Recap-Poem and Writing - PA 3

• English
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 6

ELOS

Learners will be able to-

• Recall the main incidents and characters of the poem.
• Read and comprehend the passage to answer the questions
• brainstorm to identify the main theme of the poem
• Write a formal letter in the correct format.

Warm up Question

Describe the old brown horse.

Why do you think that the horse's coat is shaggy?

Find the line in the poem that means the same in the phrase below.
- in a tired manner

1. but once he was young and slim
2. in aweary sort of way
3. sometimes a friendly soul will stop.
4. none of the above

How did the old brown horse spend his day when he was young?

The main message of the poem "The old Brown Horse"

Attempt in notebook-Recap

The Old Brown Horse -RTC 

Read the extract given above and answer the questions that follow.

 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

“Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way

Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit

Where the mind is led forward by thee

Into ever-widening thought and action

Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.”

Q-1 What does ‘Just stop for a word or two’ refer to?

Q2- How do you think the horse will feel when someone is nice to him?

Q3- What does the poet request young people/passers-by to do for the horse

Formal letter 

Write a letter to the editor about the open garbage area situated in your locality and how it’s harmful to everyone including stray animals, the greener parks as well as schools and residential societies situated around it.

Now I can
Recall the main incidents and characters of the poem.
Read and comprehend the passage to answer the questions
brainstorm to identify the main theme of the poem
Write a formal letter in the correct format.

1. strongly agree
2. agree
3. need help
4. not sure

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