Poem Analysis

1- An Analysis of a Poem: ( http://www.ldoceonline.com)

First Step (Choose one of the following poems that we studied):

1- Who am I?

Slowly , Swaying in the silent sand,

Iam the traveler in the desert land.

I can move fast if I must flee,

Thirst is never a problem for me.

Iam the ---------- that you always see,

Wherever you go in my country U.A.E.

2- Fill in the missing rhyming words:

Bumble bee ------------Bumble bee

Stung my brother on the knee.

Stung my mother on her toes,

and stung my sister on her -------.

All of them began to shout,

So I killed and drove it -------.

3-The first --------

All the house in great joy ,

That is because their infant boy.

Has a tiny tooth to show.

While every one has a double jaw.

It is white and -------------

The family is happy with it all .

He can only say half a word,

And jumbled sounds only heard.

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4- I have a bird

I have a bird yellow,

It is a beautiful fellow.

I go to its cage gaily,

So as to feed it -----.

Crumbs of bread and seeds,

as it is lying there in weeds.

5- Sharing is better

Two little kittens , one stormy night

began to quarrel and also fight.

One caught a mouse ,the other had none.

And that was the reason why the quarrel begun.

I ll have that mouse ,said the big cat,

You want have ih and we shall see to that.

And all night

they quarreled and fight

then the woman came with her broom

she kicked the two kittens out of her room .

The outside was full of frost and snow.

And the tow kittens had no place to go

they found it better that night

to sleep at the door not to quarrel and fight

6- Lesson in life

My father was a farmer on a border,

he bred me in decency and order ,

for me to be rich ,

that was not his wish.

To be a great man is charming

Without honesty no man worth regarding

to plough to sow and reap he taught me early

to work and labour ,father said, matches for tune fairly .

7- What’s TSUNAMI?

TSUNAMI by Sara Malone

It was a normal day Indonesia

the waves slowly pushing on the sand

and very soon they destroy the land .

And all people very soon fled

running hoping not end up dead.

All was very soon destroyed,

it was a disaster they couldn’t avoid.

Though they live with memories of 2004

But now they are keen to be more sure

8- Why Be a Volunteer? By ANN

It is not for fame,

Nor for personal gain.

It is for love of fellow man,

It is just lending a helping hand.

It is not for medals or pride,

It is for the noble feeling inside.

For helping others far or near,

That makes me a volunteer.

Answer these questions:

1- What is a volunteer?

He is someone who ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2- What is community service?

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3- How can you help others?

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4- How do you feel when you do good for others?

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9- What do green plants need?

For plants to grow, For plants to thrive,

They need three things to keep them alive,

Plants need the light of the ……………….

That is number …………

Secondly , they need ……………………

For that you have to be aware,

And when the weather is hotter,

Plants need …………………..

10- What’s trash?

Let’s recycle all the trash we can,

We can do that by simple plan.

Separate the plastic and tin,

And take the trash to the bin.

Just use and eat what you need,

Recycle, Reuse, Reduce so as to succeed.

1- We have pollution problems. what are they?

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2- How can we solve these problems?

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11-Old MacDonald