This is the story, told through the eyes of a young girl from Pakistan, of Malala, a girl from Swat Valley who is famous because she stood up for girls rights to education.
When the Taliban came to her valley, they said people mustn’t listen to music, women must wear burqas and girls must not go to school. Malala wrote blogs and spoke on the radio and the television about her dream and the dream of her friends to go to school. When she was just 15 years old the Taliban shot her, but she did not die and continues to work for girls’ education in all the countries of the world.
Syllabus
Vocabulary areas: home, school, the world around us
Grammar: Past simple regular and irregular; Must for obligation; Have got to / had to; Comparatives and superlatives; Could / couldn’t for ability; Verb + ing; Verb + inf; When clauses; Adjectives to describe feelings / qualities;
Expressions: Tell us about... Would you like to … What happened to … after; What a terrible experience! Why don’t we …? That’s a great idea! That would be wonderful!
Tags
Education | Gender Equality | Family