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12 year-old girl writes song to inspire and raise awareness

about Malala Yousafzai

January 11, 2013

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12 year-old Samantha Anne Martin recently heard the story of Malala Yousafzai , the 15 year-
old Pakistani female activist who was shot by the Taliban on her way home from school.
Inspired by Malala's courage and fight for women's rights, Samantha wrote an original song and
recorded a music video with the help of her father. Malala Yousafzai spoke out against the
Taliban for their frequent ban of girls attending school, as well as many other human rights she
deserved, yet was denied. She is currently recovering from the near fatal shot at a hospital
located in England.

Martin named her tune Ricochet (Malala's Song) and uploaded the inspirational song to iTunes.
ALL of the money raised from iTunes purchases is donated to the Malala Fund. The "Malala
Fund for Girls' Right to Education" aims at raising billions of dollars to ensure that all girls go
to school by 2015 in line with United Nations Millennium goals. The video, included at the end
of this article, is continuing to gain momentum and popularity on YouTube. The song was even
played in full at the Holiday Bowl, a nationally televised college football game between Baylor
and UCLA.

Halfway across the world, Malala's father got word about the video and watched it with his
daughter. In a recent email to Martin, Malala's father wrote that he could not control his tears.
Martin was beyond excited about the response.
"Her family was so touched that they contacted us to say thank you and told us that it made
them cry," Martin wrote in an email to SunnySkyz. Martin is also trying to earn Malala a
nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. In her video, she asks that you
visit change.org/malala and sign the petition.
 PART 1 : Anticipation
Answer the Questions or tick the correct answer(s).

Before your read the text, look at the picture below. Can you anticipate the topic of the document ?

Read the title . What could be the link between the picture above and the title.

PART 2 : General Comprehension

Answer the Wh-Questions or tick the correct answers.

The document is a leaflet an online article a newspaper advertisement

a song an extract from a novel a speech a diary entry

According to you, what does ( l.17) refer to ?

When was it published?

What is it about ?

Who are the 2 main persons mentioned ?

How are they related ?

Who are the other persons mentioned?

What is the Human Right being abused ?

Right abuse
 PART 3 : Detailed Comprehension

Answer the questions, fill in the grids or tick the correct answers.

About the 2 girls : Fill in the ID Cards with elements from the article.

Girl N 1 ( singer-songwriter) Girl N2 (her source of inspiration)

About the SONG : Fill in the grid :

Song Title
Theme of the song

Purpose of the song

Adjectives (best describe it)

What Human Right is Samantha enjoying?

Focus on PART 1 ( l.1/ l.7 ) .

Explain in your own words (20-30 words) what the article tells us about the girl who has inspired
Samantha Anne to write a song. Make use of the notes taken previously.

Focus on PART 2 ( l.8 / l.14 ) .

What does Malala Fund refer to ? Explain in your own words by quoting elements from the text.

..

 Explain what makes Ricochet so special .

Focus on PART 3 ( l.15 / l.21 ) .

Say what the nouns or pronouns refer to .
a. her ( l.18) : ..
b. us ( l.18) : .
c. them ( l.19) :
d. Martin ( l.19) :

Say if the statements are Right or Wrong. Justify your answers by quoting the text.

a. The song was written before Malala was shot by Taliban gunmen ? Right Wrong
Justification

b. Malala is a brave and committed young girl. Right Wrong

Justification

c. Samantha wrote the song by herself. Right Wrong

Justification

d. Malalas crime is to have spoken up for the right of girls to be educated in her country .
Right Wrong

Justification

e. Malala is now recovering from her wounds (blessures) in Pakistan. Right Wrong
Justification

f. The song was written to raise money for a good cause. Right Wrong
Justification

g. The song doesnt seem to be successful. Right Wrong

Justification

h. Malala has e-mailed the young singer-songwriter to thank her personally. Right Wrong
Justification

i. The song was written after Malala had received the Nobel Peace Prize Right Wrong
Justification

Among the following adjectives, which best apply to Samantha , Malala , to both or to Malalas
father?
brave/courageous S M B M s F involved S M B M s F touched S M B M s F

inspired S M B M s F proud S M B M s F committed (engag) S M B M s F

concerned S M B M s F excited S M B M s F sad S M B M s F

moved (mu) S M B M s F pleased S M B M s F enthusiastic S M B M s F

grateful (reconnaissant) S M B M s F annoyed (agac) S M B M s F