Posted by jsloan on April 8, 2011
Today we thought about how it must have felt to be released from prison after 27 years. We used hotseating and other drama techniques to explore the emotions, hopes, and fears that Nelson Mandela might have felt as he walked free from jail and walked towards a South Africa free from apartheid. What would his [...]
Categories: Literacy, topic
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Tags: ANC, Nelson Mandela, persuasion, South Africa, speech, topic
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Posted by Atz on April 6, 2011
Freedom is waiting for you! Freedom wants you! But what is freedom? Freedom is you! freedom can help you! Freedom needs you, Nelson Mandela! Freedom needs you! But why does it need me? Freedom is waiting for you! It’s going to take your spirit and replace it… With freeom! Freedom wants you because you are [...]
Categories: General News
| Tags: atifa, freedom, Nelson Mandela
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Posted by aycan1 on April 5, 2011
Dear diary, I cant wait to get out of this monstrous place. I want to get to my very lonely and sad family. How would you fell when you get separated from your family and trapped in a room you never been in for 27 years? I am so flabbergasted to see my family after all that year. [...]
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| Tags: Aycan, Diary entry, Nelson Mandela, Topic writing
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Posted by sharon on April 4, 2011
Dear Diary, All I can hear at the moment is my heart pounding so ferociously that I think it might be exploding out of my body. The clock is ticking motionlessly as dawn approaches and says it’s morning greetings. The sky is muted, a feint grayish colour that blends in with my emotions. This is the day. The day that I have [...]
Categories: General News, History, topic
| Tags: apartheid, English, Nelson Mandela, Sharon, South Africa
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Posted by Atz on April 4, 2011
Finally, finally the day has come! I am to be freed from prison. I know this is no good for all you racist people, but it is a symbol. You might know what symbol. But it is a symbol for apartheid to end… This could change our lives. Will you join me in a quest, for [...]
Categories: General News, Literacy, topic
| Tags: atifa, mandela, nelson, Nelson Mandela, South Africa
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Posted by amina on April 4, 2011
Dear dairy, I’m extremely excited to leave this junk yard, I’m treated like rubbish! The day has come, for I shall be released. Thousands of ANC membersare cheering just for the sake of me! I need to sniff the air of freedom,even though an apartheid hasn’t ended. My children are now not babies anymore and I [...]
Categories: General News, Literacy, science
| Tags: Amina, apartheid, Nelson Mandela, South Africa
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Posted by cheyenne on April 3, 2011
Dear Diary, I can’t wait until I can get out of this box of terror,until I can smell the fresh air and the sweet smell of freedom. This place is like a dump full of misery, its like there’s not even enough room for me to speak. I’m not just excited about coming out of [...]
Categories: Literacy, topic
| Tags: Cheyenne, Nelson Mandela, prison, South Africa
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