Today, we're going to be learning about Malala Yousafzai. Her book, I Am Malala - How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World, is one of our choices for our nonfiction book clubs this year.
Step One: Read the Article that you are given in class and annotate it on paper (Our next project will be digital annotation). You will either get a Time magazine article or a Biography.com article. I will be checking your annotation before the end of the hour.
Step Two: Complete the close reading questions online and share your responses with me. The links are below. Directions are on the sheets; make sure you read them!! :)
Time Magazine
Biography.com Article
Step Three: Blog your thoughts about what you read. This could include whether or not you would like to read the book as well as your reactions to Malala's story. Then reply to others' thoughts.
What will be graded? Close Reading Questions and Annotation
I think that the Taliban were wrong for shooting Malala in the head. All she wanted was an equal education for girls.
ReplyDeleteI think it's super miraculous how Malala lived after the Taliban shot her! Not many people live after getting shot in the head. She really deserved to live though!
ReplyDeleteExactly. Most people don't survive the shot in the head. But she really deserved to live though.
DeleteI've heard he story of Malala before, but every time I hear or read it, it still amazes me that she lived, and that even after that, she kept going! She must be really brave.
ReplyDeleteyeah. taking a bullet to the head and living. And she still kept speaking about thoroughly amazing.
DeleteI found it amazing she survived the gun shot. I feel terrible for her though because she was just trying to help girls and she gets shot. But, now since she survived she is still helping kids go to school which is really brave because she's still a target by the Taliban.
ReplyDeleteThis story is so amazing! Everything about it, she stood up for what she thought was right, was shot, then lived and kept on going! After she was out of the hospital she kept on going even if she was still a target. I have heard this story more then once but it still amazes me!
ReplyDeleteI've heard about Malala on the news. I had no idea how in much stuff caused this. She was shot in the head and survived. That's a mircle. She won two nobel peace prizes. For 17 that is super incredable.
ReplyDeleteShe is really devoted for this and if anyone deserves it, it sould be her.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is amazing how she stood up to the Taliban and said that girls should have education too. And I also think it is amazing that she survived the shot in the head. And she deserved winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was amazing too
DeleteI thought it is wrong not letting girls go to school and the Taliban did not have to shoot her in the face
ReplyDeleteExactly. They didn't have to shoot her just because she wanted girls education.
Deleteyeah that's what i thought too when i read it i'm happy that she is still speaking out
DeleteI believe that Malala has sparked a big educational war between the talilban and the Education for Women.
ReplyDeleteI think that its good that she stood up against the Taliban but not good that she got shot. Why do they not want girls to go to school why cant they go to school if they want its not there choose.
ReplyDeleteShe spoke out against the Taliban about girls getting schooling. The part that surprised me was how she survived the shot. Why did the taliban not what women to have school
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome that she is still going forward for women's rights and education.And she didn't back down even when she was shot. Now that is a story worth reading
ReplyDeletei think it is pretty cool that she is still speaking her mine even when she got shot in the head and i think it is cool that she is still alive and fighting
ReplyDeleteI think i would like the book because of what she did and that what the taliban did to her that they did not have to do.
ReplyDeleteI think she is a brave young woman.Even, after she got shot by the Taliban.She definitely deserves all of the medals and awards she got!I think she also is a strong girl because when the Taliban issued a death threat,she believed that they wouldn't hurt children.
ReplyDeleteWhen Malala got shot in the Head it was surprising that she did not live or have really any brain damage. Also I am glad she lived because without her girls would not have enough education in the world.
ReplyDeleteI learned that the men that shot Malala were arrested . Mullah Fazlullah was the person who organized the attack on Malala. He was not arrested yet but the police say that he will either be found or killed.
ReplyDeleteThe police think that the man that shot her is named Khan, and they were searching for him until now. They also arrested six additional men that may have been involved.
ReplyDeletethe taliban people will face a anti-terrorism court soon. They hadnt been arrested in 2 years!!!
ReplyDeleteI think its crazy that they just found the the people that shot her. It good that they found them when they did because they were going to asainat another 22 people!!
ReplyDeleteMalala is a great role model and one of the strongest people I have ever heard of. It was a mearicle that she survied the gunshot, if she didn't womens education wouldn't be where it is today. Her strong words can help us take the Taliban down. The Taliban must be stopped!!!
ReplyDeleteOn Oct. 9 2012 Malala was shot in the head and lived. The gun men we arrested. I dont get why they just arrested them now insted of two years ago.
ReplyDeleteThe Taliban got arrested on september 12, 2014. For trying to kill girls coming home from school. Malala was one of those girls. The leader of the taliban told them to kill Malala because of what she was doing. She wrote that girls have a right to education. The taliban did not agree. They shot her in the forehead but she survived. Her killing was ordered by Mullah Fazlullah. They were arrested for trying to murder young girls.
ReplyDeleteI think Malala Yousafzai was very brave for speaking out against the Taliban for taking away her right of basic education even though she probably knew they might try to kill her. She should continue to speak out against the Taliban until they are brought to justice.
ReplyDeleteThat's really true, they should be brought to justice... All she wants is for girls to have the right to get and education.
DeleteI think that the Taliban didn't have the right to shoot Malala in the head, all she wanted was an equal education for girls.
ReplyDeleteI think that the Taliban shouldn't of shot her in the head... All she was trying to do was get the right for girls so go to school, and get and education, But, they didn't want girls to go to school, so they had to try and kill the girl that was standing up for what she believed was right! All she was trying to prove was girl should be able to get an education, if boys can... And she still stands up for girls to have education even though the Taliban don't want girls to have education.
ReplyDeleteI think that girls should go to school and it was wrong to shoot her for learning.
ReplyDeleteI support her case as well as many others but she is 1 in a million. She got shot in the head and survived and is still speaking out. She has got to be world famous. If anyone doesn’t support her other than the taliban most not understand her story. The book would be great to read.
ReplyDeleteI think Malala is such an inspiration. Malala believed girls where she lived should be able to go to school, but the Taliban didn't feel the same. She was shot in the head, but was never silenced. Malala inspired many people young and old to stand up for what they believed in, because that's exactly what she did and it paid off. Malala Yousafazi deserves all of the rewards and recognition she gets.
ReplyDeleteI think it takes courage to speak up for rights like Malala did. I mean she got shot in the neck that could have killed her but she just keeps on speaking out.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that it is right that they shot her just because she wanted an education, like a lot of other girls. I also think she earned all those prizes and nominations, because she stood up for herself even though she was threatened again.
ReplyDeleteI think it was wrong of the Taliban to demand the bus driver who Malala was, and then they shot her.
ReplyDeleteI think that the tal band mad a mistake for shouting malala in the head because she just woted it so girls to go to school and she got shot and almost killed she very lucke to surivie.
ReplyDeleteI think she is brave for standing up and demanding that girls should go to school, got shot in the head and survived, but she was still trying to make it for girls to go to school.
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