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KS3 · Year 8 - Development · Term 2 - Power and Protest · Week 10
Pages: John Agard, "Checking Out Me History" (2007)
Guyanese-British poet protests how British schools taught white history while erasing Black figures like Toussaint and Nanny.
Lesson 1
What students do
Read aloud; note non-standard spellings.
Task
Underline dialect features; identify "Dem" as accusation.
Success criteria
Spots 5 dialect features; glosses "Dem tell me".
Lesson 2
What students do
Discuss: why write in dialect not Standard English?
Task
Pair-talk on dialect as resistance.
Success criteria
Connects dialect to identity and protest.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model paragraph: Agard's use of direct address.
Task
Analyse "Dem tell me" - who is "dem"?
Success criteria
Pronoun analysed for accusation and division.
Lesson 4
What students do
Examine contrast between nursery rhymes and Toussaint.
Task
Bullet 2 contrasts in tone, content, line length.
Success criteria
Recognises reclaiming as structural device.
Lesson 5
What students do
Recap success criteria.
Task
How does Agard protest erasure?
Success criteria
Two techniques; sentence stem; embedded quote.
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