Prime Time 6, Coursebook mit Audio-CD und DVD

Language and style a) Write down the different words and phrases that Mandela uses to describe what Blacks were allowed or not allowed to do, e.g.: ey were compelled to carry “Native passes”. b) What effect is created by the use of repetition in the second paragraph? Speaking: Milestones in history In small groups, prepare a short talk about one of the topics below. Use the internet for your research. • Apartheid • African National Congress (ANC) • Robben Island • Frederic de Klerk • Mandela’s life and presidency In detention a) In the 1980s, the South African Apartheid government arrested thousands of political activists and held them without trial. Many of them died in detention. Listen to the poem and underline the words that are emphasised in particular. b) After you have listened, read the poem by Christopher van Wyk aloud. He fell from the ninth oor He hanged himself He slipped on a piece of soap while washing He hanged himself He slipped on a piece of soap while washing He fell from the ninth oor He hanged himself while washing He slipped from the ninth oor He hung from the ninth oor He slipped on the ninth oor while washing He fell from a piece of soap while slipping He hung from the ninth oor He washed from the ninth oor while slipping He hung from a piece of soap while washing c) What is the poem about (theme) ? Who do you think “he” is? d) Which emotions does the poem create and what effects do they have on the reader (mood, atmosphere, tone) ? e) Look at the form of the poem: Is it divided into stanzas (a group of lines that can be rhymed) or is it written in free verse ? What effect does the repetition of phrases have? Compare this to Mandela’s text. Your turn: Internet research Beside the Apartheid regime, what other examples of repressive political systems do you know (in the past and today)? Find examples and present them in class. 3 4 Fact file ANC • 1912: formed to bring all Africans together as one people. • 1950s: Defiance Campaign begins mass resistance to Apartheid • 1960: banned • 1961: beginning of armed struggle against the government • 1990: unbanned • 1994: wins first free South African elections as social democratic party with 62.6% of the votes • 1999, 2004, 2009: ANC wins every election F 5 4 2.4 VIP file Christopher van Wyk • wrote children’s books, novels, short stories and poetry • has won various literary awards • died in 2014 V Word bank Poetry theme • mood/ atmosphere/tone • verse • free verse • stanza • rhyme • rhythm • sentence structure • line • point of view • repetition W 6 81 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv