billy elliot characters, vocabulary and summary

Billy ElliotBilly Elliot

Melvin BURGESS

•MELVIN BURGESS IS A WRITER.

•HE WROTE BILLY ELLIOT.

Characters

a) Billy Elliot:) doesn't like boxinga ballet dancera studentPoor people Tony ‘s brotherJackie's sonMichael's best friend

b) Michael Billy’s best friend

a student

poor peopledoesn‘t like boxing

c) Debbie• Billy’s friend • Mrs. Wilkinson’s daughter• Posh people • A ballet dancer• A student

d) Tony:•Billy’s brother•Jackie’s son•A miner•Like boxing•Picket

e) Jackie: •Tony and Billy’s dad•Like boxing•His wife is dead•A miner •Picket

f) Sarah:•Billy and Tony ’s mom•Jackie’s wife •He is important for Billy

g) George • The boxing teacher• on strike• Friend of Jackie and Tony

h) Mrs. Wilkinson:•Debbie’s mum •Ballet teacher•Posh people

I) Nan:•Billy and Tony ’s grandma•Sarah’s mom•Likes ballet•Likes music•Old woman

Pictures

COASTAL TOWN

COAL

JUDGE

COURT

POSH PEOPLE

• BALLET SHOES

BALLET

EMPLOYER

COAL MINES

STRIKE

LIPSTICK

SPIN

RAFFLE TICKET

RAILWAY BRIDGE

AUDITION

Summary

• Billy Elliot is a poor miner’s son in Everington. At that time there is a strike for mines and Jackie (Billy’s dad), Tony (Billy’s brother) were on the strike. They are on strike because Margaret Thatcher wants to close all the mines. So they are poor. Nan (the grandma) is living with them. But Billy isn’t an ordinary boy. He isn’t good at boxing, school...His family wants Billy to box But he doesn’t like it. One day his boxing teacher (George) is angry with him. He says: ”Go and give the keys

• to Mrs. Wilkinson (ballet teacher).” he goes there. But she doesn’t hear Billy, so Billy does some ballet moves. The teacher gives Billy a pair of a ballet shoes. And a hard job comes to Billy. He is happy. But his family doesn’t like ballet. Then Mrs. Wilkinson says that he can go to a audition in Newcastle. So they practice secretly at that time Tony has got a fight with police. Then ballet teacher comes to house.

• But dad and Tony doesn’t believe her. So Billy missed the first audition. Then in winter Billy and Michael were in hall and they were dancing, when Jackie came Jackie see his son dancing. Billy dance and dance. so Jackie understand that his son was good at ballet. then they (Tony and Jackie) understand that they must find some money. They search money and Billy go to audition. Then letter came:

BILLY WIN THE

AUDITION!

The strike

• The strike started in 1984.• This time the government is Margaret THATCHER..Margaret Thatcher wants to

close all the mines..So some miners go on a strike..But some of them are still

working. They called: scabs.

.Billy’s family were pickets.

Picket lineand

pickets fight with

police

The end!The end!The end!The end!