys were sentenced to four years in prison for starting the riots.
Gloria misses companionship and wants her sister to come to Britain quickly.
Gloria and Eric feel completely unsafe and hopeless.
Reveal Answer
Practise & Apply
4) How does this extract show how had Gloria and Erik experienced racism and prejudice in Britain? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
Text Mark Evidence - they have these signs up in shops, and in windows: no coloureds, no Irish, no dogs, no children - (Teddy Boys) spouting rubbish about ‘keeping Britain white’
racist language / excluded from shops
Text Mark Evidence - the phone box at the end of our road was smashed up, glass all over - shops, windows and homes were destroyed
property damage in Black neighbourhoods
Click on the evidence to reveal acceptable answers
Text Mark Evidence - two hundred (Teddy Boys) in the streets - no (Black) man feels safe walking alone at night - (Teddy Boys) wanting to stir up trouble
feeling unsafe / being intimidated
Text Mark Evidence - near where we live in Notting Hill, there was terrible fighting…two hundred (Teddy Boys) in the street - ‘riots’ they said, but they were attacks on our Black men
violent attacks / mobs
Text Mark Evidence (Teddy Boys) warning the men to keep away from ‘their women’
threats from racist groups
RevealEvidence & Answers
5) Remembering the whole text, put the following events in order. Write a number 1-5 in each box.
People from British colonies were asked to help rebuild Britain after the war.
Some of the ‘Teddy Boys’ were sentenced to prison for starting the riots.
A couple from Barbados invited Gloria and Eric over to listen to music.
Black men from the colonies fought with men from Britain against Hitler.
Reveal Answer
‘Teddy Boys’ started riots, destroying property and fighting
Practise & Apply
Feedback: Who did what well?
FindRead Talk
EchoRead
ChoralRead
ReadingStrategy
Answers & Text Marks
Other...
To be a book lover, you could...
read biographies.
Reveal
Learn about the lives of inspiring people.
If you like this book, you might like...
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 and adapted for accessibility from: The Place for Me: Stories about the Windrush Generation by Various Authors © 2021 Schools must purchase the original text for full content.