2
Contents
Introduction................................................. ................................................ ...................................5
Compilation of a book ............................................ ................................................ ............7
Text Features................................................ ................................................ .......................13
Layout of the novel................................................... ................................................ ................15
Summary of Underworld .............................................. ................................................ 16
Content questions and answers................................... ................................................17
Prologue ................................................ ................................................ ..............................17
Chapter 1: Dormant gray cells, Polyfilla and ringtones................................. ..........18
Chapter 2: Log File: The day before the last school year begins..................................... .........20
Chapter 3: Books and Boggum................................................ ................................................22
Chapter 4: Log File: The Tunnel................................... ................................................23
Chapter 5: The Search and Rumors of Suicide ......................................... ...................25
Chapter 6: Log File: Lux hominum vita......................................... ......................................26
Chapter 7: The pawn throws his toys out of the cot...................................... ................................28
Chapter 8: Log File: Underworld .......................................... ..........................................29
Chapter 9: Sleeping beauty gets things going......................................... ....................31
Chapter 10: Log file: Test for the idiots ......................................... ...................................32
Chapter 11: Two Pictures................................................ ................................................ ......33
Chapter 12: Log File: What My Heart Says ........................................ ........................................35
Chapter 13: Disappointments and Discoveries............................................ ..........................36
Chapter 14: Log File: The Right Side of the Firewall ...................................... ...................37
Chapter 15: They Know............................................ ................................................ ........39
Chapter 16: Log File: Holiday Fireworks............................................ ...................................40
Chapter 17: Cripple Monday ............................................ ........................................41
Chapter 18: Log File: Social Engineering .......................................... ...................................43
Chapter 19: GEAR................................................... ................................................ ...................44
Chapter 20: Log File: Surfer dudes or surfer duds?...................................... ......................45
Chapter 21: Doc's files................................................ ................................................ ........46
Chapter 22: Log File: Nicole............................................ ................................................ ...47
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Chapter 23: Project Nursery Rhyme............................................ ......................................48
Chapter 24: Log File: The mountains in and around me ....................................... ..............................50
Chapter 25: Squeal .............................................. ................................................ .............51
Chapter 26: Log File: Script kiddie.......................................... ............................................52
Chapter 27: Brute Force ............................................ ................................................ ......53
Chapter 28: Log File: I Wish I Were You ........................................ ......................................54
Chapter 29: A Kick in the Family Jewels ........................................ ...................................55
Chapter 30: Log File: Buzz............................................ ................................................ ......56
Chapter 31: Looking for a place that makes you feel satisfied with yourself ..........................57
Chapter 32: Log File: Remembrance............................................ ..............................................59
Chapter 33: Echoes................................................... ................................................ ..............60
Chapter 34: Log File: White hat/Black hat ....................................... ...................................62
Chapter 35: The Judge............................................ ................................................ ........62
Epilogue................................................... ................................................ ..............................64
Summary information about the characters................................... ...................................66
Characterization................................................... ................................................ ......................69
Conflict ................................................... ................................................ ...................................72
Storyline ................................................ ................................................ ................................73
Plot ................................................ ................................................ ................................73
Subplot ................................................ ................................................ ..........................75
Foreshadowing ................................................... ................................................ ...................76
Flashbacks ................................................... ................................................ ............................77
Telling time and told time................................... ................................................ .........78
The teller ................................................ ................................................ ..........................79
Themes................................................... ................................................ ...................................80
Motives................................................... ................................................ ................................83
Messages................................................. ................................................ ...........................85
Background and environment .............................................. ................................................ .......86
Vote ................................................. ................................................ ..............................90
Ironic twist................................................ ................................................ ....................91
Language use................................................. ................................................ ............................92
A piece of Greek mythology .............................................. ................................................ .....93
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The Faust legend .............................................. ................................................ ....................95
The lure text................................................ ................................................ ..............................97
A Review of Underworld................................................ ................................................ ..100
Critical awareness of language ................................................ ................................................ .......103
For class discussion................................................... ................................................ ................105
Reading exercises................................................... ................................................ .....................106
Flight reading................................................... ................................................ ..........................106
Search Read................................................ ................................................ ..........................106
Read aloud................................................ ................................................ ......................107
Unprepared reading................................................ ................................................ ..........107
Class Activities................................................... ................................................ .....................108
Sources................................................. ................................................ ................................109
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Introduction
This guide is written according to the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) of January 2011. It will
take teachers and learners on a journey through the underworld of hackers, but also through the wonderland of the
young adult novel. Although more serious aspects are addressed, there are also interesting activities and snippets
that will capture the imagination of teenage readers. Reading must also be fun!
The main purpose of the guide is to help learners READ and WATCH, but there is also practice that will sharpen writing
and presentation skills. Some sections (such as the review, information about Greek mythology or the Faust
legend) can be used for listening exercises. These sections are also ideal for testing learners' understanding.
Topics tackled are the composition (parts) of a book, text features, text structures and reading exercises. A short
summary of the book, as well as summaries per chapter will help teachers and learners to gain an overview of the
novel. Extended content questions and answers will unlock the novel. There are also questions for the reader
asking for opinion, rather than giving a resounding answer. Some questions will challenge hungry readers to dig
deeper than just the bare story. Other questions are up to the man and clear, even for Afrikaans first additional
language speakers.
The guide is structured so that readers...
- make aware of the main ideas of the novel - make aware of
supporting ideas
lead to venture predictions
ÿ
ÿ helps to make inferences ÿ forces to
reread certain passages and ÿlook. ÿ help with visualization (the
use of photos, illustrations, diagrams and a video also help with this) lead with notes
ÿ
- helps to look critically at the language and language use - makes
you aware of themes and motives.
A review of the novel is provided, after which readers will also have an opportunity to
evaluate the novel themselves.
There is also information about the book's lure text, research, Faust and Greek mythology.
ÿ ÿ
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The guide also provides notes that will help teachers and learners to master literary aspects such as characterization, the
narrator, conflict, plot and subplot, influence of the environment on the character and more.
This then is the teaching guide in a nutshell.
Enjoy him!
Fanie Viljoen
Nos. I would love to hear from you if you have any comments or suggestions about the teacher's guide or the novel. Send an
email to
Website: www.fanieviljoen.co.za
ÿ ÿ
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Compilation of a book
These diagrams explain the different parts of a book, with specific reference
to Underworld:
Front and back:
Back and Back:
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Inside the book:
The half title page only gives the title of
the book.
The title page contains the book title,
author and publisher's name.
On the left is the copyright page with
information about the copyright holder,
publisher, date of publication, designer
of the cover and the book itself, ISBN
number, etc. In this case, the publisher
also listed previous books by the author.
On the right is the assignment
page or inscription page. Underworld is
ÿ
dedicated to the author's brother,
ÿ
Neels.
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Some books will have a blank page on
the left. The publishers of
Underworld decided to the
literary prize that the book won, to
mention here. Ondermöld also later won a
second literary prize, the ATKV
Children's Book Award for Gr 8-10.
The right-hand page contains the
epigraph. An epigraph is a quotation from
another novel, poem, play, article, song,
etc. The quote could possibly serve as
Dictionary inspiration for the author, or it indicates
One of Underworld 's epigraphs is a quote the theme of
from "The Hacker's Manifesto". A manifesto is a the book on.
public declaration of one's principles or
intentions. It usually refers to a political point of
view, but can also be about a person's faith or lifestyle.
At the back of the book is a page with
the resignations. These people assisted
the author with his research.
Because much of the information in
Underworld is based on fact, the author
has inserted a section that
differentiates between fact and fiction.
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To make the learners think
Captain Abes Cilliers is from the South African Police Service. What parts of
the book do you think he would have helped the author with?
Answer: With aspects around police procedures when children go missing, witness
questioning, collecting clues, as well as computer crimes that are
committed.
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Because young readers
may find hacking attractive, the
author has also provided the law
prohibiting it at the back of the
book. It is not a common trend
to write about a crime
and then the law that forbids it as well
to be published in the same book.
Finally, the author provides a list of
sources he consulted. This
becomes the bibliography
named.
ÿÿ
Format of source references
The book references used by the author have the following format:
• Author's surname and initial(s) •
Year of publication •
Book's title (in italics) • Place of
publication • Publisher
For newspaper and magazine articles, the authors' details, the date of publication,
the article name, and the newspaper or magazine name were also provided.
For web pages, the author's details, the article or document name, and the web page
address are provided. Not all authors were known. It is so indicated.
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For fun
These three covers were considered for Underworld.
Which one would you choose? Why?
A B
C
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Contents
Introduction................................................. ................................................ ...................................5
Compilation of a book ............................................ ................................................ ............7
Text Features................................................ ................................................ .......................13
Layout of the novel................................................... ................................................ ................15
Summary of Underworld .............................................. ................................................ 16
Content questions and answers................................... ................................................17
Prologue ................................................ ................................................ ..............................17
Chapter 1: Dormant gray cells, Polyfilla and ringtones................................. ..........18
Chapter 2: Log File: The day before the last school year begins..................................... .........20
Chapter 3: Books and Boggum................................................ ................................................22
Chapter 4: Log File: The Tunnel................................... ................................................23
Chapter 5: The Search and Rumors of Suicide ......................................... ...................25
Chapter 6: Log File: Lux hominum vita......................................... ......................................26
Chapter 7: The pawn throws his toys out of the cot...................................... ................................28
Chapter 8: Log File: Underworld .......................................... ..........................................29
Chapter 9: Sleeping beauty gets things going......................................... ....................31
Chapter 10: Log file: Test for the idiots ......................................... ...................................32
Chapter 11: Two Pictures................................................ ................................................ ......33
Chapter 12: Log File: What My Heart Says ........................................ ........................................35
Chapter 13: Disappointments and Discoveries............................................ ..........................36
Chapter 14: Log File: The Right Side of the Firewall ...................................... ...................37
Chapter 15: They Know............................................ ................................................ ........39
Chapter 16: Log File: Holiday Fireworks............................................ ...................................40
Chapter 17: Cripple Monday ............................................ ........................................41
Chapter 18: Log File: Social Engineering .......................................... ...................................43
Chapter 19: GEAR................................................... ................................................ ...................44
Chapter 20: Log File: Surfer dudes or surfer duds?...................................... ......................45
Chapter 21: Doc's files................................................ ................................................ ........46
Chapter 22: Log File: Nicole............................................ ................................................ ...47
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Chapter 23: Project Nursery Rhyme............................................ ......................................48
Chapter 24: Log File: The mountains in and around me ....................................... ..............................50
Chapter 25: Squeal .............................................. ................................................ .............51
Chapter 26: Log File: Script kiddie.......................................... ............................................52
Chapter 27: Brute Force ............................................ ................................................ ......53
Chapter 28: Log File: I Wish I Were You ........................................ ......................................54
Chapter 29: A Kick in the Family Jewels ........................................ ...................................55
Chapter 30: Log File: Buzz............................................ ................................................ ......56
Chapter 31: Looking for a place that makes you feel satisfied with yourself ..........................57
Chapter 32: Log File: Remembrance............................................ ..............................................59
Chapter 33: Echoes................................................... ................................................ ..............60
Chapter 34: Log File: White hat/Black hat ....................................... ...................................62
Chapter 35: The Judge............................................ ................................................ ........62
Epilogue................................................... ................................................ ..............................64
Summary information about the characters................................... ...................................66
Characterization................................................... ................................................ ......................69
Conflict ................................................... ................................................ ...................................72
Storyline ................................................ ................................................ ................................73
Plot ................................................ ................................................ ................................73
Subplot ................................................ ................................................ ..........................75
Foreshadowing ................................................... ................................................ ...................76
Flashbacks ................................................... ................................................ ............................77
Telling time and told time................................... ................................................ .........78
The teller ................................................ ................................................ ..........................79
Themes................................................... ................................................ ...................................80
Motives................................................... ................................................ ................................83
Messages................................................. ................................................ ...........................85
Background and environment .............................................. ................................................ .......86
Vote ................................................. ................................................ ..............................90
Ironic twist................................................ ................................................ ....................91
Language use................................................. ................................................ ............................92
A piece of Greek mythology .............................................. ................................................ .....93
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The Faust legend .............................................. ................................................ ....................95
The lure text................................................ ................................................ ..............................97
A Review of Underworld................................................ ................................................ ..100
Critical awareness of language ................................................ ................................................ .......103
For class discussion................................................... ................................................ ................105
Reading exercises................................................... ................................................ .....................106
Flight reading................................................... ................................................ ..........................106
Search Read................................................ ................................................ ..........................106
Read aloud................................................ ................................................ ......................107
Unprepared reading................................................ ................................................ ..........107
Class Activities................................................... ................................................ .....................108
Sources................................................. ................................................ ................................109
ÿ ÿ
, 5
Introduction
This guide is written according to the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) of January 2011. It will
take teachers and learners on a journey through the underworld of hackers, but also through the wonderland of the
young adult novel. Although more serious aspects are addressed, there are also interesting activities and snippets
that will capture the imagination of teenage readers. Reading must also be fun!
The main purpose of the guide is to help learners READ and WATCH, but there is also practice that will sharpen writing
and presentation skills. Some sections (such as the review, information about Greek mythology or the Faust
legend) can be used for listening exercises. These sections are also ideal for testing learners' understanding.
Topics tackled are the composition (parts) of a book, text features, text structures and reading exercises. A short
summary of the book, as well as summaries per chapter will help teachers and learners to gain an overview of the
novel. Extended content questions and answers will unlock the novel. There are also questions for the reader
asking for opinion, rather than giving a resounding answer. Some questions will challenge hungry readers to dig
deeper than just the bare story. Other questions are up to the man and clear, even for Afrikaans first additional
language speakers.
The guide is structured so that readers...
- make aware of the main ideas of the novel - make aware of
supporting ideas
lead to venture predictions
ÿ
ÿ helps to make inferences ÿ forces to
reread certain passages and ÿlook. ÿ help with visualization (the
use of photos, illustrations, diagrams and a video also help with this) lead with notes
ÿ
- helps to look critically at the language and language use - makes
you aware of themes and motives.
A review of the novel is provided, after which readers will also have an opportunity to
evaluate the novel themselves.
There is also information about the book's lure text, research, Faust and Greek mythology.
ÿ ÿ
, 6
The guide also provides notes that will help teachers and learners to master literary aspects such as characterization, the
narrator, conflict, plot and subplot, influence of the environment on the character and more.
This then is the teaching guide in a nutshell.
Enjoy him!
Fanie Viljoen
Nos. I would love to hear from you if you have any comments or suggestions about the teacher's guide or the novel. Send an
email to
Website: www.fanieviljoen.co.za
ÿ ÿ
, 7
Compilation of a book
These diagrams explain the different parts of a book, with specific reference
to Underworld:
Front and back:
Back and Back:
ÿ ÿ
, 8
Inside the book:
The half title page only gives the title of
the book.
The title page contains the book title,
author and publisher's name.
On the left is the copyright page with
information about the copyright holder,
publisher, date of publication, designer
of the cover and the book itself, ISBN
number, etc. In this case, the publisher
also listed previous books by the author.
On the right is the assignment
page or inscription page. Underworld is
ÿ
dedicated to the author's brother,
ÿ
Neels.
, 9
Some books will have a blank page on
the left. The publishers of
Underworld decided to the
literary prize that the book won, to
mention here. Ondermöld also later won a
second literary prize, the ATKV
Children's Book Award for Gr 8-10.
The right-hand page contains the
epigraph. An epigraph is a quotation from
another novel, poem, play, article, song,
etc. The quote could possibly serve as
Dictionary inspiration for the author, or it indicates
One of Underworld 's epigraphs is a quote the theme of
from "The Hacker's Manifesto". A manifesto is a the book on.
public declaration of one's principles or
intentions. It usually refers to a political point of
view, but can also be about a person's faith or lifestyle.
At the back of the book is a page with
the resignations. These people assisted
the author with his research.
Because much of the information in
Underworld is based on fact, the author
has inserted a section that
differentiates between fact and fiction.
ÿ ÿ
To make the learners think
Captain Abes Cilliers is from the South African Police Service. What parts of
the book do you think he would have helped the author with?
Answer: With aspects around police procedures when children go missing, witness
questioning, collecting clues, as well as computer crimes that are
committed.
, 10
Because young readers
may find hacking attractive, the
author has also provided the law
prohibiting it at the back of the
book. It is not a common trend
to write about a crime
and then the law that forbids it as well
to be published in the same book.
Finally, the author provides a list of
sources he consulted. This
becomes the bibliography
named.
ÿÿ
Format of source references
The book references used by the author have the following format:
• Author's surname and initial(s) •
Year of publication •
Book's title (in italics) • Place of
publication • Publisher
For newspaper and magazine articles, the authors' details, the date of publication,
the article name, and the newspaper or magazine name were also provided.
For web pages, the author's details, the article or document name, and the web page
address are provided. Not all authors were known. It is so indicated.
, 11
For fun
These three covers were considered for Underworld.
Which one would you choose? Why?
A B
C
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