Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez was born in Yuma, Arizona. His family owned a farm and a local grocery store. Cesar had a happy time growing up with family and relatives around him. His best friend was his brother Richard. His family lived in an adobe home built by his grandfather.

1.    Where was Cesar Chavez born?

2.    What did his family have?

3.    Who was his best friend?

4.    Where did they live?

When Cesar was eleven years old, his father lost the farm. The family didn't know what to do. They moved to California to find work. Cesar's family became migrant workers. They moved from farm to farm in California looking for work. All the family members worked, even Cesar. He worked in all sorts of different fields from grapes to beets. The days were long and the work was very hard.

5.    What happened when Cesar was eleven?

6.    Where did they move to?

7.    Where did they work?

 Cesar didn't go to school much anymore. In just a few short years he had attended thirty-five different schools. The teachers were tough on him. One time when he didn't speak English, a teacher made him wear a sign that read "I am a clown. I speak Spanish". After graduating from the eighth grade, Cesar stopped going to school.

8.    How many schools did he attend?

9.    When did he stop going to school?

The working conditions at the fields for Cesar and his family were horrible. The farmers seldom treated them like people. They had to work long hours with no breaks, there weren't any bathrooms for them, and they didn't have clean water to drink. Anyone who complained was fired.

 10.  What were the working conditions of farm workers?

11.  Did they have a place to wash ?

When Cesar was nineteen he joined the navy, but he left after two years and returned home and he married Helen Fabela in 1948. In 1962, Cesar started a union of migrant farm workers. He formed the National Farm Workers Association. Cesar called the movement for better working conditions "La Causa", or The Cause.

12.  When did he get married?

13.  What did he do in 1962?

One of Cesar's first major actions was to strike against grape farmers. A strike is when workers refuse to work. The strike started in Delano, California. Cesar and sixty-seven workers decided to march to Sacramento, the state capital. It took them several weeks to march the 340 miles. On the way there people joined them. The crowd grew larger and larger until thousands of workers arrived in Sacramento to protest. In the end, the grape growers agreed to many of the worker's conditions and signed a contract with the union. In order to bring attention to his cause Cesar fasted. This is when you don't eat. One time he fasted for 36 days. Many celebrities also fasted with him.

Cesar died in his sleep on April 23, 1993. Over 50,000 people attended his funeral service.

14.  What was one of his major actions?

15.  How many people began the march to Sacramento?

16.  What did he do bring attention to his cause?

Interesting Facts about Cesar Chavez

• His middle name was Estrada.
• Cesar was a vegetarian.
• After moving to California, his family lived in a poor barrio (town) called Sal Si Puedes which means "escape if you can".
• He and his wife Helen had eight children.
• His motto was "Si Se Puede", meaning "Yes, it can be done".

Adapted from Ducksters:

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/cesar_chavez.php

17.  What was his middle name?

18.   Where did his family live when they moved to California?

19.  How many children did he have?

20.  What was his motto?

SCARY STORIES

The Little Brown Dog 

a Tale from Yorkshire, England

Eva was a very old woman who had no family or friends. She only had her little brown dog, Chester, who went everywhere with her.

Unless it was really cold, when Chester would sleep by the fire, the dog always slept right beside Eva's bed. If Eva was frightened or was having a nightmare, she would put her hand down and Chester would lick it.

One night it was dark and very cold.

Eva put logs on the fire, turned out the lights, and tried to sleep. But she was shivering and couldn't stop thinking about a scary murder she had read about in the newspaper.

She reached down to where Chester slept. Sure enough, a warm wet tongue licked her hand.

As she started to fall asleep, she opened her eyes and looked through the door into the living room. There, in front of the fireplace, was Chester looking right at her. Down beside her bed, something was licking her hand.

1. Who was Eva?
2. What was her dog's name?
3.Where did the dog sleep?
3. What did the dog do when Eva was frightened?
4. What happened one night?
5. What did the dog do?
6.Where was Chester?

Never Mind the Gummy Bears

based on an Alabama ghost story 

Sam didn't believe in ghosts. Not one bit. All her friends knew the old log cabin in the woods was haunted, but Sam just laughed whenever her friends talked about it.

One Halloween, her friends dared her to spend the night in the haunted cabin. If she stayed until morning, her friends would give her all of their Halloween gummy bears. Sam was delighted. Gummy bears were her favorite candies.

Sam went into the old cabin, sat on the floor, and started to read her book. Soon she heard a creaking sound. Looking up, she saw a creature with glowing red eyes, a long tail, and two horns on its head, claws, and sharp teeth that poked right through its large lips.

Sam's heart nearly stopped with fright. She jumped to her feet and ran right out the door. But it wasn't long before she heard the creature with the red eyes behind her.

"You run pretty fast for a girl," said the creature to Sam.

"Oh, I can run much faster than this!" cried Sam.

Sam took off like a bolt of lightning. As she ran past her friends she shouted, "Never mind the gummy bears!"

Sam ran all the way home and hid under her bed for the rest of Halloween night. After that, she was a firm believer in ghosts, and she refused to go anywhere near that old cabin.

1. Did Sam believe in ghosts?
2. What did she do when her friends told herabout the haunted cabin?
3. What did they offrer to give her if she spent the night there?
4. What did she do?
5. What did she hear?
6. What did she see?
7. What was it like?
8. How did she react when she saw the ghost?
9. What did she say when she went past her friends?
10. Does she belive in ghosts now?

The Halloween Skeleton

The Halloween Skeleton

based on a New Mexico ghost story 

One Halloween night, a boy got lost and had to spend the night in an empty old house. He fell asleep and woke up suddenly when he heard a thump on the roof and a voice calling out, "I'm falling down!" 

The boy ran out of the way just as an arm bone came crashing to the floor. Then another arm landed - then a leg, a skull, and a second leg. Before he could count to ten, a complete skeleton was standing there. 

The boy did not want to show his fear. The skeleton was impressed with the boy's spirit and said, "You have courage. Are you brave enough to wrestle me?" 

The boy was very afraid, but he dared not refuse this strange ghost. He remembered a trick his brother taught him. He twisted suddenly and threw the skeleton onto the ground. 

"You win!" said the skeleton. "Your courage deserves a reward. Open that door in the floor and promise me that you will share the reward that you will find." 

The boy agreed to do what the skeleton asked. He opened the door and saw a room filled with gold coins and jewels. 

The skeleton laughed, said "Happy Halloween," and then began to disappear, piece by piece, until he was gone. 

The boy did as he promised, and his family and many others in his village lived in comfort all of their days.

1. Where was this story first told?
2. Why was the boy in the old empty house?
3. What was the thump that the boy heard on the roof?
4. What helped the boy wrestle the skeleton?
5. Where was the skeleton's treasure?
6. What did the skeleton make the boy promise?

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Scotland . Video Activities 4

Watch again. Correct the summary.
I’m on holiday in England. It’s a fantastic country! Yesterday I bought a Scottish  ag – I like the colours red and white. And I saw a lm with Ewan McGregor and Matt Damon: they’re Scottish actors! Yesterday I was in Edinburgh. It’s a really modern city. Tomorrow I’m going to Glasgow. It’s the largest city in Scotland and about 480,000 people live there. Great! I want to see the countryside and the animals, especially the wolves. I also want to go to the Olympic Games to see a football match and listen to traditional Scottish music. I can’t wait!

Scotland. Video Activities 3

Comprehension check

3 Watch again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1 More than four million people live in Scotland.

2 Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland.

3 The Clyde Auditorium is in Glasgow.

4 The Scots are proud of their food.

5 The bagpipes are popular with everyone.

6 All students learn traditional dancing at school

4 Watch again. Complete the sentences with the correct word.

1 People often call Scottish people S _____________

2 There are famous Scottish m________________ too like the singer KT Tunstall.

3 You can visit the famous old castle on the h____________________ .

4 It’s a modern city with a lot of i________________ buildings.

5 L_________________ are usually called ‘lochs’ in Scotland.

6 The Highland Games celebrate traditional Scottish a_______________ .

7 The caber w____________________ a lot!

8 A lot of people e_______________ watching the dancing.

Scotland. Video Activities 2

Comprehension check

1 Watch the DVD. Choose the correct answers.

1 Which colour is not in the Scottish flag?

a) blue b) green c) white

2 What can you do in Glasgow?

a) see the castle b) visit historic buildings c) go shopping

3 What are bagpipes?

a) an instrument b) a dance c) a sport

2 Watch again. Number the things in the order you see them.

statue

Snow Patrol

Scottish dancing

deer

old buildings

kilts

caber

Edinburgh Castle

Scotland. Video Activities1

Before watching
Answer the questions.

1 Where is Scotland?
2 What do you know about Scotland?
3 Would you like to go to Scotland?