Monday, December 04^th

A new story for Ruby

I can see 4 marshals are protecting a little girl. She is the only person in the middle of the picture. She is wearing a white dress. She has her hands in the same positions as the marshals.

I think she is determined to change her life and to write the new law, a new page in history and in her life.

Maybe she feels afraid but she doesn't look scared. On the contrary, she is brave and courageous.

She was the 1^st Afro-American girl to go to an integrated school.

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Homework:

- savoir décrire et commenter le tableau de Norman Rockwell.

Differences with the 1^st extract

In this extract, there is a demonstration but it's more organised and more violent.

The demonstrators threw* a tomato at Ruby.
A woman spat* at her and said*: “I want you to die”.

Someone wrote* a racist insult on the wall (Nigger) and the name of a racist organisation (K.K.K.).

Ruby was* alone (not with her mother) but she was* determined.

Homework: Mercredi 29.11 → savoir parler de la manifestation.

Thursday, November 23^rd

The first black child to go to an integrated school

RUBY BRIDGES

In the video, I can see a little girl. She is going to school.

The girl and her mom are with U.S. marshals.

The demonstrators in front of the school have placards to protest for segregation.

Two policemen stop Ruby. They say: “you can't enter”.

But the U.S. marshals have more importance and Ruby can finally enter.

Vocabulary:

dress / jacket / lunch box / school bag

Friday, November 17^th

They couldn't live in the same neighbourhoods.

They couldn't play checkers together in the park.

They had to go to different bathrooms in gas stations.

Segregation was actually the law in the South of the USA.

Afro-Americans were segregated / separated.

Actually = effectivement (faux ami)

Homework:

Pour mercredi 22/11 = flash test à l'écrit = savoir donner au moins 5 lois de la ségrégation.