NEXT UP! 2 144 UNDERSTANDING 35 Summarise Close read the background information about Nelson Mandela and write keywords. Use your keywords to write a short text. You can also include information from the excerpt in your summary. 36 Close read the excerpt Close read “Robben Island: The dark years”. a) Write a short description of Nelson Mandela’s cell and the things he had in his cell. Use your own words. b) What does Mandela do to protest against prison regulations? What is the result of his protest? Write about what he does and how the warders respond. 37 Explain the words Read the text: Each cell had a white card posted outside of it with our name and our prison number. Mine read, “N Mandela 466/64,” which meant Iwas the 466th prisoner admitted to the island in 1964. Iwas forty-six years old, a political prisoner with a life sentence, and that small cramped space was to be my home for Iknew not how long. a) What is a political prisoner? Write a short explanation. b) What is a life sentence? Write a short explanation. Hæfniviðmið • Aflað sér upplýsinga úr texta, greint aðalatriði frá aukaatriðum og nýtt sér í verkefnavinnu. • Lesið, skilið og unnið með fjölbreyttan orðaforða úr ýmsum textum. • Skrifað lipran, samfelldan texta af ólíkum gerðum í samræmi við inntak og tilgang með skrifunum.
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