Look at the
pictures and then discuss the following questions in small groups.
□ Who do you
think are these children? What would you call them tn your own language?
□ What are
they doing?
□ Do these pictures
contradict the idea behind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
□ Have you
got such children tn your locality? What problems do they have In their lives?
2. Read the
following story and answer the questions that follow:
My name is Amerigo. I am
13 years old and I live on the street, alone. My mother, who is separated from
my father, doesn't want me. She told me to go away.... Now she is married to
another man. My father lives very far away. I want to go to him, but he won't
take me either. I begged him to send me some money so that I could buy a bus
ticket I am still waiting. He hasn't answered.
The streets
are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to
a vendor. I stopped doing that after I had a serious infection and a doctor
told me to stay away from the trash dump. Once I worked for an ice cream shop
owner and sold ice cream on the beach. But I got no money in return. The owner
of the shop gave me something to eat, and Let me sleep in his hut at night The
work was difficult and painful. The ice cream boa is quite heavy when it is
full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream to whoever wanted to buy.
There were days when I could not even sell one ice cream.
In a way, I
am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often
suffer from serious diseases. One of them was recently killed after he fell
into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash. Many of us work for 10 to 12
hours, and get so little in return that we can't even buy food.
Shoe-shining
is very popular among the street kids. A few of my friends also work in
factories and workshops. A boy I know lost one of his eyes after a piece of hot
glass flew into his eye at the glass factory where he worked. The owner refused
to pay for medical help and fired him.
For me, like
all other children on the street, it is very hard. I am always hungry, and I
don't know where I will sleep the next night I would like to live in my own
home and sleep there in peace. The nights are very cold in the winter. You can
die of cold in the street
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3. Answer
the following questions:
a. What is
your impression about Amerigo's parents?
b. What was
Amerigo's first job? What made him stop doing that job?
c. How is
Amerigo's experience of selling ice cream?
d. How does
Amerigo evaluate his life now? Does he have any option to change it?
e. What does
Amerigo desire now? Should he desire such things? Why/Why not?
f. If you
were Amerigo, what would you do?
g. Have you
ever met a boy or a girl like Amerigo? If yes, write about him/her.
h. What
should society do for children like Amerigo?
Answer to the question number 3.
a. Amerigo's parents was very careless about Amerigo's. His mother was separated from his father and his father did not care him.
b. Amerigo's first job was collecting trash. A serious infection made him stop doing that job.
c. Amerigo's experience of selling ice cream is very inhumanity. He did not get money in return of selling ice cream.
d. Amerigo evaluates his life that he is alive now. He has no option to change it.
e. Amerigo desires to live his own home and sleep there in peace. It is not possible because he is not capable to build a home and manage his food easy way.
f. If I am Amerigo I would find a better way to lead my life in a easy way.
g. Yes, I have met a boy like Amerigo in my city. He suffers from hunger and shelter.
h. Society should do many things. Firstly, the children like Amerigo insure food, shelter and education.
4. Make a
list of the differences between yours, and Amerigo's lives:
Amerigo's
life
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Now use
these points and write a paragraph on the similarities and dissimilarities you
have with a street child.
5. Read the
first paragraph of Amerigo's story. What form of speech is used here - direct or
indirect speech?
5.1 Now read
the following text. What form of speech is used here: direct or indirect?
His name was
Amerigo .... His father lived very far away. He wanted to go to his father, but
he (the father) won't have taken him either. He had begged him (his father) to
send some money so that he could buy a bus ticket. He was waiting. However, his
father hadn't answered.
5.2 Convert
the following text into indirect speech.
Amerigo
says, In a way, I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting
rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of them was recently
killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash.'
6. Summarise
Amerigo's story in 150 words and give it a title which is different from the
title of the lesson.
If you want to read the next lesson of this unit please click the link below:
Lesson 5: Human Rights
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