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I am not Esther

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I am not Esther. Discussion questions. What would you lose if you had to start again ?. What would you do? Imagine your real family has inexplicably gone, no fault of yours , but now you’re with someone else , someone else’s family . You’re confused and alone . Fitting in?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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I am not Esther

Discussion questions

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What would you lose if you had to start again?

• What would you do? Imagine your real family has inexplicably gone, no fault of yours, but now you’re with someone else, someone else’s family. You’re confused and alone.

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Fitting in?

• Do you fit in?• How do you make sure you fit in?• What happens if you look different to people?• How do you adjust to new routines?• How do you feel if you do not fit in?• What might you do?

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Your task

• In your writing books, imagine you’ve recently had to change your life.

• Totally. Nothing is the same. You’re not going back.• Write to me. I am an old school mate.• What - Who do you miss most (who? Dog? Cat?

Friends? Coach?)• Must be at least two-thirds of a page.• Two mins to brainstorm, ten minutes to write, one

to edit.

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When you’re in a hole, stop digging

• Did any folk identify things that they were going to do to help matters?

• What actions (strategies) helped more than other actions?

• Were there feelings that got in the way of moving forward?

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Review

• In pairs, read the letters to each other• Note two or three things that expressed what

the school friend was feeling • What were they feeling? Isolation, fear,

loneliness?