A Prayer for Healing

• ENG
• Secondary Education

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

• List the things to be done by us to contribute to peace and the conservation of nature.

• Listen to the audio of the poem and relate the poem to real life.

• Point out the importance of the verbs used in the poem.

• Make a speaking tree in the notebook listing the things to be done by us to contribute to peace and the conservation of nature.

How humanity has caused damage to the environment? Quote an example to support your answer.

It was blissful to see nature healing last year. What can we do in our daily lives to contribute to peace and the conservation of nature?

POEM

A Prayer for Healing 

Let's hear the poem 'A Prayer for Healing'.

Did you enjoy the poem? What did you like most about the poem?

Circle the verbs used in the prayer and signify their importance in the entire prayer.

What does the poet ask us to do?

Throughout the poem, we see that certain words are repeated in the poem. Identify those words and their significance. Which literary device has been used?

The poet uses the words healing and renew. To heal is to make normal and healthy once again or to restore something to its former state after it has been damaged. To renew is to make something grow once again after it has been destroyed or lost. Both the words imply that damage has been done earlier. Describe the damage that man has done to the land, air, plants, etc. which are mentioned in the first to stanzas.

Home Fun

Make a speaking tree in your N.B, listing the things to be done by us to contribute to peace and the conservation of nature. 

Now, I CAN:
• List the things to be done by us to contribute to peace and the conservation of nature.
• Point out the importance of the verbs used in the poem.
• Make a speaking tree in the notebook listing the things to be done by us to contribute to peace and the conservation of nature.

1. Agree
2. Strongly Agree
3. Can't Say
4. I need some help.

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Share their speaking trees with the classmates.

• Answer questions based on the poem.

• Relate to the theme of the poem.

VOCAB ACTIVITY

restore

refresh

renew the forests

celebrate

rejoice

recreate

promote

mystery

healing

renewal

to bring back

(something) to its

original or former

condition

: to make fresh

and pure again

to make the forests grow back (as if new)

 to show that

we value and appreciate

something

to express

happiness

to make it

better

to help to

develop

something not

understood

making whole

and healthy again

making new

again

Circle the verbs used in the prayer and signify their importance in the entire prayer.

What does the poet ask us to do?

The poet uses the words healing and renew. To heal is to make normal and healthy once again or to restore something to its former state after it has been damaged. To renew is to make something grow once again after it has been destroyed or lost. Both the words imply that damage has been done earlier. Describe the damage that man has done to the land, air, plants, etc. which are mentioned in the first two stanzas.

‘We join with the earth and with each other’ means that _________

1. we are related to each other.
2. we agree to work together.
3. we should hold each other’s hands.
4. we live on the earth.

The words/phrases ‘to bring to new life’, ‘to restore’, ‘to refresh’ and ‘to
renew’ suggest that _________

1. we need to preserve and protect the environment.
2. we need to revive the environment.
3. we should be careful with the environment.
4. none of these

We join with the earth and with each other
To renew the forests
To care for the plants
To protect the creatures
What ‘creatures’ are being referred to?

1. ghosts and spirits
2. all types of animals, birds and insects
3. human beings who are dependent upon others
4. all of these

We join with the earth and with each other
To recreate the human community
To promote justice and peace
To remember our children.
‘To remember our children’ means that ____________

1. children will be adults in future.
2. parents love their children
3. we should leave behind for our children a better world.
4. naughty children can destroy peace.

We join with the earth and with each other
To bring life to the land
To restore the waters
To refresh the air.
The literary device used in the last three lines is __________________

1. metaphor
2. simile
3. anaphora
4. alliteration

Find out the lines in the poem where we can see instances of anaphora.

'We join with the earth and with each other' is an example of __________ in the poem 'A Prayer for Healing'.

1. Anaphora
2. Alliteration
3. Repetition
4. Metaphor

We join with the earth and with each other
To celebrate the seas
To rejoice the sunlight
To sing the song of the stars.
The literary device _________ is used in the second and fourth line.

1. metaphor
2. alliteration
3. personification
4. repetition

We join b with the earth and with each other.
We join together as many and diverse expressions
Of one loving mystery;
for the healing of the earth and the renewal of life.
'One loving mystery' is an example of __________.

1. Metaphor
2. Transferred Epithet
3. Alliteration
4. Personification

What does the poet mean by the phrase ‘many and diverse expressions of one loving
mystery?’

The words ‘celebrate and ‘rejoice’ are expressions of joy.
We celebrate the birth of a child because we are happy. We rejoice in the fact that free
and compulsory education is the right of every child now.
But why have these words been used in the context of the sea, sunlight and stars?

This poem is an appeal for the healing of the earth. Do you think the earth needs
healing (making healthy again)? Why/Why not?

Earth is our home. It is the home of many other creatures too. Imagine that you are a bird living in a nest on a tree. Suddenly you find that the tree has been cut. How would you feel and what would you do?

HOME TASK 

Compose a short poem (of at least eight lines) related to  environment in your notebook.

Now, I CAN:
*Share their speaking trees with the classmates.
*Answer questions based on the poem.
*Relate to the theme of the poem.

1. Agree
2. Strongly Agree
3. I need some help.
4. Can't Say