Young and dyslexic

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  • Created on: 26-03-19 12:19
What is this piece of writing ?
A Autobiography/ Personal Narrative/ Guardian article
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Quote - As a child I suffered
Soloum - dramatic - how did you suffer? - sympathy - first person narrative
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Quote - but learned to turn dyslexia to my advantage, to see the world more creatively
Topic sentence - sums up what the article is about
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Quote - We are the architects, we are the designers.
Metaphor for creativity - narrative voice has become 2nd narrative for inclusivity
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Quote - no compassion, no understanding and no humanity.
Commentary of education in the 1970s List - circumstances of schooling in education
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Quote - The idea of being kind and thoughtful and listening
listing - his opinions about modern day teaching aren’t necessarily true, but the writer thinks it has
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Quote - the past is a different kind of country
He believes that the education system has completely changed - not true
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Quote - If there’s a God isn’t that a design fault?
Direct speech - slightly biased account - perhaps he is remembering it in ‘rose tinted spectacles’
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Quote - The teacher said, ‘Shut up, stupid boy.
Reader - response - sad - all teachers are bullies - struc done - to create villain and victim Short sentences - designed to make the reader feel sympathy for him
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Quote - stupid for even thinking about it
Repetition - makes him feel upset - he felt unclever - Drives in the point about the teachers attitude
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Quote - talking about Africa and the ‘local savages’
The writer went to school in an era where prejudice was commonly accepted - direct speech
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Quote - a teacher said, ‘It’s all right. We can’t all be intelligent, but you’ll end up being a good sportsperson, so why don’t you go outside and play some football?’
Shows how rough he had it at school
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Quote - when I was 10 or 11 my sister wrote some of them down for me. When I was 13 I could read very basically
Reader knows that the problem cannot be fixed - dyslexia is a struggle - just have to perceive with it
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Quote - I thought that so long as you could read how much the banknote was worth, you knew enough or you could ask a mate
It’s all about money - he was driven by money - resonates with a lot of money
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Quote - I got thrown out of a lot of schools
Mentions this in the middle of the article so that you can excuse those things that he’s done because you’ve already made your opinion on him
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Quote - fighting
2nd peak , gained sympathy for him even if he acted bad
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Quote - I stole his car and drove it into his front garden. I remember him telling us the Nazis weren’t that bad
Mentioning that the teacher was a natzi supporter so that you can justify the writers actions - he still did something really bad
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Quote - Being observant helped me make the right choices.
Learning to adapt by being observant
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Quote - A high percentage of the prison population are dyslexic
Facts and figures
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Quote - a high percentage of the architect population
Contrast to the previous statement - poor/rich - shows that being dyslexic means that you can still be rich - contrast designed to make the reader go “ooh, that’s an interesting fact”
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Quote - If you look at the statistics… on top of that, dyslexic
Long list to show that there was a lot of bad stuff going against him - shows that if he could do it, you can
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Quote - are the same as me.
he relates to people
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Quote - telling me that black people are savages I just think, ‘I’m not stupid – you’re the one who’s stupid.’ I just had self-belief
Repeated idea - shows that he doesn’t forget - wants to prove people wrong - mentions the same thing twice - want to prove the teacher wrong
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Quote - The teacher told me, ‘You are dyslexic,’ and I was like, ‘Do I need an operation?
Includes sarcasm/humour - shows that he views it as something wrong with him - stigma attached to dyslexia
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Quote - I wrote more poetry, novels for teenagers, plays, other books and recorded music.
A list - a list of his achievements - with being dyslexic - what he can still do - proves dyslexia wrong
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Quote - Still now, when I’m writing the word ‘knot’, I have to stop and think, ‘How do I write that?’
Still struggles - relatable concept - includes direct speech, his own thought process
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Quote - If I can’t spell ‘question’ I just put a question mark and come back to it later
Habits in his own writing
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Quote - When I look at a book, the first thing I see is the size of it
A thing a lot of people do - relatability to almost everyone- dyslexic and non
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You can do this course and get the right grade because you have a good memory – but if you don’t have passion, creativity, individuality, there’s no point.’Quote - '
Listing - refers to Life - in order to succeed - have to engage with things
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Quote - If you’re dyslexic and you feel there’s something holding you back, just remember: it’s not you. In many ways being dyslexic is a natural way to be
Trying to inspire dyslexic readers to help self belief Natural - adjective - it's who you are Calls to arms- Wants to inspire dyslexic people to support themselves
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Quote - So don’t be heavy on yourself
'Heavy’ attempt to appeal to younger audiences - dialect of the 90s
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Quote - This requires being creative and so your ‘creativity muscle’ gets bigger
Message - use your strength to your advantage - practice makes perfect - keep on going and you will eventually get better
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Quote - Kids come up to me and say, ‘I’m dyslexic too,’
Direct speech - unnamed kids - shows him engaging with the dyslexic community
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Quote - Us dyslexic people, we’ve got it going on – we are the architects.
Call back to the opening - repeats the beginning at the end - Cyclical
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Quote - I say to them, ‘Bloody non dyslexics … who do they think they are?’
Puts prejudice on the non dyslexics - adds humour - trying to be inspirational, just as good as them
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Quote - As a child I suffered

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Quote - but learned to turn dyslexia to my advantage, to see the world more creatively

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Quote - We are the architects, we are the designers.

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