Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Short Stories - GCSE English
- My Polish Teachers Tie
- Plot
- Head teacher holds
a staff meeting and
suggests writing to a
Polish Teacher.
- Carla (dinner lady) writes to a
polish teacher and becomes
good friends with him.
- Steve (Polish teacher) comes to England
and every one thinks he is strange.
- Steve sings to Carla in Polish and
Carla joins in. everyone is shocked
and starts noticing Carla.
- Themes
- Friendship
- Relationships
- Maturity
- Steryotypes
- Expectation
- Change
- Characters
- Stefan
- Carla
- Jade
- Head
teacher
- Staff
- Imagery /
Symbols
- "Tie" - The bond between Carla and
Steve. Shows how different cultures can clash.
- "I wear a uniform, blue overall and white cap with the
school logo on it" - Treated like a child with no identity.
- Language
technique
- "Pile of papers"
alliteration
- "My" "I" - personal pronoun
- her responsibility
- "?" - Questioning
herself and her
authority
- Structure
- Medium sized paragraphs
with speech to show
reality of the situation
- Title
significance
- "My" ownership and responsibility
over children, Jade and Steve
- "Teachers Tie" alliteration to remind us of
a school girl - links to how Carla is treated
- When the wasps drowned