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Shadows Learner Guide

This CALA guide provides instructions for an activity on the short story collection Shadows in the Horizon. [1] Learners will read stories that highlight colonial injustices in Kenya and write a report summarizing the injustices. [2] They will also write a poem supporting the sacrifices made by freedom fighters during the liberation struggle. [3] Learners will be assessed on their ability to accurately report the colonial injustices from the stories and write an effective poem conveying support for the freedom fighters.

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Shadows Learner Guide

This CALA guide provides instructions for an activity on the short story collection Shadows in the Horizon. [1] Learners will read stories that highlight colonial injustices in Kenya and write a report summarizing the injustices. [2] They will also write a poem supporting the sacrifices made by freedom fighters during the liberation struggle. [3] Learners will be assessed on their ability to accurately report the colonial injustices from the stories and write an effective poem conveying support for the freedom fighters.

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LEARNER’S CALA GUIDE 2

LEARNING AREA: Literature in English

CANDIDATE NAME:

CANDIDATE NUMBER:

CENTRE NUMBER:

LEVEL: O LEVEL

SYLLABUS TOPIC: Background to set texts (Literature in English syllabus F1-4, 2015-2022)

SUB TOPIC: the influence of colonialism in literature

CALA TITLE: colonial injustices in Shadows in the Horizon

CALA TYPE: Research

Pen and paper


Creativity

COMPETENCIES/SKILLS:Research
Critical thinking
Creative writing
BACKGROUND

Shadows in the horizon has a number of short stories that highlight colonial injustices. Present day
literature in English students are not well versed with the country colonial history tat led to the
liberation [Link] this CALA learners will study the text and identify stories that highlight colonial
injustices. They will produce a poem that shows why freedom fighters went to war

N THE CALA activities: You are expected to

1. Read relevant stories from Shadows on the horizon and produce a write up the colonial
injustices presented in the text,
2. Write a poem in support of the sacrifices made by freedom fighters

HOW YOU WILL BE ASSESSED: You will be assessed on your ability to:

1. Use relevant stories from Shadows on the horizon and produce a write up the colonial
injustices presented in the text, (10)
2. Compose a poem in support of the sacrifices made by freedom fighters during the
liberation struggle (20)

CALA TIPS

Read all the stories extensively, you may use information from your history lessons as well as other
sources to support the information given in the short stories you will select

You are encouraged to consult your teacher before submitting your final work.
ACHIEVEMENT STANDARD
Dimension Very good Good Average Below average Weak
/criteria
[Link] relevant 10-9 8-7 6-5 4-3 2-0
stories from Very good and Good and Fairly Below average A poor effort
Shadows on the appropriate appropriate appropriate and from the
horizon and write up with write up with write up with inappropriate learner that
very detailed detailed acts of generalised write up with fails to respond
produce a write
acts of colonial colonial acts of colonial very to the question
up the colonial
injustices injustices injustices generalised requirement
injustices taken from taken from taken from acts colonial
presented in identified short identified short identified short injustices .very
the text, (10) stories .very stories. good stories .fair weak
good knowledge of knowledge of knowledge of
knowledge of the chosen the chosen the chosen
the chosen short stories short stories short stories
short stories shown shown shown
shown
20-18 17-14 13-10 9-5 4-0
. [Link] a very good good poem fair poem that Below average A poor effort
poem in poem that that gives an gives a fair poem that from the
support of the gives a strong insight into the insight into the gives a very learner that
sacrifices made insight into the sacrifices made sacrifices made generalised fails to respond
sacrifices made by the by the insight into to the question
by freedom
by the liberation liberation the sacrifices requirement
fighters during
liberation fighters fighters . made by the
the liberation fighters liberation
struggle (20) fighters

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