Wednesday
English
This clip is from a film baseed on one of the most famous of Charles Dicken's novels -Oliver Twist. This scene takes place near the beginning of the story.
In it, the main character - Oliver - is an orphan who is being brought up in an orphanage. He has a very hard life and the children are given very little food and are beaten if they do not follow the rules. Oliver has been chosen by the other boys to approach the cook and ask for more food.
After you have watched the clip, imagine that you are Oliver. You have been asked by the other boys to go and ask for more food. You know that it will not end well for you and that you will probably be beaten, but you are
so hungry tat you have agreed to do it. Can you write a short piece of writing, from Oliver's perspective describing your feelings as you approach the cook and what then what happens next.
Topic
Schools in Victorian Britain were very differnt places to modern schools. Sort the sataements in the PDF in to two collumns, one for modern schools and one for Victorian schools.