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Article of the Week #1

Teen Shot for Her Advocacy is “the Daughter of the Whole World,” Dad Says (950L)

Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES

Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

Your notes should include:

o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)

o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.

o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.

o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective, support) and choices affect the article.

Your margin notes and your correct use of textual evidence are part of your score for this assessment.

Answer the questions carefully in complete sentences unless otherwise instructed.

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Teen shot for her advocacy is “the daughter of the whole world,” dad says

(CNN) – Ziuaddin Yousafzai spent much of his life believing that girls should get an education. He always made sure his daughter Malala understood that. Months after Taliban militants gravely wounded his 15-year-old with a bullet to the head for being vocal about that belief, he thinks more people around the world and in his home country agree with him.

Last October, the teenager was riding home in a school van in the Swat Valley, a Taliban stronghold in Pakistan, when masked men stopped the vehicle. They demanded that the other girls identify Malala. They trained their guns on their target and fired. Then they shot another girl, wounding her.

Malala was treated by Pakistani doctors in the initial days after the shooting. The prognosis was dire. As international outrage grew, Pakistanis took to the streets. Shooting a little girl? The Taliban had gone too far this time. The government had better do something. Around the world, more people began learning about how the Taliban, years earlier, had ordered that all girls leave school.

Malala "is the daughter of the whole world," her father told CNN on Friday. "The world owns her." She has become an icon of education, a symbol of girls' rights. "She has made a difference," he said. Malala is getting stronger by the day, and "recovering very well, very fast," he added. The teen was discharged from a hospital in Birmingham, England, in February and is receiving rehabilitative care. A team of international doctors who took over Malala's care from Pakistani providers certainly did amazing work in saving her life. They addressed her brain swelling. Her skull had fractured in tiny pieces from the gunshot at close range. She has endured numerous surgeries.

But apart from top-notch medicine, sheer force of will that has aided in Malala's recovery. Her attitude has won over people worldwide. In February she was walking, and talking -- and saying she was going to get back to her advocacy for girls' education. "God has given me this new life," she said at the time in her first on-camera interview. "I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated."

Ziauddin Yousafzai was an educator for many years and first inspired his daughter to take a stand. But how likely will Malala's work and physical sacrifice actually lead to greater access to quality education for girls in Pakistan? It's unlikely for her own safety that Malala will ever be able to return there, and unlikely for her father as well, say observers who know Pakistan well.

CNN put that question to Ziauddin. Pakistan's government has appointed him education attaché in the Pakistani Consulate in the United Kingdom. Ziauddin responded to the question by first pointing out that before his daughter was attacked, regular Pakistanis would call and tell him that they'd seen Malala speaking out on television and, inspired, enrolled their daughters in school. She'd received a huge amount of global attention, especially from western media, after writing a blog for the Guardian when she was 11. She described her fear that the Taliban would keep her from learning.

After Malala was shot, stirring international condemnation, Ziauddin was heartened. "When this tragic incident happened, small kids, they had posters, banners [with Malala's face and message] and they [related to and knew about] Malala," Ziauddin said. "I think it was a big change."

There have been developments in Pakistan, but it's difficult to call them victories. A university in Pakistan changed its name to include Malala, but then students protested out of fear that Malala's name would draw unwanted and potentially dangerous attention. Malala asked them to remove it. In March, two of Malala's friends were honored -- but those honors would not have been granted had they not been on that bus with Malala. In an interview with CNN, one girl, Shazia Ramzan, said "God forbid something like that would happen again." She said she cannot go to visit her uncles or aunts like I used to." But both girls said they want to be doctors and are going to continue their studies.

This year, Pakistan will observe Malala's 16th birthday as "Malala Day." Time magazine selected her to be runner-up in this year's Person of the Year.

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined Ziauddin in the interview. Brown, now the United Nations special envoy on global education, has been pushing Pakistani authorities to follow through in meaningful, practical ways that will improve girls' access to quality education. When asked, Brown stated, in his own words, about girls' education in Pakistan "I was there in Pakistan at the time [of Malala's shooting]," Brown said. "I think 2 million people have signed a petition calling for universal free education."

Notes on my thoughts, reactions and questions as I read:

Article of the Week #1

Teen Shot for Her Advocacy is “the Daughter of the Whole World,” Dad Says (950L)

Notes on my thoughts, reactions and questions as I read:

Article of the Week #1

Teen Shot for Her Advocacy is “the Daughter of the Whole World,” Dad Says (950L)

Comprehension questions – answers may be in phrases.

1. What two high honors has Malala received this year?

2. In what area of Pakistan was Malala shot?

3. Define “attaché” as used in the article.

4. Aside from recovering from the gunshot, what is Malala’s main purpose in life?

5. Define “icon” as used in the article.

7/8.RL.1,2,4,10

2. Answer each question in one or more complete sentences.

What is meant by “global attention” as used in paragraph 1?

For what reason are the Pakistani friends of Malala unable to visit relatives?

Explain why the university in Pakistan was asked to remove Malala’s name from their school?

7/8.RL 1,2,4,10

Article of the Week #1

Teen Shot for Her Advocacy is “the Daughter of the Whole World,” Dad Says (950L)

3. In your opinion, should there be universal free education? What could this knowledge do for our world? Our country? Our community? Should every person receive exactly the same education? Be specific and detailed in your answer. Use textual evidence to support your opinion. (ICE/TAG)

7/8.RL.2,5,10

4. Paragraph 4 begins with this statement, “Malala "is the daughter of the whole world," her father told CNN on Friday. "The world owns her." She has become an icon of education, a symbol of girls' rights. "She has made a difference," he said.” Explain the meaning of these lines; cite evidence from the text to back up your answer(ICE/TAG)

7/8.RL.8,10

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