Read the stories
Amerigo,
a Street Child, A Victim of War and To
be born a girl.
True or false? Correct the false sentences.
a) Amerigo used to work collecting rubbish
but he had to stop doing it because he lost both his arms in an explosion.
b) Maya would like to be treated like
her brothers.
c) All members of Patricio’s family
were killed when an armed group of people entered their village, bombed their houses
and burned them.
d) Amerigo sold ice cream on the beach
and he got a small pay, food and accommodation in return.
e) Amerigo lost one of his eyes after a
piece of glass flew into his eye at the glass factory where he worked.
f) Maya was very happy to go to school.
She learned to read and write and she passed the fourth and fifth grades.
Read again and answer the following questions:
1. Why does Amerigo think he is lucky?
2. Why did Patricio decide to move to another
town?
3. What happened to him while he was
travelling?
4. What will Maya´s life be like when
she is older?
Now discuss with a partner:
·
What
human rights violations were present in the stories?
·
What
differences between the children’s stories did you notice?
·
Are
any of the parts of their stories similar to experiences of people in Spain? In
Mugardos?
