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Hello everyone.

Welcome to our next lesson on Oliver twist.

Now a lot happened in our last lesson.

Oliver was sent to the Sowerberry's house, where he was bullied by the servants Noah.

Oliver fought back and then he was punished for defending himself.

Mrs. Sowerberry took this nine year old orphan and locked him in the cellar.

I mean, who does that? Mr. Bumble arrived and he blamed all of Oliver's rebellious behaviour on his diet.

That boy is being given too much meat.

Apparently the meat in Oliver's diet has made him rebellious and violent.

Well, Oliver has had enough.

He's been mistreated everywhere he goes.

Early one morning when no one else is awake Oliver Twist escapes from Mrs. Sowerberry's house.

Oliver Twist is going to London.

Let's see what happens next.

For today's lesson you will need an exercise book or paper, and a pen.

If you do not have this equipment, press the pause button on this video now, go in collect this equipment, and then we will begin our lesson.

Let's begin with a recap from our last lesson.

What does Mr. Bumble blame for Oliver's attack on Noah? Option one Oliver's diet, which includes meat? Option two, Oliver's diet of gruel? Option three Noah's bullying, or option four, Mrs. Sowerberry treating Oliver poorly? Press the pause button on this video and tell the screen the right answer.

I will now tell you the right answer, which is of course is option one, Oliver's diet, which includes meat.

Mr. Bumble believes that the meat in Oliver's diet makes this orphaned rebellious and violent.

Well done if you got that right.

Let's now go through our plan for today's lesson.

First of all, we will learn about the idea of a victim.

Then we will learn about the word untrustworthy.

After that, we will begin reading our extract and then we will begin our extract analysis.

Let's begin.

Let's first of all learn about this idea of the victim.

A victim is a person who's harmed by an unfortunate event or another person through no fault of their own.

I will now give you some different examples of this word victim.

Silas was a victim of a terrible car accident last year.

A driver, who was not looking where he was going, drove straight into Silas' car.

Silas is not responsible for this terrible accident.

Silas is harmed through no fault of his own.

We can therefore describe Silas as a victim.

There are many victims of bullying in schools.

These pupils are attacked and insulted by others for no apparent reason.

These pupils are harmed through no fault of their own.

These pupils can be described as victims. There were many victims who were killed by the terrible earthquake.

These people were killed through no fault of their own.

They are not responsible for their deaths.

The earthquake is responsible for depths.

We can describe these people as victims. Harry Potter was a victim when his parents were killed by Voldemort.

Harry Potter was harmed through no fault of his own.

Rey from Star Wars was the victim when she was abandoned by her parents as a child.

This caused Rey great harm, but she was not responsible for this event.

Rey is a victim.

In our novel Oliver can be described as a victim.

He is harmed by other people and unfortunate events through no fault of his own.

Oliver was a victim when he was born, remember? Right after Oliver was born his mother died.

Oliver was left lonely and helpless in the world.

Oliver was a victim in the workhouse.

Remember when he had to only eat gruel and he starved alongside the other boys? Oliver was also a victim at the Sowerberrys.

Noah, bullied Oliver, and when over and fought back he was locked inside the cupboard by Mrs. Sowerberry.

As you can see Oliver has been a victim throughout this book.

Oliver has suffered great harm through no fault of his own.

These examples raise this question.

Will Oliver be a victim again? We will return to this question later on.

Let's now test our understanding of this idea.

Who is a victim? You have four options.

Option one, Chantelle received a detention, because she did not do her homework.

Is Chantelle a victim? Option two.

Diana was fouled in football and broke her leg.

Is Diana a victim? Option three Andrea did not check his fuel before he drove to work.

His car broke down.

Is Andrea a victim? And option four.

Jeff and Cliff had a fight.

Cliff ended up with a broken nose.

Is cliff a victim? Press the pause button on your video now, and tell the screen the right answer.

I will now tell you the right answer, which is of course, option two.

Diana breaks her leg after she is fouled by another player.

Diana is harmed here through no fault of her own.

It is the other player's fault.

We can therefore describe Diana as a victim.

She is harmed through no fault of her own.

Now some of you may have chosen some of the other options.

I will now go through these three other options and explain why they do not describe victims. Some of you may have chosen option one.

Now Chantelle does suffer a bit because she is sent to detention.

However, it is Chantelle's fault that she is sent to detention, because Chantelle did not do her homework.

Chantelle is responsible for her own suffering.

We cannot therefore describe Chantelle as a victim.

Now some of you may have chosen option three, but we cannot describe Andrea as a victim.

Now Andrea does suffer because his car breaks down, but, Andrea is responsible for his car breaking down because Andrea did not check his fuel before he drove to work.

Andrea is responsible for his own suffering.

We cannot therefore describe Andrea as a victim.

Now some of you finally may have choosen Cliff in option four.

Cliff is harmed because he ends up with a broken nose, but cliff can be blamed for this outcome because cliff had a fight with Jeff.

Cliff is responsible for his own suffering.

We can therefore not describe Cliff as a victim.

Well done if you got that right.

Now in this extract Oliver meets a very untrustworthy person.

I will now explain the meaning of this word.

If someone is untrustworthy, you do not expect them to be honest or truthful.

Let me give you some examples.

Felix, I think you did eat all the cookies today.

I think you're lying and being untrustworthy.

Now, this person clearly does not believe Felix's words, but he did not eat cookies.

This person thinks that Felix is not telling the truth.

This person thinks that Felix is untrustworthy.

Here's another example.

I did not believe that the car salesman was telling us the truth about the car.

It seems older than he claimed.

The salesman seemed untrustworthy.

This person clearly does not believe the car salesman's words about the age of the car.

This person thinks that the car salesman is not telling the truth.

This person thinks that the car salesman is untrustworthy.

"Sarah!", the teacher exclaimed.

"You have cheated in seven exams so far.

I think you are untrustworthy." This teacher does not think that Sarah will complete her exam honestly.

This teacher does not trust Sarah to follow the rules of exam.

She expects Sarah to cheat.

This teacher regards Sarah, as untrustworthy.

I will now test your understanding of this idea.

Which person is untrustworthy? Option one.

The butcher sold me some meat that was very expensive.

Option two.

Melissa told her father, that she was going to the library, but went to her friend's house instead.

Option three.

Clarence worked very hard at his homework assignment, but did not finish it in time.

Option four.

Lukas told his mum that he would be home by 9:00 PM.

Lukas returned home before 9:00 PM.

Press the pause button on your video now and tell the screen the right answer.

Which person is untrustworthy? I will now tell you the right answer.

The right answer is of course option two.

Melissa lies to her father.

She says that she is going to the library, but goes to her friend's house instead.

Melissa cannot be trusted to tell the truth or act honestly.

Melissa can be described as untrustworthy.

Well done if you got that right.

I will now explain why the other options do not describe untrustworthy behaviour.

Now some of you might have said option one, but we cannot describe a butcher as untrustworthy.

Even though the meat is very expensive, we do not know whether the butcher was lying about the price of a meat.

We cannot therefore say that the butcher is untrustworthy.

Some of you may have said option three, but we do not know about Clarence who worked very hard for his homework assignment, but did not finish it in time.

We cannot say that Clarence is untrustworthy, because we do not know whether Clarence lied about when he would complete his assignments.

We cannot therefore say that Clarence is untrustworthy.

Now some of you may have chosen option four, but Lukas is actually the opposite of untrustworthy.

Lukas tells his mum that he will be home by 9:00 PM and Lukas is indeed home by 9:00 PM.

Lukas tells the truth.

We can trust Lukas to act honestly and truthfully.

We can therefore describe Lukas as trustworthy.

You can now pause this video here and make up your own sentence that uses the word untrustworthy.

Write this in your page or on your book.

Off you go.

Let's now read our extract.

In this extract Oliver meets a very untrustworthy character.

In this extract Oliver is now in a small village just outside London.

He's been walking for seven whole days.

He's starving.

He's really exhausted, and he's lonely.

He sits down by the side of the road exhausted and looks around him.

And then he sees a very strange character.

There's a boy looking at Oliver Twist, but this boy looks weird.

He's covered in dirt.

He's just staring at Oliver, but he's also wearing clothes that are far too big for him.

His coat hangs all the way down to his knees.

In this extract Oliver meets this strange character.

Let's see what happens.

Oliver had been crouching on the street for some time, wondering at the greater number of buildings.

Gazing with tired listless eyes at the coaches as they pass through, and thinking how strange it seemed that they could do with ease in a few hours what it had taken him a whole week of courage and determination beyond his years to accomplish.

When he was roused by observing that a boy who had passed him carelessly some minutes before, had returned and was now looking at him most earnestly from the opposite side of the street.

Oliver took little notice of this at first, but the boy remained in the same attitude of close observation so long that Oliver raised his head and returned his steady look.

Upon this, the boy crossed over and walking close up to Oliver said, "Hello my covey, what's the row? The boy who addressed this question to the young wayfarer was about his own age.

But one of the strangest queerest looking boys that Oliver had ever seen.

He was a snub-nosed, flat browed, common face boy enough.

And as dirty a juvenile as one would wish to see.

But he had about him, all the errors and manners of man.

He was short for his age with rather bow legs and little ugly eyes.

His hat was stuck on the top of his head so lightly that it threatened to fall off every moment, and would have done so very often if the wearer had the knack every now and then giving his head a sudden twitch, which brought it back to its old place again.

He wore a man's coat, which reached nearly to his heels.

He had turned the cuffs back, halfway up his arm to get his hands out of his sleeves.

Apparently with the ultimate view of thrusting them into the pockets of his corduroy trousers for there he kept them.

He was, altogether as roistering and swaggering and confident a young gentleman as ever stood four foot six or something less in his trousers.

"Hello my covey, what's the row?" said this strange young gentlemen to Oliver.

"I, I'm very hungry and tired," replied Oliver, the tears standing in his eyes as he spoke.

"I have walked a long way." "I've been walking the seven days." "Walking for seven days?" said the young gentlemen.

"Oh, I see." "Beak's order eh?" he added noticing Oliver look of surprise.

"Oh, I suppose you don't know what a beak is, my flash companion." Oliver, mildly replied that he had heard a bird's mouth described by the term and question.

"My eyes, how green." exclaimed the young gentlemen.

"Why a beak's a magistrate.

And when you walk by a beak's order it's not straight forward, but always going up and never coming down again." "But come." said the young gentlemen.

"You want grub, you want food, and you shall have it." I'm at low-water-mark myself only one bob and a magpie; but, as far as it goes, I'll fork out and stump.

Up with you on your pins.

Up with you on your legs.

There, now then!" Assisting Oliver to rise the young gentlemen took him to a nearby shop where he bought Oliver some ham and bread.

Taking the bread under his arm, the young gentlemen turned into a small public house or tavern.

Here, the strange youth bought himself a pot of beer and watched Oliver as he ate his long and hearty meal.

"Going to London?" said the strange boy when Oliver had at last concluded.

Yes.

Got any lodgings? No.

Mummy? No.

The strange boy whistled and put his arms into his pockets.

As far as the big coat sleeves would let them go.

"Do you live in London?" inquired Oliver.

"Yes I do when I'm at home." replied the boy.

I suppose you want some place to sleep tonight don't you? "I do indeed." Answered Oliver.

I have not slept under a roof since I left the country.

"Don't fret your eyelids in that score." said young gentlemen.

I've got to be in London tonight.

And I know a respectable old gentlemen as lives there that will give you lodgings for nothing.

And don't ask for the change.

That is, if any gentleman he knows introduces you.

This unexpected offer of shelter was too tempting to be resisted, especially as it was immediately followed up by the assurance that the old gentlemen referred to without this provide Oliver with a comfortable place without loss of time.

This led to a more friendly and confidential conversation from which all over discovered that his friend's name was Jack Dawkins.

And that he was a peculiar pet and protege of the elderly gentleman before mentioned.

I think Oliver's making a big mistake here.

I mean, I get it.

Oliver's tired.

He's starving.

He's lonely.

He wants a new friend, but I don't trust Jack Dawkins.

I mean, why is this boy taking such an interest in Oliver? They've never even met before.

Jack Dawkins buys Oliver food.

He arranges accommodation for him in London.

I wonder what Jack's getting out of this? And now Oliver's going to follow the stranger all the way back to London to go and live with an old man that he's never even met before.

Something doesn't feel right here.

Let's take a look at the extract more closely and think about why Jack Dawkins is an untrustworthy character.

But before we move on, let's just revise the key things that happened in this extract.

Question one.

What is odd about Jack's clothes? I'll give you a clue.

There's something odd about the way that Jack's clothes fits him.

The answer is of course this, even though he is a small boy Jack wears adult sized clothes.

Question two.

What will Jack organise for Oliver in London? I'll give you a clue.

He's organising a place for Oliver to stay in London.

Who is Oliver going to stay with again? This is of course the answer.

Jack we'll organise for Oliver to stay with an older gentleman in London.

Well done if you that right.

We will now analyse our extract.

How does Dickens present Jack as an untrustworthy character? Well, later on in this conversation, Jack reveals that his nickname is The Artful Dodger.

Jack's friends call him by this name.

Now this name, The Artful Dodger reveals a lot about Jack's character.

Let's zoom into each of these words.

This word artful means skillful.

In other words, Jack is very skillful at dodging something.

Dickens might be suggesting this.

He might be providing a hint that Jack is very skilled at dodging, or escaping from a group of people.

I wonder what this group of people might be.

Who is Jack very good at escaping from or running away from or dodging? Well, the answer seems clear.

Dickens is hinting, that Jack is skilled at escaping from the law.

It seems that Jack is a criminal.

You can now press pause on your video and take some notes upon this quotation.

Off you go.

Let's now take a look at our next quotation that Jack is an untrustworthy character.

Now these lines are from the conversation between Jack and Oliver.

Oliver is talking first.

Let me read.

I have walked a long way.

I have been walking these seven days.

Oh, I see.

Beaks order eh? Oliver mildly replied that he'd always heard a bird's mouth described by the term in question.

"My eyes, how green!" exclaimed the young gentlemen.

Now let me just explain what's going on here.

Oliver tells Jack that he's been walking for seven whole days and Jack assumes that Oliver is under a beaks order.

Now, what is a beak's order? Well, a beak's order is a magistrates' punishment for a criminal.

A magistrate by the way is a judge.

This is someone who publishes criminals.

Jack is assuming that all Oliver must walk this very long distance as a punishment for a crime.

Now this is very interesting.

Jack isn't much older than Oliver, but Jack understands the different types of punishments that are offered to criminals.

Jack is assuming that Oliver isn't trouble with the law.

Dickens here is hinting, that Jack Dawkins has lived a life of crime.

It is likely that many of Jack's friends have also had beaks orders throughout their life.

Maybe Jack has been punished before in this way for his crimes.

Dickens is hinting that Jack is a criminal.

Now Oliver obviously does not understand what a beak's order is.

And if you continue to read Oliver replies that he thinks it's a bird's mouth.

So Oliver has obviously never had any experience of this sort of thing.

Now look at how Jack responds.

Now, when Oliver says that a beak's order is a bird's mouth, Jack replies my eyes, how green.

Now, what does this word green mean? Well, in this context the word green means innocent and naive.

Jack is implying that Oliver is rather innocent, naive, and immature because he thinks that a beak's order refers to a bird's mouth.

Jack obviously realises that Oliver has not had much experience of a criminal world.

He thinks that Oliver is far more innocent and naive than he is.

Now I would suggest that Jack maybe sees an opportunity now to take advantage of Oliver.

He realises that Oliver has not experienced nearly as much of the criminal world as Jack has.

This is maybe when Jack has the idea of bringing Oliver back to London with him.

You can now pause this video and take some notes upon these quotations.

Off you go.

Let's now answer our questions.

Complete the sentences.

Sentence one.

Jack's nickname, The Artful Dodger is fitting because? Question two.

Jack Dawkins seems untrustworthy to the reader because? Three.

Jack Dawkins may see an opportunity to take advantage of Oliver because? Four.

Even though Jack has never met Oliver comma.

I remember the comma there after the word Oliver.

And number five.

The reader may now think that Oliver will be a victim again, because? Complete these sentences in your book or on your paper.

You can press the pause button now and complete these sentences.

Off you go.

I will now show you some exemplar answers.

Here's our exemplars.

Sentence one.

Jack's nickname.

The Artful Dodger is fitting because? Here's an acceptable answer.

Jack's nickname The Artful Dodger is fitting because he is a criminal.

Here is a good answer.

Jack's nickname, The Artful Dodger is fitting because he is a criminal who's skillful at dodging the law.

If you want to improve your answer press the pause button on this video now.

Let's now take a look at sentence two.

Sentence two.

Jack Dawkins seems untrustworthy to the reader because? Acceptable answer.

Jack Dawkins seems untrustworthy to the reader because he clearly has a criminal background.

Here's our good answer.

Jack Dawkins seems untrustworthy to the reader because he is a criminal who seems overly eager to befriend the vulnerable orphan.

If you want to improve your answer, press the pause button on the video now.

Let's now go on to sentence three.

Jack Dawkins may see an opportunity to take advantage of Oliver because? Acceptable answer.

Jack Dawkins may see an opportunity to take advantage of Oliver because this orphan is lonely and clearly needs help.

He is a good answer.

Jack Dawkins may see an opportunity to take advantage of Oliver because this vulnerable orphan is both naive and desperately hungry.

You can press the pause button on your video now to improve these answers.

Sentence four.

Even though Jack has never met Oliver before? Here is our acceptable answer.

Even though Jack has never met Oliver before he arranges both food and accommodation in London for this orphan.

Here is a good answer.

Even though Jack has never met Oliver before he confidently befriends this orphan before proactively arranging both food and free accommodation in London.

You can now press the pause button on this video and then prove your answers.

Let's now go on to our fifth and final sentence here.

Sentence five.

The reader may now think that Oliver will be a victim again because? Acceptable answer.

The reader may now think that Oliver would be a victim again because he has made friends with a criminal.

And here is our good answer.

The reader may now think that Oliver will be a victim again because he has naively made friends with the criminal Jack Dawkins, who seems overly eager to take this orphan back to London him.

Well done for all of your work.

You can press the pause button on this video now to improve this final answer.

Now, if you'd like to, you can complete our extension task on today's lesson.

Write a paragraph or essay on the question above.

How does Dickens present Jack Dawkins as untrustworthy? If you would like to complete this work, press the pause button on this video now.

Well done for all of your amazing work today.

You have been amazing, excellent work.

In our next lesson Oliver meets the old gentlemen, that Jack Dawkins has been talking about.

He's a very, very scary man.

God help us.

Oliver's going to be drawn in to the dark criminal under world of Victorian London.

I'll see you next time.

Make sure you complete your quiz before you leave.

I will see you next time.