Zoe @ Greymouth High School

Watch this clip where Ava talks about her early experiences with violence and the police and why she has to support her family.  Then watch this clip where Ava is in court and has to make the hard decision - will she lie to protect her family and her people, or will she tell the truth and risk her family abandoning her?  Now you can either write down, or record your thoughts on screencastify: Describe Ava and her early experiences. Explain why she changed throughout the movie and told the truth at the court case. Ava at an early age was very innocent and naive but once her neighbour was shot right in front of her and she was really brought into the big bad world of violence and gangs. Once the police came around her mum was a wreck as her dad were being arrested in her home. Since then she has fallen into the path her family has taken since they were teenagers. Well, until Miss Grewal started teaching her and showed her what the world could be and that ...