ABOMINATION

=SOME COVERS OF THE NOVEL - What can we work out about the story or the tone or symbols?=







**Read this poem by Adrian Mitchell.**
//**BACK IN THE PLAYGROUND BLUES**//

I dreamed I was back in the playground, I was about four feet high Yes I dreamed I was back in the playground, standing about four feet high Well the playground was three miles long and the playground was five miles wide

It was broken black tarmac with a high wire fence all around Broken black dusty tarmac with a high fence running all around And it had a special name to it, they called it The Killing Ground

Got a mother and a father they're one thousand years away The rulers of the Killing Ground are coming out to play Everybody thinking: ‘Who they going to play with today?’

Well you get it for being Jewish And you get it for being black You get it for being chicken And you get it for fighting back You get it for being big and fat Get it for being small Oh those who get it get it and get it For any damn thing at all

Sometimes they take a beetle, tear off its six legs one by one Beetle on its black back, rocking in the lunchtime sun But a beetle can’t beg for mercy, a beetle’s not half the fun

I heard a deep voice talking, it had that iceberg sound ‘It prepares them for Life’ - but I have never found Any place in my life worse than The Killing Ground.

=You can see and hear Mitchell perform it HERE.=

Mitchell says this poem is like a blues song. Here's a famous blues song; can you see the similarities?
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I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees. I went down to the crossroads, fell down on my knees. Asked the Lord above for mercy, "Save me if you please."

I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride. I went down to the crossroads, tried to flag a ride. Nobody seemed to know me, everybody passed me by.

I'm going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side. I'm going down to Rosedale, take my rider by my side. You can still barrelhouse, baby, on the riverside.

You can run, you can run, tell my friend-boy Willie Brown. You can run, you can run, tell my friend-boy Willie Brown. And I'm standing at the crossroads, believe I'm sinking down.

//TASK//
– Your job is to raise awareness about issues of bullying in schools. – First task is to decide HOW to raise awareness. Posters? Movies? Presentation? Adverts? Web page? A mixture of these approaches? You'll need to discuss your idea with your group. – Second task is to start planning / making what you have decided to do. We will continue with this next week, then you have a week to finish off for homework – so plan what you can manage IN THAT TIME. I'll be looking to see who has the organisational skills to choose an appropriate task or set of tasks and who can actually finish it. Post your ideas on your page here so I can see what you are planning! – Remember – PRESENTATION MATTERS. Show me those Mac skills!
 * Get into groups. NO MORE than four!**

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