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Set Induction
1. Teacher shows a pen without ink.
2. Then, teacher asks question to the students. Q: What do we do with .......?
Why?
3. Next, introduce the poem.
While
Activity 1 (Moderate/Below)
1. Teacher recites and goes through the poem line by line.
2. T explains the difficult phrases or words. ( show pictures to explain the
words / phrases)
3. T discusses the whole of the poem. ( brief synopsis)
Activity 1 (Good)
1. Teacher recites and goes through the poem line by line.
2. T explains the difficult phrases or words. ( show pictures to explain the
words / phrases)
3. T discusses the whole of the poem. ( brief synopsis)
Post
Moderate/ Below
1. T distributes worksheet 1. (key answers)
Good
1. T distributes worksheet 1.
2. T distributes worksheet 2.
3. T asks students create a poem (of at least one stanza) entitled Happy I
ams or Sad I ams in pairs. (Homework)
Worksheet 1
Worksheet 2
Match the adjectives in column A to the nouns in column B
B
(Adjectives)
(Nouns)
1. empty
a. arm
2. unwashed
b. liquid paper
3. severed
c. Cola can
d. porridge pan
4. toothless
5. springless
6. dried-up
7. stamped
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e. stapler
f.
bulldog clip
g. addressed reply
Comprehension Exercises
Read the poem Sad I Ams and answer the questions that follow.
1. Who wrote the poem?
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2. How many stanzas are there in the poem?
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3. What is the poem mainly about?
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4. In stanza 1, what does the persona compare himself with?
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5. Why would the gum of the envelope be gone? (HOTS)
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6. Give the meaning of the word inert.
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7. From stanza 4, how can a garden become overgrown with weeds? (HOTS)
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8. If you think you have a piece of good advice for the persona, what would it
be? Give two pieces of advices. (HOTS)
a. Advice 1:
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b. Advice 2:
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9. What moral value have you learned from the poem? How would you
console a person who feels this way? (HOTS)
a. Moral value:
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b. To console:
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ANSWERS
Worksheet 2 (Match
1. Cola can
2. Porridge
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
arm
stapler
Bulldog clip
Liquid paper
Addressed reply
Comprehension Exercises
1. Trevor Millum.
2. 4 stanzas.
3. The poem tells about the persona feeling sad and neglected and the
things he compares himself with.
4. He compares himself with the ring of a drink can, scrapings from a
porridge pan and the broken part of a discarded toy.
5. It would be gone as they are stored for too long.