1. Noughts and Crosses
Malorie Blackman

2. What is prejudice? Racism
Discrimination against a group of people because of colour, sex or religious beliefs
a judgment or opinion
formed before the facts
are known;
Usually unfavourable

3. Exercise 1 – Hints at Identity
It’s only on page 50 that we receive any confirmation of the importance of the colour of a persons skin and the colour prejudice that exists in the society of the novel.
1. Find this evidence and note it in your jotter.

4. Exercise 1 – Hints at Identity
2. Look back and find clues that were planted earlier and note these quotes
(Some relevant pages: 8, 31, 36, 47, 48, )

5. Answers Pg 8: ‘Maybe things would be different for them.’ Pg 31:
‘If only Callum wasn’t a nought.’
Pg 36:
‘their schools’
Pg 47:
‘whatever happens tomorrow’

6. Answers
Pg 48:
‘I think you and your father are underestimating how much of a … challenge it’s going to be. I don’t want to see you upset.’
Pg 52:
‘All I could see were pale white hands, blue veins clearly visible through the almost translucent skin.’

7. INVERSION – What is this?
1. To turn inside out or upside down
2. To reverse the position, order, or condition of: ... How has Blackman used this technique in her novel Noughts and Crosses?
What parallels do you see with our society?
What statement do you think she is making about society?