Exercises · Goal 8 · Decent Work
His Mother's Gaze: exercises
Two short exercises on the book. Do them on screen or print them.
Fill the gaps
Choose the missing word for each gap. The words are in the box.
Words to use
- apartheid
- gravel
- kraal
- Mandela
- Nelson
- Robben
- shepherd
- South
Abril has been wondering how anyone could bear to be locked up in prison, and her imagination carries her far away to Island in Africa. In a stone prison patrolled by armed guards and dogs, a prisoner named sleeps on straw under three worn blankets in a cell so small that his head and feet touch opposite walls. He has been sentenced to life for defending his people and asking for equal rights and an education for everyone, black and white. By day he breaks rocks into ; at night he looks past the bars at the moon and the clouds and travels back in time. He remembers being Rolihlahla, a boy in his village, the day his father dressed him for school in cut-down trousers tied with rope, and the British teacher who gave him a new name. Above all he remembers his mother's eyes when he came home at dusk. How can one look give a man strength? The story is inspired by Nelson .
Connect the dots
Join each word to its meaning. Tap a word, then tap its meaning.