The story focuses on one boys struggle for survival as he leaves the violence of his home and joins a gang of children living on the streets. Journey to joburg activity booklet teaching resources. In journey to joburg, you land in a town only 300 kilometers away from the historical johannesburg and journey with a young girl named naledi and tiro, her brother. Two young children are travelling alone to joburg to try to find their mother who is. The subject of this combination of a quiz and worksheet is the story of journey to joburg. Journey to joburg january 1986 edition open library.
From 19481994 south africa made racial segregation the law of the land through a series of rules and regulations known as apartheid. One day a girl named naledi and her brother tiro embark on a journey to find their mother so she can treat their sick sister. This was for an english project and is a retelling of grace story from journ. Here is a rich lesson in which learners come to understand the relationship between investment in human capital and income, while also gaining insight into the discriminatory practices of south.
They discover that they could be shot for picking and eating an orange just because they are hungry. When their baby sister becomes gravely ill, yearold naledi and her 9yearold brother, tiro, make a long journey to get word to their mother, who lives and works in johannesburg. Chapter 2 1 how do they feel as they walk along the road. A south african story naidoo, beverley, velasquez, eric on. There was no sitting space and it felt as if all their breath was being squeezed out of them. When their baby sister dineo becomes seriously ill, they decide they have to get to their mother to tell her.
Two young children are travelling alone to jo burg to try to find their mother who is needed back in the family village. The bestselling classic set in south africa during the apartheid era, in which two siblings must face the dangers of their divided country. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. A south african story beverley naidoo, author, eric velasquez, author, eric velasquez, illustrator j. Journey to joburg 8 questions by jjbruc last updated. Journey to joburg, beverley naidoo award winning author. How did south african apartheid affect the ability of people of color to increase their human capital. Journey to joburg essential modern classics collins. Their journey to johannesburg to find her is full of danger and reveals. Thirteenyearold naledi and her younger brother tiro live with their grandmother in a small village in south africa. A south african story lesson plan is suitable for 6th 8th grade. Journey to joburg essential modern classics by beverley naidoo. On the train platform, there is a surprise pass raid by the police. Activities pre and after reading language activities.
Tell students the class will be reading journey to joburg. It was only after the release of nelson mandela from jail that the book was unbanned. It inspires me because i used to do the same thing like call people names and that but now i dont do it after i read this book so yeah and i give this book a 55 thanks 4 reading this bye. The story begins in a small, unnamed village where naledi and tiro, a girl. Free journey to joburg study unit worksheets for teachers to print. A south african story and learn about effects of apartheid in south africa. Free journey to joburg worksheets and literature unit for. After walking a whole day, they are tired and hungry. Naledi and tiro are not arrested because they are not yet 16, the age when a pass is needed. Separated from their mother by the harsh social and economic conditions prevalent among blacks in south africa, thirteenyearold naledi and her younger brother make a journey of over 300 kilometers to find her in johannesburg. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more.
At graces house in soweto, naledi learns about the soweto riots. Grownup bodies pressed in from above and all around them. The background of the story is south africa during the apartheid years. Two young children are travelling alone to joburg to try to find their mother who is needed back in the family village. Eric velasquez separated from their mother by the harsh social and economic conditions prevalent among blacks in south africa, thirteenyearold naledi and her younger brother make a journey of over 300 kilometers. When my daughter told me about a book titled journey to joburg that she started reading at school in their book club, i was immediately interested in the story. Beverly naidoos journey to joburg is a glimpse at life as a black african during apartheid in south africa. Journey to joburg beverley naidoo chapter eight police it was rushhour when they got on the train to soweto and the children clung on tightly to grace. Using informal letters and hot seating we look at issues from different viewpoints.
The story follows their journey from their small village in south africa to joburg, about 300 miles away, in search of their mother. This is an extract of a book i read at school called journey to joburg. A south african story and millions of other books are. Naledi and her brother tiro travel from their village to johannesburg to tell their. Pdf journey to jo burg download full pdf book download. My husband and i moved here about 10 years ago from south africa. Their younger sister, dineo, is very ill and naledi decides that they need to travel to joburg to bring their mother back home in order to save their sister.
The story really touched me as i have grown up in the apartheid era as a non white. Journey to joburg by beverley naidoo overdrive rakuten. Journey to joburg teachingenglish british council bbc. Read story graces story journey to joburg by 19ilyasa with 301 reads.
I tried again tonight and i read the whole thing in one sitting. However journey to joburg soon found its way into many different countries, in english and in translations, so that hundreds of thousands of children elsewhere were soon reading it. Journey to joburg extract extract of journey to jo. Journey to joburg by beverley naidoo was published in 1985 but only released for publication in south africa after it was unbanned in the early 1990s. You will be asked questions about the setting of the story and the effects of one characters decision. I really liked this story, it was published in 1986 and in the wake of nelson mandelas death last year it can definitely be classified now under historical fiction as most realistic fiction being published today contains too. Website use sams duck by michael morpurgo and journey to joburg by beverley naidoo to identify issues and predict how characters will deal with them. Instruct students to read to themselves their assigned job description and imagine this will be their job for their entire adult life. This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of south africa. Beverley naidoos compelling story is the first in a new series of britlit resources kits, open book, which works with longer stories. Soon after, grace finds them, and the three complete their journey to soweto. When naledis little sister gets sick she and her brother must journey to find their mother who works many miles from their house.
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