Sister Rosa BIS

SONG : ‘Sister  Put the song back into order

Rosa Parks ‘,

as you listen .

Circle the number. Now Sister Rosa She tired onewithout day fail The was police came After a hard day on heroffjob And took Sister Rosa to jail When all she wanted 14 dollars was her fine Was a well deserved Brother Martin Lutherseat King Not a scene an angry mob Knew it was from our time  people   of Montgomery The Sat down to talk It was decided that all God's Children should walk Until segregation was Brought to its knees And we obtain freedom And equality 

So we dedicate this song to thee For being a symbol of our dignity The bus driver said Lady you gotThank to get you up Sister Rosa 'Cause  awhite  person wants your seat But Miss Rosa said no, not no more I'm gonna stay right here And rest my feet 



has been jumbled up.



Yeah, thank Parks you Rosa, you Sister are the movement our spark freedom thank Miss started you Rosa that

by the Neville Brothers December 1st, 1955 Our freedom movement came alive And because of sister Rosa you know We don't ride on the back Of the bus no more 

Rewrite the chorus which

What is the

main topic of the song ?. __________________________________________________________________________  What

paragraphs do these words refer to ?

Injustice



Resistance



Fight



Consequence



Gratitude



 Find a sentence to define segregation and another for protest .

Segregation

____________

_______________________________

Protest

____________________

__________________  CHARACTERS :

a- Number the characters as they appear in the song; b- Match the people mentioned with their actions.

People mentioned A white person

actions 



All ‘God’s Children’



The people of

Montgomery

The police



Martin Luther King





The bus driver



Rosa Parks



ORGANIZE the bus boycott



SIT DOWN



RIDE ON



REST



REQUEST

the back of the bus a seat



GIVE a fine



SEND to jail



TALK



START the freedom movement

    

COME

GET fined JOIN

the

fight

WALK

OBTAIN freedom and equality

c- What do the following nouns or pronouns refer to in the song ?  Sister



 Brother  We

 Lady



 

 ‘All God’s Children’



 Was the boycott successful ? Why

?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 In your opinion, are the singers White or Black ? Justify by quoting from the

song.  The tune of the song is



 happy)  The singers' tone is



(harsh  hard)

 How can you explain the soft tone ?

anger





harsh

cheerful



(cheerful

harsh

Circle the corresponding adjectives

pride

anger

 What about the harsh tone ?

pride

cheerful

Can you explain these feelings.

What are they related to

?

FOLLOW- UP WORK :



 Browse the net to find information about

Montgomery

at the time of the

freedom ride.

 CREATIVE WRITING :

of view

Rewrite

the same scene

from another point

making use of link-words so as to express

cause/consequence /concession. window / the driver/

the

white passenger ) ( about

( the man sitting next to the

150

words)