This study work guide has been compiled to help learners understand and grasp all aspects of the novel and use of language in Finders Keepers, the prescribed novel for Grade 10 English First Additional Language. This study work guide has been compiled to the requirements of CAPS and all important aspects relating to the novel have been covered – in accessible language. The story is about Lufuno leaving Jozi to start a new life in Cape Town. She is bullied at school because of her Venda heritage. She develops a friendship with a Xhosa chief's son.

This study work guide forms part of a series. It is not only a guide in which the novel is discussed, but also a workbook in which learners can make notes. This provides revision for exams and tests. This study work guide supplements the prescribed text Finders Keepers.

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In 'Broken telephone' one learner eavesdrops on two teachers who are discussing taking the learners on a camp. However, the learner mishears some of the details and many strange rumours start circulating through the school. In 'The bully ate my polony' Bullies keep on taking a girl's polony sandwiches. After she puts dead ants on the sandwiches to make them taste bad, the bullies stop stealing her sandwiches.

In 'The emperor's new clothes' two men pretend to be tailors selling the finest cloth. They tell the emperor that only clever people can see the cloth. He orders an outfit to be made in the cloth. He can't see it, but he doesn't want people to think he is stupid, so he pretends to be able to see it. The emperor parades in his new, non-existent outfit, and the adults in the audience also pretend to be able to see it. But then a young boy says that the emperor is naked, and everyone starts laughing at the naked emperor. In 'The Musicians of Bremen' a collection of unwanted animals decides to form a band and seek a new life in the town of Bremen. On the way there they see thieves in a house. They chase the thieves out the house and make it their new home.

This rhyming story is about a family and the places that they like to be, from their house under an apple tree to the dam where Dad goes fishing.

This story is based on the well-known song 'There were ten in the bed', which is about subtracting numbers. There are some people in a bed. Each time the people in the bed turn over, one person falls out.

The farmer owes 500 rupees to the moneylender, because his great-grandfather borrowed 50 rupees and this amount has grown with interest over the years. He walks with the rich, patronising trader to the moneylender. They tell each other stories, and then the farmer tricks the trader into paying his debt to the moneylender. The trader develops a grudging respect for the farmer.

When Elephant receives an invitation to a party he fires up his steam engine for an all African adventure.  More animals join him at each jungle station. It's a rollicking trans-continental journey! Along the way they bicker, tell tales and play until they reach the magnificent gates of the Hotel Splendide where the monkeys are waiting with a huge surprise... Told in quirky rhyme with glorious, glowing illustrations this book will enchant children with Africa’s fantasmagorical wildlife.

Stella stares at the painting on the therapists wall. A road winds along a mountainside above an azure sea. The slopes of the mountain are covered in olive trees. Small white boats bob on the shimmering water at the foot of cliffs. Stella is lost in the painting. She can smell the herbs in the bush, wild thyme and something sweeter. She is running down a steep path to a cove below. On holiday in Greece. Thirteen. Awkward, in between everything ... Ivor Woodall is dead. And, somehow, its all Stellas fault. Because in Stellas life the past is still very much alive. Her holiday in Greece. The young art student who charmed his way into her mothers bed. What she saw that morning on the beach. It all adds up to Ivors death. And Timothy being lost. And Francoise and Luke. Luke being more lost than anyone ...

Ntombi’s mom is out all the time with a new man, Zakes, leaving Ntombi to lookafter her little sister Zinzi. So Ntombi is missing practices for SA’s “Teen Voice” competition and the auditions are getting closer. Besides, Ntombi’s keen to have her own fun, especially once she gets the attention of Mzi, one of Harmony High’s hottest boys. But, what secrets are Zakes and Mzi hiding? How many promises will be broken before Ntombi finds out the truth?

Ntombi travels to Jozi for the finals of the Teen Voice competition. But it is not a bed of roses. She has left her boyfriend, Olwethu in Cape Town. Her jealous little sister Zinzi is out to make trouble while she’s away. And, she must deal with the other contestants she’s up against: the cool, talented and gorgeous Alex and the nasty twins, Lindiwe and Sindiwe. Thank goodness her room mate Mahlodi can help her make sense of her confusing emotions. (This is a sequel to Broken Promises.)

Busi feels left out! Her friends have won a talent competition, but the only talent that she has is for being late for school! When she climbs out of a broken window at Harmony High and escapes onto the street her life is about to change. The smooth, handsome taxi driver, Parks, stops to pick her up and there is no going back. But, Busi soon finds herself out of her depth and realises that Parks has a secret he isn’t sharing…