CSPE Book Interior - Focus Ireland
CSPE Book Interior - Focus Ireland
CSPE Book Interior - Focus Ireland
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Teacher’s notes<br />
Paddy O’Gorman: A roving reporter who<br />
tends to talk to people in unusual places<br />
while he is reporting on social issues,<br />
including homelessness and<br />
unemployment. He has interviewed people<br />
queuing at social welfare offices and<br />
waiting at bus stops, etc.<br />
Suggested questions<br />
for interviewer<br />
> What’s your name?<br />
> Describe what you are doing./Where are<br />
you now?<br />
> How do you feel?<br />
> How did you become homeless?<br />
> Where did you sleep last night? Did you<br />
sleep in a hostel or have to sleep rough?<br />
> Do you sleep there every night?<br />
Why?/Why not?<br />
> (If sleeping rough:) Were you cold?/<br />
What was the weather like last night?<br />
> Did you have any difficulty getting a<br />
place to sleep?<br />
> Did you sleep well? Why/why not? etc.<br />
> Did you eat breakfast? Where?<br />
> What have you been doing since you<br />
got up this morning?<br />
> What plans have you got for the rest of<br />
the day?<br />
> Describe what other people are doing<br />
around you; how does this make you feel?<br />
> What do you miss most about not<br />
having a home?<br />
> What help do you need to move on<br />
from homelessness and get a home of<br />
your own?<br />
Lesson 7 · A day in the life of a person who is homeless<br />
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