Lockdown Poems Part 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Poem 3. Do you know why people need to wear face masks?

Does anyone in your family wear a face mask? What does it look like?

Why did she/he have to go outside?

What was the mask made of? What do you think ‘frilly’ means?

Poem 4. Do you play a sport? Is it an indoor sport or outdoor sport?

Can you play/do your sport during the lock down?

The poem names three sports and their playing field. Write down the three sports, their playing field and the Dutch translation of both.

Why was he not allowed to play football?

Why does he not get ‘thrown’ from the field in the last stanza.

Now you are going to write your own stanza (four lines).

- Think of a sport that is not already in the poem.

- Look up the English translation of both the sport and the playing field.

- Think of a reason why you are not good at this sport and use that in your stanza.

- The second and fourth line need to rhyme.

My four lines: