Thursday, February 16, 2023

Looking for JJ

 Ch 20, 21 and 22

Discuss examples of these themes in chapters 20, 21 and 22:

1. Manipulation & lies

2. Manslaughter (= the crime of killing a person when the killer did not intend to do it or cannot be responsible for his or her actions) 

3. Confessions

4. Competition of newspapers

5. Possessive love and Sex ❤

6. Compromises (= agreements in an argument in which the people involved reduce their demands or change their opinion in order to agree) 

7. Poor parenting (the raising of children and all the responsibilities and activities that are involved in it) skills

8. Disappointment

Thursday, February 9, 2023

Looking for JJ: ch 17, 18 and 19

• Discuss and take notes of the following themes covered in these thought-provoking chapters (20 minutes):

  1. Prostitution and pornography
  2. Friendship
  3. Revenge
  4. Violence and murder
  5. Mental health and instability

Whole-class discussion (10 min) 

Quiz (20 min) 

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

Jj ch 14, 15, 16

 Discus these KEY ideas in each chapter:

CHAPTER 14: 

+ Mr Cottis 

+ JJ’s mum’s schoolgirl outfit 

+ money on the bed 

+ JJ feeling gloomy and unsure what to tell her friend


CHAPTER 15:

+ The consequences of Lucy’s mum’s heart attack

+ Michelle’s feelings about it

+ Mr Cottis and Mr Smith

+ advantages and disadvantages of Carol’s work

+ JJ finding her mum and the other mum dressed as schoolkids

+ Lucy’s heart being broken


CHAPTER 16:

+ Lucy’s birthday celebration

+ JJ’s feelings about her mum’s big amounts of cash

+ the Bussell brothers comments on Carol

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