Term 2 Activity No.8&9

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QUESTION 4: MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA!
Read the extracts from the play below and answer the set questions. The number of
marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your
answer.
NOTE: Answer the questions set on BOTH extracts, i.e. QUESTION 4.1 AND QUESTION 4.2.
4.1 EXTRACT G
[An interschool debate is in progress.]
MR M: I call you both to order!

ISABEL: What I said was that women ...
THAMI: ... were more emotional than men …
ISABEL: Correction! That women were more intuitive than men ...
MR M: Miss Dyson and Mr Mbikwana! Will you both please ... 5
ISABEL: You are twisting my words and misquoting me.
THAMI: I am not. I am simply asking you ...
MR M: Come to order! [Grabs the school bell and rings it violently. It works.
Silence]
I think it is necessary for me to remind all of you exactly what a 10
debate is supposed to be. [Opens and reads from a little black
dictionary that is at hand on the table] My dictionary defines it as
follows: 'The orderly and regulated discussion of an issue with
opposing viewpoints receiving equal time and consideration.'
Shouting down the opposition so that they cannot be heard does not
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comply with that definition.
Enthusiasm for your cause is most commendable but without
personal discipline it is as useless as having a good donkey and a
good cart but no harness.
We are now running out of time. I am therefore closing the open
section of our debate. No more interruptions from the floor, please. 20
We'll bring our proceedings to a close with a brief, I repeat brief,
three minutes at the most, summing up of our arguments.
[Act 1 Scene 1]
4.1.1 If you had to introduce the characters to the audience BEFORE the play is
performed, how would you introduce Thami and Isabel? (4)
4.1.2 Refer to the extract.
(a) Where does this debate take place? (1)

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(b) Which team wins the debate? (1)
4.1.3 Identify Mr M's tone in 'Come to order!' (line 8). (1)
4.1.4 Consider the play as a whole.
Thami says in his concluding statement that 'women and men are
created differently and should have different education syllabi'.
Discuss the irony in his statement. (2)

4.1.5 State TWO similarities in the characters of Isabel and Thami, as
seen in this extract. (2)
4.1.6 Discuss how the theme of order versus disorder is evident in this
extract. (3)
4.1.7 In your opinion, is Mr M a good teacher? Discuss your view. (3)

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ACTIVITY NUMBER 7
MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA!
[Isabel and Mr M discussThami.]
ISABEL: You're fishing for something, Mr M. What is it?

MR M: Trouble, Isabel, I'm sorry to say it, but I'm fishing for trouble and I'm
trying to catch it before it gets too big.
ISABEL: Thami is in trouble?
MR M: Not yet, but he will be if he's not careful. And all his friends as well. 5
It's swimming around everywhere, Isabel. In the classroom, out on
the streets.
ISABEL: Oh, you mean that sort of trouble. Is it really as bad as people are
saying?
There's a dangerous, reckless mood in the location. Specially
MR M: 10
among the young people. Very silly things are being said, Isabel and
I've got a suspicion that even sillier things are being whispered
among themselves. I know Thami trusts you. I was wondering if he
had told you what they were whispering about.
[Shocked by what Mr M was asking of her] Wow! That's a hard one
ISABEL: you're asking for, Mr M. Just suppose he had, do you think it would 15
be right for me to tell you? We call that splitting, you know, and you're
not very popular if you're caught doing it.
It would be for his own good, Isabel.
MR M: Well, he hasn't … thank goodness! So I don't have to deal with that
ISABEL: one. 20
[Act 1, Scene 5]
4.2.1 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the
letter (A–D) next to the question number (4.2.1) in the ANSWER
BOOK.
The expression, 'You're fishing for something' (line 1) means that

Mr M … A likes fishing. B wants information. C
gives information.
D is fishing. (1)
4.2.2 Refer to line 6 ('It's swimming around everywhere, Isabel').
(a) Identify the figure of speech in this line. (1)
(b) Explain why this figure of speech is appropriate. (2)
4.2.3 Quote FIVE CONSECUTIVE WORDS to show that learners are more involved in protest
action than adults are. (1)
4.2.4 Refer to line 15, ['Shocked by what Mr M was asking of her'].

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In your own words, state what Mr M is asking Isabel to do. (1)
4.2.5 Discuss the consequences that 'splitting' (line 17) has for Mr M
later in the play. (2)
4.2.6 Refer to line 20 ('Well, he hasn't … thank goodness!').
(a) If you were the director of this play, which TWO things would you tell Isabel to do when
saying these lines? (2)
(b) State TWO characteristics of Isabel that are evident from her
reaction to Mr M's request. (2)
4.2.7 Explain why the following statement is TRUE:
Isabel has led a sheltered life. (1)
4.2.8 What does this extract reveal about Mr M's attitude towards the
possible student protest? (2)
4.2.9 Discuss the suitability of the title of the play, My Children! My

Africa!. (3)
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TOTAL SECTION B: 35

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QUESTION 4: MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA!

[An interschool debate is in progress.]

MR M: I call you both to order!

4.1.2 Refer to the extract.

(a) Where does this debate take place? (1)

4.1.3 Identify Mr M's tone in 'Come to order!' (line 8). (1)

4.1.4 Consider the play as a whole.

created differently and should have different education syllabi'.

Discuss the irony in his statement. (2)

4.1.7 In your opinion, is Mr M a good teacher? Discuss your view. (3)

[Isabel and Mr M discussThami.]

ISABEL: You're fishing for something, Mr M. What is it?

The expression, 'You're fishing for something' (line 1) means that

(a) Identify the figure of speech in this line. (1)

(b) Explain why this figure of speech is appropriate. (2)

4.2.4 Refer to line 15, ['Shocked by what Mr M was asking of her'].

4.2.6 Refer to line 20 ('Well, he hasn't … thank goodness!').

4.2.7 Explain why the following statement is TRUE:

Isabel has led a sheltered life. (1)

4.2.9 Discuss the suitability of the title of the play, My Children! My

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