1. Can you remember a poem from school?
=> Answer: Yes, I can.
2. Read the poem above and choose the best title.
a. Country life
b. My favourite day
c. The window
=> Answer: c
3. Read the poem again. Answer the questions.
1. Where do you think the writer lives?
2. How do you think the old mon feels? Why?
3. The word frame nearly rhymes with again. Find two more words in the poem that rhyme (or nearly rhyme) with again.
4. There are four lines in a verse. How many verses are there in the poem?
5. Find two examples of repetition in the poem - where the writer repeats a word or phrase.
6 Is the punctuation in the poem correct?
=> Answer:
1. in the countryside
2. Answers will vary.
3. any two of the following, plain, rain, lane
4. four
5. Again and again, you know
6. Punctuation is flexible in a poem, so answers will vary.
4. Do you like reading poetry? Why? / Why not?
=> Answer:
I like to read poetry because it is a creation of someone's feeling, devotion, and thought.
5. In pairs, think of some words which rhyme (or nearly rhyme) with again. Then write another verse for the poem. Share it with the class.
• pain,
• game,
=> Answer:
gain, pen, then, ten, when
6. Prepare a short presentation about a famous poem from your country
• Copy the poem onto a piece of paper.
• Draw a picture to go with it.
• Make notes about what it means.
• Make notes about the rhymes, repetition and punctuation.
=> Answer: HS tự làm.
7. Read your poem to the class. Use your notes to explain the poem to your classmates and say why you like it.