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    Balaclava Boy (school edition)
    Balaclava Boy (school edition)
    Balaclava Boy (school edition)
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    Balaclava Boy (school edition)

    By Jenny Robson

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    Tommy, the newcomer at Colliery Primary, wears a balaclava to school every day. Why? What could possibly be underneath? A terrible scar? Some alien life form? Dumisani and Doogle, aka the Doo Dudes and best friends in the world, are determined to find out. Whatever it takes.

    This school edition of Balaclava Boy is included in the Department of Basic Education’s National Catalogue for Senior Phase learners. It has been revised and updated with activities for pre-reading and post-reading, questions according to cognitive levels, glossaries and notes on the genre of the novel. Memoranda available online at www.tafelberg.com.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTafelberg
    Release dateMay 20, 2009
    ISBN9780624065869
    Balaclava Boy (school edition)
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    Jenny Robson

    Jenny Robson was born in Cape Town. After studying Primary School Teaching in Mowbray and obtaining a degree in Philosophy through the University of South Africa, she worked as a teacher in Simonstown before going to Botswana, where she worked as a music teacher in Orapa for many years. She currently teaches at an International School in the town of Maun, on the banks of the Okavango. She did not start writing until the age of 38. To date she has published more than thirty books for children and young adults*, as well as a novel for adults and numerous short stories. Her texts depict South African teenagers with their dreams, their fears, their hopes and their problems, which resemble those experienced by young people outside the African continent. For this reason her books have been published in the Netherlands, South Korea, Ireland and Germany, where she was nominated for the prestigious Jugendliterturpreis in 2013.

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      Balaclava Boy (school edition) - Jenny Robson

      Balaclava Boy

      School Edition

      Jenny Robson

      Tafelberg

      In memory of Matt, my best friend

      Pre-reading

      During reading

      1. Comprehension

      Torture! said Dumisani, my best friend in the world. Why must we have such torture?

      Yeah, I whispered back. Stupid boring Comprehension!

      There we sat in the front desk in Grade Seven SV, not feeling happy. First we had to read this story about some stupid boring boy called Markos. This Markos person was on his way to market. To buy fish or something for his mother.

      The Comprehension questions at the end were also stupid and boring. Why was Markos walking to market? What did he have in his pocket? Why was he worried?

      Hey, Doogal, Dumisani whispered to me. I know why this Markos guy is walking.

      Why?

      Hey, because his Lamborghini’s got a flat tyre!

      I laughed. Dumisani is the funniest guy in the world. It’s great sitting next to him! But then I thought of something too. Hey, Dumz. Do you know what’s in his pocket?

      What?

      His pet baby elephant. Called Spaghetti Nose.

      Now Dumisani laughed. Spaghetti Nose! Good one, Doogz. Okay, so why is he worried?

      I started to answer. Because…

      But then our teacher Miss Venter got on our case. Doogal! Dumisani! Shush! Miss Venter is always telling us to shush. That’s why we have to sit in the front desk. Because we’re too talkative. But it’s hard to be quiet when you sit next to someone like Dumisani!

      Now Cherise stuck her nose in. Yes, shush, you two! How can I concentrate? Cherise sat right behind us, all by herself in her double desk. No one wants to sit next to her. She’s very clever and very bossy.

      So of course Dumisani and I had to turn round and pull our worst faces at her. But that got Miss Venter aka the Dragon Lady on our case again.

      Doogal! Dumisani! Face the front! Dear! Dear! Dear! Miss Venter is always saying Dear! Dear! Dear! Each time she says it, she pats her chest. Then big clouds of white talcum powder rise up from the top of her blouse.

      Just then the door opened. In came our headmaster Mr Rasool with some new pupil just behind him. All of us forgot to stand up. Well, except for Cherise. Mostly, we were in too much shock to be polite. We couldn’t believe what we were seeing!

      This is Tommy MacAdam, children, said Mr Rasool aka Mr Mosi. Remember, at Colliery Primary we do our best to make new pupils feel welcome. So be kind and thoughtful.

      But we all forgot to say Yes, sir. Even Cherise. We were too busy staring at this new guy Tommy. He was wearing an ordinary green Colliery Primary track suit. He had ordinary brown eyes. But that was all that was ordinary about him. The rest of his face – his nose, his mouth, his cheeks, even his hair – was hidden under a balaclava! A red-and-orange-striped balaclava! How about that!?

      The poor new boy had to sit next to Cherise. That was the only empty seat. Miss Venter gave him a book so he could do the Comprehension too. Cherise kept bossing him around and explaining on and on about Markos and his fish.

      But Dumisani and I had stopped caring about this Markos and his stupid boring market-trip. We had more interesting things to think about. Like: why, why, why was the new guy wearing a balaclava?

      That is so weird, Doogz, Dumisani whispered.

      "It’s – it’s bizarre," I whispered back. My big sister is always calling things bizarre when she comes home from boarding school. I don’t know exactly what it means. But it sounded just right.

      "Hey, Doogz, maybe he’s got a big red birth-mark on his cheek. You

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