Empathy and Point of View

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Empathy and Point of View

• Stories from other cultures

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This is a passage from the orginal text, it will
be adapted for a younger audience.

• At once the team were ser to work and Vachagan
  instructed them. The mens backs were bent hour
  after hour over the loom as their shuttles flew
  back and forth. Their eyes ached from following
  the fine pattern in the gloom, their skin paled
  and they grew thin and gaunt. But slowly, under
  the guidance of Vachagan, the most beautiful
  carpet began to emerge. Its richly coloured
  threads were woven into intricate patterns, while
  gold thread formed sacred symbols and signs of
  good fortune. And embroidered into the complex
  tapestry was a message. It told of Vachagans
  imprisonment and his whereabouts, but it was
  visible only to the most discerning eye.

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Heres the simplified version

• Vachagan guided the other prisoners, and slowly a
  beautiful carpet began to appear. They wove dark
  threads into patterns, and gold and silver ones
  into religous symbols and good omens. The
  difficult tapestry also contained a hidden
  message.

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Now its your turn

• Read the paragraph that begins But Queen Anaeet
  gave the carpet
• Work with your response partner to draft, refine
  and rewrite this paragraph in a simpler, more
  straightforward style for younger children.
• You can substitute or omit vocabulary and alter
  the sentence structure as you wish.

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Plenary

• Listen to and discuss the new versions
• Remember use a RESPONSE SANDWICH one good
  comment one are for improvement another good
  comment.

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To identify cultural references

• Custom A teenage girl dancing as the main
  entertainer at her birthday party.
• Text Rani herself would be the star performer.
• Traditional English Alexi would have music, but
  all the guest would dance. or Elisa did this
  when she was younger.