Interview with andy mulligan created by bookbag view on bookbag share. If you want to download you have to send your own contributions. Character analysis of trash by christopher shen on prezi. Trash by andy mulligan vocabulary flashcards quizlet. Extract from trash may not be used by users in the usa and its dependencies, the philippines or canada. Trash quotes from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. Show the students the cover of andy mulligans novel trash then give them the reading a book cover worksheet 5. Trash is a fictional story based on author andy mulligan s experiences as a volunteer aid worker on a landfill in the philippines. Sep 09, 2010 in an unnamed third world country, in the notsodistant future, three dumpsite boys make a living picking through the mountains of garbage on the outskirts of a large city.
The greedy rich treat the poor like trash all over the city. Worksheets and no prep teaching resources literature units author theme units. About andy mulligan andy mulligan was born and raised in south london. We will focus on the themes of corruption, poverty and friendship, and how the characterisation of different characters. Author andy mulligan theme unit literature book units by andy mulligan trash grades 69 request a different book by andy mulligan enter your name. Trace the characterization arc of raphaels character throughout the novel.
Now a major film by stephen daldry and richard curtis. The tale of 3 dumpsite boys, raphael, gardo and rat, who live on the trash heaps of behala and sort through it, hoping to find anything they can sell or recycle. He has taught english and drama in britain, india, brazil, and the philippines. Reading comprehension year 7trash andy mulligan worksheets. Click on popout icon or print icon to worksheet to print or download.
Trash by andy mulligan february 6, 2011 by texaslibrarian the skinny. When they learn that the bags owner was killed by the police, raphael. Andy mulligan has written a powerful story about unthinkable povertyand the kind of hope. The poor dont have houses where they can live comfortably, rotten, stinky trash is all thats around them. Thankfully, i have this lovely interview with the amazing and interesting andy mulligan, author of trash which i loved for your reading pleasure. A group of fourteenyearold boys, who make a living picking garbage from the outskirts of a large city, finds something special and mysterious that brings terrifying consequences. Interview with andy mulligan created by book nut view on book. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature.
He taught english and drama in brazil, vietnam, the philippines, and the uk. This 36page guide for trash by andy mulligan includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 33 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expert. Despite that, it was mulligan s travels to asia that sparked a new path in teaching. This is a complete set of questions 292 to provoke and test students learning when studying the novel trash. Fourteenyearolds raphael and gardo team up with a younger boy, rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a thirdworld countrys dump. Tes global ltd is registered in england company no 02017289 with its registered office at 26 red lion square london wc1r 4hq. This story depicts life on the dumpsites by far it is not an easy lifestyle nor a pleasant and rewarding one. Free trash study unit worksheets for teachers to print. Questions on trash mr evans 9b english, humanities and. The resources included are detailed reading questions with full answer key.
Trash by andrew andy mulligan, a british theatre director, drama teacher and now novelist is set most likely in the philippines. The worksheet poses questions that will help students closely examine novel covers and aid discussion on the ways that images and text combine to layer meaning. Your life is the hook you carry, there in your hand, turning the trash. The boys, raphael, gardo and rat, discover little bits and pieces about jose as they strive to uncover the secret of his murder. Trash worksheets and literature unit by andy mulligan grades 69 daily reading journal go beyond a simple book report. Explain whether they were static or dynamic characters. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping on it. When the police show up to question them, even offer them money, the boys decide. Trash themes from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. See the progress your students make while they are reading. Trash by andy mulligan questions flashcards quizlet. Daily reading journal go beyond a simple book report. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, s. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sl.
Published in 2010, andy mulligans dystopian young adult novel trash examines themes of poverty, homelessness, corruption, and friendship. We know only small bits about jose, one of which is in chapter seven, part four. Trash lesson plans include daily lessons, fun activities, essay topics, testquiz questions, and more. Complete unicef worksheet pg 10 interview with andy mulligan. He worked as a theater director for ten years before travels in asia prompted him to retrain as a teacher. Trash is a fictional story based on author andy mulligans experiences as a volunteer aid worker on a landfill in the philippines. Trash by andy mulligan trash chapter summaries to help. Inside youll find 30 daily lessons, 20 fun activities, 180 multiple choice questions, 60 short essay questions, 20 essay questions, quizzeshomework assignments, tests, and more. Trash by andy mulligan trash chapter summaries to help you. To ask other readers questions about trash, please sign up. Trash, written by andy mulligan, is a novel that portrays a country in the grip of corruption and injustice. Summary of part 3 trash minju 7d part 3 of the book starts with sister olivia, who is called a temporary house mother at behala mission school. Raphael, a fourteen year old dumpsite boy narrates this part of the story and it entails many interesting ideas about the behala dumpsite. Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers.
Students work through five guided journal responses as they read the book. Trash chapter comprehension questions teaching resources. Then one unluckylucky day, the world turns upside down. Raphael, gardo, and junjun known as rat throughout most of the book. Andy mulligan was brought up in the south of london. Tes provides a range of primary and secondary school teaching resources including lesson plans, worksheets and student activities for all curriculum subjects. The kids in the dumpsites used to call her sister, but they are now calling her mother. Free trash worksheets and literature unit for teachers. Esl activities and interactive worksheets for teachers to use. Chapter one introduces the reader to the main character, raphael fernandez. This is how we truly engage students in learning and intellectual curiosity and arouse them to work to make the world a better place. Im not saying that these are great lessons, cos theyre not. Trash by andy mulligan an extensive collection of teaching resources for ks3 english prose, including classic texts and more obscure works. Set in the near future in an unnamed country, it follows the adventures of three boys who take turns narrating the story.
Adapted from andy mulligan s young adult fiction novel, trash has a story that seems almost like a fairytale it is only in the lalaland of literature that fourteenyearold trash pickers can succeed in exposing the corrupted ways of political figures without getting themselves killed. Do something the novel trash is more than just a fictional story about some young boys, but it is a representation of a world which is suffering from poverty and struggling to survive. Feb 18, 2017 this website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. In a relativelydistant future, in an unnamed developing country, three boys living in a garbage dump discover a discarded bag, leading them on an adventure that uncovers political corruption and changes their lives forever. The trash by andy mulligan lesson plan contains a variety of teaching materials that cater to all learning styles. Displaying all worksheets related to reading comprehension year 7trash andy mulligan. This is where frederico gonz, a grave memorial maker tells the. The following video is the tale of a boy who works in dandora dumpsite, which is located in nairobi, africa. Mulligan said he was inspired by the dump he saw when he visited manila in the philippines.
Nov 28, 2017 trash by andy mulligan trash chapter summaries to help you with your studies. Interview with andy mulligan created by book nut view on book nut share. A books cover is one of the ways a publisher sells a book. Saved from andymulligantrash trash by andy mulligan. This set of readytogo worksheets will help you teach the wonderful novel trash by andy mulligan. Child labour is a major context and theme of andy mulligan s trash novel. This sequence is the first in a series of three where students will use english skills to analyse text and sort through information presented in written, visual and multimodal textual modes. I know, today is supposed to be blogger interviews, but i spaced signing up for one. Show the students the cover of andy mulligan s novel trash then give them the reading a book cover worksheet. However this changes when the boys find something in the trash. Written from multiple narrative perspectives, trash mostly presents its points of view from the eyes of three boys who live on the trash heaps of a city in a thirdworld country where there are massive inequities of wealth.
With twists and turns, unrelenting action, and deep, raw emotion, trash is a heartpounding, breathholding novel. He used the places that are familiar to us filipinos. In this unit, we will study the novel trash by andy mulligan. Jose angelico is a man of mystery in andy mulligan s novel, trash. Smoky mountain for us it is spelled with an e as in smokey, green hills greenhills is a shopping center in san juan where the former presidentvicepresidentsenator, joseph estrada lives, mckinley.
Article by andy mulligan the guardian how i wrote trash in 10 days straight by andy mulligan is an article where he describes the inspiration and writing process for his novel trash and also his reaction to the film adaptation. Find the quotes you need in andy mulligans trash, sortable by theme, character, or chapter. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Discuss how the themes of truth, lies, and hypocrisy are interwoven within andy mulligan s novel trash. Find the quotes you need in andy mulligan s trash, sortable by theme, character, or chapter. Mulligan, a 2011 trash, david fickling books, random house, london. Trash by andy mulligan some lessons teaching resources. Their lives are rugged, poverty stricken, unadventurous. A bundle of resources designed to reinforce and stimulate learning through activity. Raphael lives with his aunt and various family members on the behala dump in an unspecified city and country.
Trash by andy mulligan lesson 17 by bethanie lord on prezi. Welcome to esl printables, the website where english language teachers exchange resources. Extract from pages 56 of trash by andy mulligan, published by david fickling, reprint by permission of the random house group limited. The book is told from the perspective of various characters but our first narrator and where the heart of the story lies is with raphael. Revise unseen fiction is an examfocused, studentfriendly workbook filled with activities designed to consolidate your students skills and prepare them for their gcse english language exam. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. How did you get the inspiration for the story in trash. Welcome to my blog, here youll be able to find chapter summaries including important quotes from the book trash. In a thirdworld country, three teenage trash pickers find a key and some cash, and are unwittingly thrust into a world of crime and danger.
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