What Is An Adopted Family?

An adopted family is a family that is not a family by birth but a family that has legally said they will take care of a child and accept him as a family member.

Activity II: Helpful Vocabulary

1. Match the words to their definitions.

1) yellow convertible	a) to collect (gather)
2) abandoned (girls)	b) to become very weak
3) IDS	c) an ambiguity, omission (as in a law, by which one can avoid a penalty or responsibility)
4) wither away	d) a car with a folding or detachable roof
5) HIV-positive (mother)	e) disease which destroys the natural system of protection that the body has against other diseases
6) legal loophole	f) to make them (children) comfortable by straightening the sheets and blankets and pushing the loose ends under the mattress
7) to drop out	g) having had a positive result in a blood test for the AIDS virus HIV
8) to herd people	h) to leave without finishing
9) to tuck in	i) to bunch people together
10) round up	j) to be deserted or left permanently

2. Paraphrase the underlined words or expressions using the above vocabulary list.

1. She had a yellow detachable car and planned to study nursing in college.

2. All had been abandoned or abused, or had watched their parents

become shrunk from disease (AIDS).

3. She did return briefly in the fall of 2008 and enrolled in nursing

college, but she didn’t finish and moved back to Uganda.

4. Bankusha conceded that there's an inadequacy in the law that allows

judges to make exceptions in the "best interests of the child."

5. At the end of another long day, Davis herded her girls off to bed and

made them comfortable, providing a glimpse of why she has stayed.

6. The youngest girl, Patricia, now 2 years old, was literally given to

Davis by an AIDS infected mother who had 11 other children.

7. On a recent day, after gathering the kids, Davis sat at the head of the

table in a gray tank top and plaid boxer shorts, with her long brown

hair pulled into braided pigtails.

Listening Comprehension Activities

1. Listen to the text carefully; write brief notes about what you got from the text.

Share your observations with your partner.

2. Define whether the following statements are true or false. If they’re false, correct

them.

1. Today, Davis is the legal guardian or foster mother for 13 orphaned

or abandoned girls, ages 2 to 15.

2. Davis traveled to Uganda after University graduation in 2007

but saw it as a temporary move before starting her own business in the United

States.

3. Davis couldn't find any living relatives willing to take any of the girls,

and she refused to send them to an overcrowded orphanage.

4. All the girls who moved in over the next18 months were from the orphanage.

5. She can apply to formally adopt the girls after serving as their caregiver

for only one year as everyone supports her.

6. By law, Davis is too young to adopt in Uganda, the rules say an adoptive

parent must be at least 25 years old, and at least 21 years older than the child

being adopted.

7. With support from U.S. donors, Davis wants to start a nonprofit organization

called Amazima Ministries to help 400 children go to school,

provide community health programs and feed more than a thousand children

five days a week.

8. Katie Davis said she hopes to get married and have biological children

someday. But right now, she has no plans to move back to the United States.

9. Once she said that she would be able to raise this many children in America as

well because these were the children that God had brought to her door.

10. Mary Pat Davis, Katie’s mother, now visits Uganda for a couple

of months each year to help her daughter care for the Ugandan girls.

After Listening Activities

Activity I: Press Conference

Step 1: Divide the students into two groups: "press group 1", who (relatively) strongly agrees with the ideas of Katie Davis in dealing with kids, and "press group 2", who finds her actions not mature and even harmful for the kids. Ask one of the students to play the role of Katie Davis and another one the role of the reporter from Uganda who is the chair of the conference.

Step 2: Ask your students to construct fair, informed, and credible arguments, which are sustained by evidence and reasonable thoughts.

Step 3: Ask the students to oppose arguments well-mannered, polite, and full of understanding the main opposing arguments showing delicately how their views are more reasonable.

Reading I

Reading for general information on the topic

1. Read the story which University professor Bob Beatty from Topeka shares with us.

2. What kind of family is described in the article? What is your general impression on the family of Bob Beatty?

Bob’s daughter, Laura Beatty (with her mom),

who immigrated from China and became a US citizen in 2005

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