Carrie's War

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Carrie’s WarMaterialDVD Carrie’s War . BBC 2003.

The novel Carrie’s War (DVD og boka kan kjøpes fraktfritt fra www.play.o!. "e ellers www.a!a#on.o!.$

Teachers’ notesSummary of the book (Synopsis)%lbert& Carrie an' yong )ik are war*ti!e evaees sent fro! +on'on toa village in ,ales. They beo!e so involve' with the people they-ve o!eto live with that the war an' their real fa!ilies see! to belong to another

worl'. Carrie an' )ik are sent to live with ol' r /vans& who is strit an'ol'. is ti!i' sister& +o& is hosekeeper an' works in the fa!ily1s shop.+o s''enly starts having serets.

Carrie1s frien' %lbert is lkier. e is sent to live at Dri'-s Botto! withwar!*hearte' ep#ibah 4reen an' the strange ister 5ohnny. e an talkto ani!als bt not to h!an beings. Carrie an' )ik visit Dri'1s Botto!whenever they an for ep#ibah !akes life e6iting with her stories abotwithes& ghosts an' legen's an' her 'eliios ooking. 4ra'ally theybegin to feel !ore at ease in their war*ti!e ho!e. Carrie tries to heal therift between r /vans an' his estrange' sister Dilys& an' to save Dri'-sBotto! bt in 'oing so Carrie 'oes a terrible thing whih is to hant her foryears to o!e.Carrie revisits ,ales as an a'lt an' tells the story to her own hil'ren.

About the author)ina Baw'en (b. 7829$ has written over forty novels& 23 for a'lts an' 78for hil'ren. "he has won n!eros awar's& has been wi'ely translate'(into 5apanese an' :arsi an' ;ssian& as well as the !ore onventional,estern langages like :renh an' 4er!an$& an' several of her novelshave been


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was born in +on'on& evaate' to the !ining valleys of "oth ,ales'ring the 7838*=9 ,ar. "he now lives in +on'on.

Important vocabulary"eon' ,orl' ,ar;ation books

4as !asks/vaees

Dri's% will

% skll% Town Conillor

ThemesWarDespite its arate perio' setting& )ina Baw'en-s novel says little abot,orl' ,ar >>. >n the


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• "perstition over religion

• The 'i@erenes in life styles of Dilys an' her brother r. /vans et.

The backroun! an! structure of the book"#lm The novel is set p as a ashbak. Caroline (Carrie$ ,illow& now grown*p&tells her own hil'ren of her e6perienes 'ring the war. This an !ake itneessary to 'raw a ti!e*line to illstrate the or'er of events in the story.

The TV 'ra!a however is seen throgh the eyes of the warti!e hil'ren.

The TV 'ra!a was t 'epen's on the 'evelopingrelationships between the won'erfl haraters. Carrie o!es to realisethat her gar'ian& r /vans& is not as terrible as he


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Thins to !o,rite Carrie1s letter ho!e after arriving at the /vans1 hose. ,ol' yo

be 700E honest ,hywhy not ake sre yo know how to layot aletter.

,rite %lbert1s postar' ho!e. ake sre yo know how to layot apostar'.

ake a role*play. >!agine yo are an evaate' hil'. Fo have jsttravelle' far away fro! ho!e an' now yo are waiting to be pike' ot bya fa!ily.

Carrie tol' so!e lies in this sitation. %fter the role*play& 'isss reasonsfor Carries1 ations.

Draw the /van1s fa!ily tree.

(Chapter 2$ ,rite a list of the rles in the /van1s hosehol'.

ake a venn 'iagra! an' 'esribe the two ho!es& inl'ing theharaters living there an' the at!osphere.

% venn 'iagra!.

ake a ti!eline an'


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>nterview so!e of yor fa!ily abot their e6perienes 'ring the "eon',orl' ,ar an' write notes. Hr& interview an a'lt 'eaf person at the DeafClb abot their e6perienes 'ring the "eon' ,orl' ,ar an' writenotes.

Disss the 'i@erenes an' si!ilarities between the e6perienes of theBritish an' )orwegian ivilians 'ring the "eon' ,orl' ,ar.

+ook on the >nternet an'


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A character stu!y of Mr Evans

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%ill in the missin &or!s'

,ho is the


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religiosep#ibah

frightene'

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The story line

ake sre yo know the !eaning of these wor's?

stritotsi'e,ales%!eriaskllfalton


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There they !eet rs IIIIIIII an' r IIIIIIIIIII an' eat ep#ibah1s goo'

foo'. ep#ibah tells the story of the IIIIIII. >t !st be kept insi'e the

hose or IIIIIIIII things will happen. The hil'ren often visit Dri'1s

Botto!. r /vans asks Carrie to spy on ep#ibah an' Dilys. Carrie says

III.

)ik is aght stealing fro! the IIIIII an' r /vans wants to beat hi!.

%nty +o has a boyfrien' fro! IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII& bt it is a seret.

Dilys IIIIIII an' no one an


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Dri's were the priests of the Celti people lea'ing pbli religios ere!ony an' worshipingnatre an' the sn.

A ui*%re these state!ents tre or false Hr !aybe yo annot answer theAestion bease there was no infor!ation in the te6t.

Statements Write true, false or no

informationCarrie likes to play basketball.

Carrie an' )ik are brother an'sister.

r /vans was not a strit an'religios !an.

Dilys 4otobe' like' to 'ane an'

wear pretty 'resses.

Dilys 4otobe'& +oisa /vans an' r/vans were brother an' sister.

ep#ibah was kin'& a goo' ook an'a lever storyteller.

r /vans beat )ik with his belt forstealing fro! the shop.

r /vans thoght that ep#ibahwante' Dilys1 hose an' !oney.

Dilys knew when she was going to'ie.

r /vans stole Dilys1 will.

r /vans like' %nty +o1sboyfrien'.

The skll ase' the


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Botto!.

%lbert pai' for 5ohnny to havelessons so that he learnt to talk.

%ntie +o !arrie' a 4er!ansol'ier.

%lbert !arrie' Carrie.

Make foo! from the Secon! Worl! War

Dring the "eon' ,orl' ,ar foo' was ratione' to !ake sre that

everyone got a fair share. ;ationing starte' in 78=0 an' en'e' in 789=.

% ration book

/ah person was given a ration book an' allowe' ertain a!onts of basifoo' st@s. There was also a point syste! for foo' that was not ratione'./ah person was given a n!ber of points an' ol' hoose how to spen'these points. any people grew their own vegetables an' kept hens an'

pigs to provi'e e6tra foo'.

any people were better fe' 'ring warti!e than before an' after the war.Chil'ren were given e6tra rations of orange jie& !ilk an' o' liver oil.>nfant !ortality rates 'eline'& an' the average age at whih people 'ie'of natral ases inrease'.

Dring the war a Ministry of Food was set p. >t gave a'vie abot how to!ake the best ot of the foo' that was available. ere is a pie na!e' after+or' ,oolton& the inister of :oo'. The vegetables ol' be hange'

aor'ing to what was available.ave a go at !aking itK

Woolton +ie

900g potatoes900g aliower900g swe'e900g arrots7 tsp !ar!ite (bljong plver e.l.$29g oat!eal (havregryn$

= spring onionsL90 g potatoes


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29g heese

• Meel an' 'ie 900g of potatoes& aliower& swe'e an' arrots. Cook insalte' water.

• "train the vegetables an' save 200!l of ooking water.

• Mt the vegetables in a large 'ish.• %'' the !ar!ite an' oat!eal to the vegetable water an' boil ntil

thikene'.

• %'' the hoppe' spring onions.

• Boil an' !ash the L90 g of potatoes.

• Top the pie with !ashe' potatoes an' a little grate' heese.

• eat the pie in a !o'erately hot over ntil gol'en brown(appro6i!ately 7 hor$.

• "erve with brown gravy.%'apte' fro! British )trition :on'ation

Who am I,

• > live a Dri'1s Botto!& > like ani!als bt have 'iNlty speaking.

• > work in the shop& > a! frightene' of !y brother an' > have an

%!erian boyfrien'.

• > like to rea' books an' have two very goo' frien's& Carrie an' )ik.

• > hang aron' Carrie1s nek an' she takes !e everywhere.

• > like to ook goo' foo' an' tell stories.

• > a! written on paper an' say what will happen to people1s property

after they 'ie.

• > like to 'ane an' look at all !y beatifl 'resses.

• > a! !ysterios an' !agial an' lie in a bo6 at Dri'1s Botto!.

• > a! Carrie1s brother an' > like foo'.

• > was a priest an' worshippe' natre an' the sn.

• > think > a! an i!portant !an. > a! strit& sspiios& har' working an'

honest.

• > stan' in the shop an' +oisa pts !oney in !e.

• > a! !arrie'& > 'rive an a!blane an' !iss !y hil'ren.

r /vans Dilys 4otobe'


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%lbert

The skll

rs ,illow

% gas !as

% will

ep#ibah

% 'ri'

r 5ohnny

Carrie ,illow

)ik ,illow

%nty +o

% till (a ash register$

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