Street Child (Essential Modern Classics) (HarperCollins Children’s Modern Classics)

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The book tells the story of an orphan called Jim Jarvis who as living and working in London in Victorian times. The author based her story on a real boy boy who met Dr Barnardo. The doctor was so upset by the boy’s story & those of others like him that he decided to set up the famous Barnado’s children’s homes. A brilliant book… incredibly carefully crafted narrative.’Jonny Rodgers of CLPE (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education) on YouTube http://shop.scholastic.co.uk/search/search?search[query]=street+child&log=t&age_type=age_range&now=query&search[department_id]=&x=0&y=0 ANo. I don’t even know London very well, let alone the London of nearly two hundred years ago! I walked round the streets of London and along the river Thames, read a lot, took photographs, and tried to imagine it all as it must have been a long time ago. That’s the writer’s job. I need to make myself familiar with the place where my stories are set, so it will seem familiar to the reader too.

Your class task is to write a sequel to the story. They will use the grid in the resource to plan what will happen to the two sisters as they are forced to leave the big house because the housekeeper panics… This is the story of Jim Jarvis, a boy who is orphaned and forced to work in an East London workhouse. Eventually, fearing that his whole life will be spent in the workhouse, Jim decides to escape. The rest of the book follows his journey through London. During this time he tries to find his sisters (who he was separated from when he was put in the workhouse), works for a cruel and abusive man on a coal boat and lives as a ‘street child.’ It is during his time on the streets that he meets Barney (Dr. Barnardo). With the help of Barney Jim is given a second chance as a Barnardo’s child. It is really cool.l would like to watch as many more videos as we can. Therefore that is my explanation to this book or story so far......... Relative Clauses can be used to give additional information about a noun. They are introduced by a relative pronoun: that, which, who, whose, where, when.

Set in the 1860s, the Street Child novel is based on the first Dr Barnardo boy. Penniless and alone when his mother dies, little Jim Jarvis is put in the workhouse, from which he is determined to escape. I really liked the book. I like reading about orphans, and I really liked this story about Jim! What makes this book about an orphan a little more special is that Jim is not in an orphan house. It depends on the day where he sleeps and eats. There are also books where the main character is in an orphan house. The book is mostly situated there. Thomas John Barnardo (1845-1905) is a classically Victorian figure - evangelical, entrepreneurial and philanthropic. His crusade to 'rescue children from the streets' was one the best known social interventions in the last half of the nineteenth century. As Williams (1953: vii) has put it: I thought this was a good book as so many different things happen to the main character and you are willing him to find a kind person who will look after him. It reminds children about hardship and how difficult life can be.

Read the first few paragraphs. How does the author convey Jim and his mother’s struggle? Which phrases emphasise this? Is his mother really just asleep? Predict her fate.Berlie Doherty movingly captures the life of an orphan in Victorian London. She makes the past come vividly alive in this story that will help young readers to fight injustice. Best suited for upper KS2. Potential entry text for more challenging texts such as Oliver Twist or David Copperfield that children may experience at secondary school. Good for those studying Victorians, or even looking at Dr Barnardo. AI think it was Jim, because he never gave up in spite of all the awful things that happened to him. Read the harrowing story of Jim Jarvis, an orphan child in Victorian Britain. Life is hard and Jim struggles to make his way and stay out of the workhouse. I work in class E2 in a Christian school in Cleveon near Bristol and we did homework, guided reading and other activities related to it as we were studding victorians

I felt sorry for Jim. But I really liked his character. The plot brought out all kind of emotions but mind this, I DID NOT CRY. I don't have much to say for the plot.AOnly Jim Jarvis and Dr Barnardo. I don’t know whether Jim had any sisters, or if he knew someone called Rose – they’re all made up. I think it was amazing the saddest thing were when jims mother had died and when Jim friend shrimps had died too. What do the children know about life for poor children in Victorian Britain? Have they read or seen a film version of Oliver Twist? Clarify what a workhouse was and explain how children might have ended up in one. AYes. It’s very hard for anyone of us to imagine what it must really be like to have nothing and nobody in the world. I was showing Street Child to some children in a school in Brussels and a little boy called Juan told me that he used to live on the streets in Peru, and was adopted at the age of nine. Very sadly, many children today live on the streets. I read this book during SEA with a year 5 class as it linked well with our Mantel of the Expert topic (the Victorians). We followed the QCA scheme of work for this book; this gives you a pre prepared lesson plan frame and a IWB programme. Although this scheme of work was a good basis, it was somewhat limited in the creativity of lessons so I adapted it a lot. Nevertheless, it is worth looking at as it was helpful in dividing the book into sections to read and gave a few good ideas for lessons (e.g. conscience alleys).