In the novel How Many Miles to Babylon Alec and Jerry end up in the trenches fighting on the front line in World War1. The conditions were horrific, this short video gives us an insight into what the two young men would have experienced at the time. It is footage from WW1, there are many other clips from WW1 available on YouTube, if you find some good ones let us know.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
How Many Miles to Babylon Tweets!
These are the 5th year Tweets in relation to Alicia in the novel. Can you find examples from the text to back up your comments?
Great Tweets Girls!
EC English
Alicia is a very uncaring mother & likes to control Alec. Frederick doesn't get along with her either. Frederick is getting old. #Babylon13
5th years are reading How Many Miles to Babylon as their single text for the LC. Join us & follow our tweets about the novel #Babylon13
For Alicia it is important which class people belong to. #Babylon13
Alicia is pretty cold hearted because she is not interested in other people or how they feel. #Babylon13
Alec prefers his dad to his mam. #Babylon13
Alicia is not a nice person. She is Alec's mother & gives him a horrible time, always giving out to him for nothing. #Babylon13
On the outside Mrs. Moore seems nice but she is not. #Babylon13
Mrs Moore is a cruel person who judges others and treats her son Alec like a slave or a dog. #Babylon13
Alicia is a very stuck up woman #Babylon13
Alicia is not a nice person. She is very mean to Alec's friend Jerry. Alicia always thinks she is in charge of every1. #Babylon13
Alicia doesn't get along with her husband Frederick or her son Alec.#Babylon13
Alicia is Alec's mother. She is not a very happy person she is very controlling and wants everything to be done for her #Babylon13
Alicia is a mean person. She can't stand her husband and treats her son Alec like a stranger #Babylon13
Alicia is a heartless person & has a bad relationship with her family members. She is angry & unhappy beneath the 'nice' surface #babylon13
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
There are many people in this world that can make us feel invisible.
But there is always at least one person who makes us feel invincible.
Empty hallways. Well, they may as well be.
Not a glance is thrown either way.
Slowly moulding into the walls and pathways of a dull colourless world.
No sunshine.
Only dark, unforgiving clouds that hang over the earth like a grudge.
I feel invisible.
No smiles, no happy gestures.
Ignorance. And sorrow.
Furrowed eyebrows and lips twisted into permanent frowns.
Same lifeless, soul-sucking grey.
A voice. Mellifluous, soft. Like a bird's song in spring.
A simple hug, a peck on the cheek.
Slate coloured eyes burst to deep cerulean, colour spreading like wildfire.
Greens, yellows, blues hitting the atmosphere like paint splatters on a blank canvas.
A smile, bright eyes make the world alive again as happiness floods the once dry rivers.
A hand is taken in anothers as a journey from a dark room is taken for the last time. I feel invincible.
But there is always at least one person who makes us feel invincible.
Empty hallways. Well, they may as well be.
Not a glance is thrown either way.
Slowly moulding into the walls and pathways of a dull colourless world.
No sunshine.
Only dark, unforgiving clouds that hang over the earth like a grudge.
I feel invisible.
No smiles, no happy gestures.
Ignorance. And sorrow.
Furrowed eyebrows and lips twisted into permanent frowns.
Same lifeless, soul-sucking grey.
A voice. Mellifluous, soft. Like a bird's song in spring.
A simple hug, a peck on the cheek.
Slate coloured eyes burst to deep cerulean, colour spreading like wildfire.
Greens, yellows, blues hitting the atmosphere like paint splatters on a blank canvas.
A smile, bright eyes make the world alive again as happiness floods the once dry rivers.
A hand is taken in anothers as a journey from a dark room is taken for the last time. I feel invincible.
ED
Age 16 TY
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