miércoles, 8 de diciembre de 2010

East is East Voicethread

We are going to work with a Voicethread now:

https://voicethread.com/?#u1435470.b1578260

East is East (Film)

After watching the film write a little about each character:
EAST IS EAST
Sajid

Zaheed/George

Nazir

Annie

Ella

Tariq

Abdul

Maneer

Saleem

Meenah


Poligamy


Mixed Marriage


Racism


Satire


Tradition


Fish&Chip Shop


Circumcision


Culture Clash


Homosexual


Muslim


Urine


Pakistany Immigrant


Marital Abuse


1970’s


Arranged Marriage


Family Conflict


South Asian


Big Teeth





The plot: Arrange the plot so that it makes sense:

Ella, his English wife, loves her husband, but she also wants her children to be happy. George Khan (nicknamed Ghengis by his children) is a proud Pakistani, only aspire to being citizens of the modern world. but they are living in Salford, in the north of England, in 1971. the owner of a fish and chip shop, who rules his family with a rod of iron. The children, who consider themselves British and want to avoid falling into the trap of arranged marriages, . He believes he is bringing up his seven children to be respectable Pakistanis,



Comprehension questions: Answer these questions:

Why does Nazir’s picture disappear?
Why do the children hide from the mosque bus?
Why do they go to Bradford?
Why do you think Bradford is called Bradiston?
What kind of chair does the father bring home?
Why does George want to move to Bradford?
Why doesn’t the mother want to move?
Why doesn’t the father tell the sons about the engagement?
What are the daughters like?
Why do you think Sajid wears the parka all the time?
Who do you think Enoch Powell is? Try to guess



Racism:

Write as many examples of racism as you have seen in the film:

           

lunes, 6 de diciembre de 2010