A Prayer for Healing

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Slide 1 - Tekstslide

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.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 3 - Open vraag

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?

Slide 4 - Open vraag

POEM

A Prayer for Healing 

Slide 5 - Tekstslide



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

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 7 - Open vraag

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

Slide 8 - Open vraag

What does the poet ask us to do?

Slide 9 - Open vraag

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?

Slide 10 - Open vraag

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.

Slide 11 - Open vraag

Slide 12 - Tekstslide

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. 

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

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.
A
Agree
B
Strongly Agree
C
Can't Say
D
I need some help.

Slide 14 - Quizvraag

Slide 15 - Tekstslide

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Share their speaking trees with the classmates.
• Answer questions based on the poem.
• Relate to the theme of the poem.

Slide 16 - Tekstslide

VOCAB ACTIVITY

Slide 17 - Tekstslide

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

Slide 18 - Sleepvraag

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

Slide 19 - Open vraag

What does the poet ask us to do?

Slide 20 - Open vraag

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.

Slide 21 - Open vraag

‘We join with the earth and with each other’ means that _________
A
we are related to each other.
B
we agree to work together.
C
we should hold each other’s hands.
D
we live on the earth.

Slide 22 - Quizvraag

The words/phrases ‘to bring to new life’, ‘to restore’, ‘to refresh’ and ‘to
renew’ suggest that _________
A
we need to preserve and protect the environment.
B
we need to revive the environment.
C
we should be careful with the environment.
D
none of these

Slide 23 - Quizvraag

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?
A
ghosts and spirits
B
all types of animals, birds and insects
C
human beings who are dependent upon others
D
all of these

Slide 24 - Quizvraag

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 ____________
A
children will be adults in future.
B
parents love their children
C
we should leave behind for our children a better world.
D
naughty children can destroy peace.

Slide 25 - Quizvraag

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 __________________
A
metaphor
B
simile
C
anaphora
D
alliteration

Slide 26 - Quizvraag

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

Slide 27 - Tekstslide

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

A
Anaphora
B
Alliteration
C
Repetition
D
Metaphor

Slide 28 - Quizvraag

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.
A
metaphor
B
alliteration
C
personification
D
repetition

Slide 29 - Quizvraag

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 __________.
A
Metaphor
B
Transferred Epithet
C
Alliteration
D
Personification

Slide 30 - Quizvraag

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

Slide 31 - Open vraag

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?

Slide 32 - Open vraag

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

Slide 33 - Open vraag

Slide 34 - Tekstslide

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?

Slide 35 - Open vraag

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

Slide 36 - Tekstslide

Now, I CAN:
*Share their speaking trees with the classmates.
*Answer questions based on the poem.
*Relate to the theme of the poem.
A
Agree
B
Strongly Agree
C
I need some help.
D
Can't Say

Slide 37 - Quizvraag

Slide 38 - Tekstslide