The Environment High School, Beja Instructor: Mrs.

Jendoubi

Lesson 15: Human Rights

2nd Sec. Sc 1 & 2 / Eco 1 & 2

I/ Stage 1: Speaking
۩ Complete the Spidergram.

۩Do Tasks 1 & 2 on the SB p 86.

II/ Stage 2: Reading Comprehension

۩Read the passage on page 87 and answer the following questions.

a- a slave trader.
1. The writer was b- a former slave.
c- a slave owner.

a- A biography.
2. The text is taken from b- a school book.
b- an autobiography.
a- The Death of a Mother.
3. Choose a suitable title for the text: b- The Story of a Slave.
c- The Son of a Master.
4. Correct the following statements with reference to the text.
a- The writer was born in Africa.

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 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

b- The slave owners provide their slaves with high-standard education.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

c- The writer’s father was black.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

d- The writer used to see his mother every afternoon.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

e- The writer and his mother talked a lot whenever they met.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. Answer the following questions with details from the text.

a- Why did the mother come to see her son only at night?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

b- Why couldn’t she stay with her son till morning?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

c- How did the writer feel when his mother died?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

d- Why do you think the masters kept their slaves ignorant?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

6. What do the following pronouns refer to?

a- It (prg 1 L2): ………………………..
b- Who (prg 3 L2): …………………………….
c- She (prg 4 L6): ………………………………..

Vocabulary:

۩ Do task 3 on your SB on page 87.

۩ Practice: fill in the blanks with 10 words from the box.

Slavery – enslaved – deny – captives – rather – muscles – differences – belong – somehow – ethic –
masters
The institution of slavery is as old as civilization. Many nations and empires were built by the ………… of slaves.

But what kinds of people were ………………………………, and why? In ancient civilizations, slaves were usually war
……………………………….. . The victors in battle might enslave the losers …………………………. than kill them. Over time,
people have found other reasons to justify …………………………………… . Slaves were usually considered
……………………………….. different from their owners. They might …………………… to a different race, religion, nationality,

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or …………………………………. background. By focusing on such ……………………………, slaves owners felt they could
…………………………… basic human rights to their slaves.

Structure

۩ Read the following sentences and focus on the underlined parts.

a- I was not allowed to make any inquiries.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
b- My mother and I were separated.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

How do we make the passive?

The basic structure of a passive clause is very simple:

subjec + auxiliary verb + main verb + by + agent

t be past participle

optional

The auxiliary be is conjugated in all tenses. The main verb is always the past participle. The
agent is the original "doer" of the action.

Identifying the passive

The passive voice is a specific grammatical construction; not every expression that serves to take focus away
from the performer of an action is classified as an instance of passive voice. The essential components of the
English passive voice are a form of the auxiliary verb be (or sometimes get), and the past participle of the main
verb denoting the action. For example:
... that all men are created equal...[7]
We have been cruelly deceived.
The captain was struck by a missile.
I got kicked in the face during the fight.

Passive Verb Formation

The passive forms of a verb are created by combining a form of the "to be verb" with the
past participle of the main verb. Other helping verbs are also sometimes present: "The
measurecould have been killed in committee." The passive can be used, also, in various tenses.
Let's take a look at the passive forms of "design."

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 Auxiliary Past
Tense Subject
Singular Plural Participle
Present The car/cars is are designed.
Present
The car/cars has been have been designed.
perfect
Past The car/cars was were designed.
Past perfect The car/cars had been had been designed.
Future The car/cars will be will be designed.
Future perfect The car/cars will have been will have been designed.
Present
The car/cars is being are being designed.
progressive
Past
The car/cars was being were being designed.
progressive

۩ Write passive sentences (use the indications between brackets.)

1. the picture / draw (Simple Present)

2. the door / close (Simple Past)

3. the house / steal (Present Continuous)

4. the bike / repair (Past Continuous)

5. the room/ clean (Present Perfect)

6. the homework / do (Past perfect)

7. the window / break (Simple future)

8. the essay / write (Should + Verb)

III/ Stage 3: Writing

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۩ The situation of children is rather difficult if not alarming in many countries. Poverty,
illiteracy, hunger, diseases and exploitation are some of the problems they face.

You decide to write an article to a daily newspaper to express your worries and concern about
the situation and to remind people of children’s basic rights as human beings