Novel: Finders Keepers by Rosamund Haden MEMO Grade 10
Chapter 7
A: Contextual Questions:
1.1 What do you think causes a strike to become violent? Can it ever be justified? Discuss. (2)
People that influence each other in a bad way. They get riled up and end up doing things that they
wouldn’t normally do.
1.2 List the three things that causes Lufuno to have regular nightmares. (3)
Lufuno’s mother was very ill from tuberculosis.
Her best friend Dudu died and
She had to leave her home and school and move to Cape Town in Grade 11.
1.3 Lufuno is bombarded daily with veiled threats about the strike. Discuss the effect on her psyche. (2)
Lufuno feels afraid and insecure because of the threats she receives because her parents are still
working notwithstanding the strike.
1.4 Discuss the extended metaphor on p. 45, where Lufuno mentally compares Sindi to a snake.
Discuss whether the comparison is justified. (2)
Sindi falsely accuses Lufuno of spying and wanting to ensnare Mandla. When Chantelle calls Sindi
toxic Lufuno mentally compares her to a venomous mamba seeking out its prey waiting to inject
venom its veins. It is an effective comparison because it illustrates Sindi’s vindictive behaviour
accurately.
1.5 What type of character is Funeka? Round or flat? (1)
Flat
1.6 Discuss the effectiveness of the line, “Fuelling themselves with alcohol for ‘smash and grab’
opportunities later.” (p. 42) (2)
The unemployed men in the township are drinking to work up courage to plunder and steal later in
the day when the strike reaches its climax.
B: Theme Questions:
2.1 How does the fact that Mandla’s father is the chief influence the theme of ‘Love across boundaries?’
Lufuno and Mandla already has the boundary of being different cultures and from different cities,
now they also have the boundary of being of different class/ status making thing even more difficult
for them. (2)
2.2 What theme can be related to the increasing tenseness that can be felt in the neighbourhood?
The right to strike and the value of tolerance. (1)
C: Language in Context:
Lufuno’s sleep is disturbed most nights by nightmares about Dudu. The radio news reports on the demands
of a 15% wage increase at the On the Rise Bakery strike, called by the Food Manufacturers Union (FMU).
The community in the township is tense about the strike. Sindi again humiliates Lufuno by replacing her
chair in class with a broken one, causing her to fall. Mandla has to serve break-detentions because he
nearly hits a boy in class. Lufuno hears rumours of Mandla having a girlfriend back in the Eastern Cape. She
also learns that his father is a chief and that they are a wealthy family. Mandla stops Lufuno from boarding
a taxi after school.
2.1 Write 15% out in words. (2)
Fifteen percent
2.2 What type of abbreviation is FMU? (1)
Initialism
2.3 Give a synonym for the word ‘tense’ in line 4. (1)
anxious / nervous / stressed / worried
2.4 What is the punctuation mark called in line 5 and what is its function? (2)
dash – forms a compound noun
2.5 Use the homophone of the word ‘hears’ (line 6) in a sentence of your own. (1)
Here’s your phone.
2.6 Choose the correct option between brackets.
a) Sindi is the one (who / which) embarrasses Lufuno in class. (1)
b) Mandla’s phone, (who / which) has a photo of a girl as a screensaver, is new. (1)
c) To (who / whom) does Mandla’s heart belong? (1)
D: Vocabulary:
Provide meanings for the following words and use them in a sentence of your own:
4.1 ‘triumphantly’ (page 43) celebrate victory
4.2 ‘wary’ (page 46) cautious of
E: Timeline:
After reading Chapter 7 complete the timeline by listing at least 10 important things to remember:
- Tshilidzi wakes up Lufuno who is screaming in her sleep, she was deraming about Dudu.
- At breakfast they listen to the radio, news about the strike. This makes everyone nervous.
- Lufuno’s mom tells her to come straight home after school.
- The township is very tense, workers are in the street instead of in taxis on their way to work.
- At school ,Mandla is not there.
- Sindi sabotages Lufuno’s chair and she falls. A girl named Funeka helps Lufuno.
- Mandla is held in during break and cannot meet Lufuno to give her back the bracelet.
- Lufuno finds herself at the wrong place, hearing the other boys’ conversation and is scolded by Sindi.
- After school Lufuno misses her taxi and meets Mandla.
F: Informal Writing Task:
Write an obituary of 100 words for Dudu. An obituary is a notice of death that is placed in the newspaper.
Use the example below and customize yours to fit Dudu’s profile:
(Name & Surname), (age) of (Town) passed away
on (Date of Death) in (Town of death.
Funeral service will be held (Day), (Date), (Time) at (Place of Funeral)
With the (Name of Minister) of (Name of Church) officiating.
Burial will follow at (Name of Cemetery).
Arranger by (Name of Funeral Home).
(Name) was born in (Town of Birth) to (Name of Parents) on (Date of Birth).
She went to school at (Name of School). She was involved in (Name school clubs, extra mural activities.)
(Name) is preceded by (List persons passed on before.).
The family of (Name) wishes to extend our sincere thanks to (List Dr’s names, teachers or friends).
