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KS3 Language Lab: The Power of Voice

1. What do you write about and who do you write for?

For use with KS3 Language Laboratory – The Power of Voice, Sita Brahmachari discusses her writing and reads from her story 'Amir and George'.

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1. What do you write about and who do you write for?

2. How did you become a writer?

3. What is a writer’s voice?

4. How do you use different voices in your writing?

5. Where did your interest in different voices come from?

6. What do you think about schools that insist that students speak in Standard English all the time?

7. Sita reads ‘Amir and George’

8. Why did you write ‘Amir and George’?

9. Tell us about the narrative voice in ‘Amir and George’?

10. Why did you choose to include George Orwell in the story?

11. What has been the reception of the story from refugees?

12. A teacher says they wouldn’t teach ‘Amir and George’ because it doesn’t use correct English. What would your response be?