The Living Photograph
November 6, 2018 | Author: John See | Category: N/A
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Exercise 1
Complete the poem. Try not to refer refer to the text.
The Living Photograph
My small grandmother is tall there, straight-back, white broderie broderie anglaise (1), pleated (!), "at shoes, grey b#n, a kind, old ($) ro#nd her eyes. %er big hand (&)mine, (&)mine, white hand in black hand. %er sharp bl#e eyes look her own (') in the eye. t was () after all* that look. My tall grandmother became small. %er back ro#nd and (+) . %er () forgot to boil. he went to the () place grandmothers go. omewhere #nknown, (1/) . 0#t there she is still, in the photo with me at (11), (11), the crinkled smile is still (1!) , breathing. breathing.
Exercise 2
Complete the bridge map with the antonyms to the words gien. 1. !. $. &.
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Exercise 3
5ead the following statements and state whether they are 6Tr#e7 or 68alse7. 1. The persona recollects the memories of her grandmother as she looks at the photograph. () !. The persona9s grandmother is still liing with her. () $. The grandmother seems to be a friendly and kind woman. () &. The persona is three years old when her grandmother dies. () '. The grandmother remains strong and healthy #ntil her death. () . n the photograph, the grandmother will always be alie. ()
Exercise 4
4nswer the following :#estions based on yo#r #nderstanding of the poem. 1. %ow old was the persona when the photograph was taken; !. 2hich line in the poem tells #s the grandmother has become forgetf#l; $. The grandmother seems to be a friendly and kind woman. &. The persona is three years old when her grandmother dies. '. The grandmother remains strong and healthy #ntil her death. . roide yo#r reason. !. f yo# were to take care of yo#r grandmother for a day, what wo#ld yo# do to make her experience an #nforgettable one; Answers
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he was three years old The line, 6her so#p forgot to boil7 The word 6#nthinkable7 n the Brst stana, the grandmother is strong and healthy in the photograph while in the second stana the grandmother is older and ill. '. The poem is abo#t how a photograph immortalises a person. This is ill#strated in the poem where in real life, the grandmother is dead b#t with the photograph, she will always be remembered by the persona. . The poem teaches #s that we m#st spend time with o#r loed ones beca#se when they pass away, all that will be left are the memories of the time spent together. 1. @xercise ' D 1+.-4ccept all correct and acceptable answers1. 1. !/.
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1. =ist two items Egrandmother9 wears in the photo. a) b) !!. !. 2hat do yo# think the writer is referring to in the phrase Ethe awf#l place grandmothers go; !$. !&. $. 2hy do yo# think the writer9s Esmall grandmother9 is Etall9 in the photo;
!'. !. &. n the Brst stana, what does the word there refer to; !+. !. '. 2hich line tells yo# that the writer and her grandmother come from diFerent ethnic backgro#nd; !. $/. . %ow old was the writer when the photo was taken; $1. $!. +. 2hy do yo# think the writer says that her grandmother is tall in the photo b#t later became Esmall9; $$. $&. . G#ote eidence from line 1& to line 1 that the photograph was taken a long time ago. $'. $. . @xplain the meaning of the word Ecrinkled9. $+. $. 1/.%ow do these lines make yo# feel abo#t photographs of people yo# loe; $. &/. &1. 42.
Answers
1. a) pleated skirt &$.b) "at shoesHwhite broderie anglaise shirt &&.
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The writer is referring to death.
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$. think it is probably beca#se the photo was taken when the writer9s grandmother was yo#nger. %er back was not ro#nded and h#nched then, so she looked tall.
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t refers to the photograph.
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he was three years old.
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+. think she says that beca#se at the time the photo was taken her grandmother was yo#nger. %er back was straight therefore she
seemed taller. t co#ld also be beca#se the writer was ery yo#ng at the time (only $ years old). 4s her grandmother grew older, her back became Ero#nd and h#nched9. o she appeared Esmall9. The writer wo#ld also hae grown bigger and taller too, therefore her grandmother no longer appears tall to her.
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. The persona says that the photograph was taken when heHshe was three years old.
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(accept all logical answers)
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