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Student’s Worksheet

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 UNDERSTANDING THE POEM 

Say who the following pronouns refer to .

 I :

 them ( l.2)

:

 We :  -

a) What or who do these words refer to ? media

( l.8) 

- “device “ ( l. 12)

…………………………………………………………..…………………..…  …………………………………………………………..…………………..…

- “ rich greedy bastard “ ( l. 15)

 …………………………………………………………..…………………..…



Pick out all the words related to social networking sites



Read from

( l. 1 to l . 32 )

. Make a list of nouns or adjectives that convey some positive / negative meaning.

positive

noun

negative

adjective

noun

adjective

 

What do these 3 words underline ? What do they suggest about our relationship to social media: self-promotion – self-image – self-interest

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………..…………………..… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………..…………………..… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………..…………………..… 

Read the whole poem and pick out all the elements which emphasize the theme of “social isolation”.

Social isolation



Pick out arguments showing that “ we’re slaves to the technology we mastered ” ( l. 14)

According to the narrator, how can we “live life the real way” ? What should we be doing / could we do instead of looking down at our smartphones ( l.27 – end) ? 



Now pick out ideas and arguments to describe the 2 worlds the speaker refers to .

 the world we live in today  the world we used to live in before social media