UNIT 13. READING . THE SIMPLE PAST. ROSA PARKS.

1. Read the text. Segueix els consells de lectura de l'exercici anterior.

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was born on February 4, 1913 and died on October 24, 2005. She was an African-American civil and was called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement".
Rosa Parks' first event in her fight for civil rights was in Montgomery, Alabama. On December 1, 1955, Parks refused to obey bus driver James Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. This disobedience  had the effect of sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including boycott leader Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil rights movement.
Although  honored in later years for her action, she suffered for it, losing her job as a seamstress in a local department store. Eventually, she moved to Detroit, Michigan, where she found similar work. From 1965 to 1988 she served as secretary and receptionist to African-American U.S. Representative John Conyers. After retirement from this position, she wrote an autobiography and lived a largely private life in Detroit. In her final years she suffered from dementia.
Parks finally received many honors ranging from the 1979 Spingarn Medal to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal and a posthumous statue in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall. Her death in 2005 was a major story in the United States' leading newspapers. She was granted the posthumous honor of lying in honor at the Capitol Rotunda.
Source: Wikipedia

Comprehension

1. Parks refused to give up her seat on a train.
   a.  True
   b.  False
2. Parks was asked to leave her seat for an old lady
   a.  True
   b.  False
3. After the incident she lost her job as a seamstress.
   a.  True
   b.  False
4. She was the only prominent figure to launch the civil rights movement.
   a.  True
   b.  False 

Els verbs subratllats estan en passat. 

-Per una banda hi ha el passat del verb TO BE. WAS / WERE

http://theyellowpencil.com/gramatobepast.html

- Hi ha també passats de verbs regulars com SUFFERED, DIED, REFUSED, MOVED i RECEIVED.

http://theyellowpencil.com/grampasadosimple.html

- Hi ha passats de verbs irregulars que no formen el passat amb -ED, sinó que formen una altra paraula distinta com HAD, BECAME I WROTE. We'll learn them in small doses. Now learn the following.

http://www.theyellowpencil.com/gramairregulares.html

NOW WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO. LISTEN AND REPEAT THE QUESTIONS.

-min 1. Questions in PRESENT CONTINUOUS.

-min 2. AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES in SIMPLE PAST.

-min 3. QUESTIONS WITH DID (in the Simple Past).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmYgPHr60VU



2. WRITING. Answer these questions about your weekend. Note that the answers are at the end.

 http://www.teach-this.com/images/resources/how-was-your-weekend.pdf