context clues malala

Malala Yousoafzai

Who is this brave young woman?

1997

Born in Mingora, Pakistan on July 12, 1997. Welcoming a baby girl is not always cause for celebration in Pakistan — but her father was determined to give me every opportunity a boy would have.

2008

Her father was a teacher and ran a girls’ school. The Taliban took control of their town. The extremists banned many things, and they said girls could no longer go to school.

In January 2008 when she was just 11 years old, she said goodbye to her classmates.

2012

Malala spoke out publicly on behalf of girls and their right to learn. This made her a target. In October 2012, on her way home from school, a masked gunman boarded my school bus and asked, “Who is Malala?” He shot her on the left side of her head.

I woke up 10 days later in a hospital in Birmingham, England.

2014

After months of surgeries and rehabilitation, she joined her family in their new home in the U.K. She established Malala Fund, a charity dedicated to giving every girl an opportunity to achieve a future she chooses. In recognition of her work, she received the Nobel Peace Prize in December 2014 and became the youngest-ever Nobel laureate.

Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXvs1vwiD0M

Vocabulary

• 1.      Prosperity (noun): the condition of being successful or thriving, especially in terms of wealth 19. Compulsory (adjective): having the power of forcing someone to do something; required by law

  2.      Dignity (noun): the quality of being worthy of respect

  3.      Conservative (adjective): holding to traditional attitudes and showing caution regarding change

  4.      Deprivation (noun): the lack of necessities

  5.      Prosperity (noun): the condition of being successful or thriving, especially in terms of wealth 19.

  6.      Compulsory (adjective): having the power of forcing someone to do something; required by law

Fill in the Blanks

I raise up my voice – not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights: Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with

.

Fill in the Blanks

I remember that there was a boy in our school who was asked by a journalist, “Why are the Taliban against education?” He answered very simply. By pointing to his book he said, “A Talib doesn’t know what is written inside this book.” They think that God is a tiny, little

being who would send girls to the hell just because of going to school.

Fill in the Blanks

Young girls have to do domestic child labor and are forced to get married at early age. Poverty, ignorance, injustice, racism and the

of basic rights are the main problems faced by both men and women.

Fill in the Blanks

Dear sisters and brothers, now it's time to speak up. So today, we call upon the world leaders to change their strategic policies in favor of peace and

.

Fill in the Blanks

We call upon all governments to ensure free

education for every child all over the world. We call upon all governments to fight against terrorism and violence, to protect children from brutality and harm.

Malala Yousafzai’s Address to the United Nations, July 2013 

https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/malala-yousafzai-s-address-to-the-united-nations-july-2013

Works cited

• https://malala.org/malalas-story

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXvs1vwiD0M

• https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/malala-yousafzai-s-address-to-the-united-nations-july-2013