Exercises · Goal 1 · No Poverty
The Tree Woman: 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
- desolate
- firewood
- Green
- Kenyan
- Movement
- sawmill
- sprout
- Wangari
Abril, a girl who slips into her secret hideaway, closes her eyes and lets her imagination run wild, builds this story around Maathai. A woman steps off a bus at the edge of a village where the trees have gone: the ground is dry and bare, the ponds are empty holes, the women walk further every day for and water, and the children are skin and bones. Wangari will not stand by. She walks to the forest of the oldest trees, asks the earth for permission and digs up seven sprouts to plant in her garden. First the old woman across the road joins her, then the village women, who sew tents from rags to germinate seeds while the men mock them. Wangari then knocks on the door of the owner and the local authorities. Can a handful of sprouts change a whole village? The book closes with the real Wangari Maathai and the Belt she founded.
Connect the dots
Join each word to its meaning. Tap a word, then tap its meaning.