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Coming to England Floella Benjamin (1949 - present)

laden ● belong ● occasion ● lavish ● wharf ● eerie ● landscape ● various food (pulses, pawpaw, pomsitia, plantain, callaloo, cassavas, gungo peas) ●

Quiz 1. What does Floella call her mum and dad? 2. What did Floella and her family drink with their fruit for dessert? 3. What was Floella’s favourite weather as a child in England? 4. Who did Floella travel to England with? 5. How did they travel to England? 6. What would Floella’s mum make on Saturday?

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Individual thinking 1 The author writes that ‘Sunday was a special day’. What evidence does the author provide to show us that it was special to her?

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Individual thinking 2 How did the snow make the author feel? Find evidence to support your answer.

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Solo Work Imagine you are Floella boarding the ship from Trinidad to England. What questions would you have about the journey and about England? What would you want to know about your new life?

Solo Work Think about: ● The special things Floella does at home ● How she felt when she arrived at the port ● How she felt before she boarded the boat ● Where her mother and father were

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