A. Look at the picture and discuss in groups the possible answers to these questions.
- Why is the boy up in the tree?
- What is he looking at?
- Guess what he is thinking about.
B. Read the poem and answer the following questions.
Contemplation
For days and days I've climbed a tree
A dappled yellow tree
And gazed abroad at many things
I've always wished to see.
I see the green and gentle fields
All bounded in with hedge
And shining rivers swimming through
The rushes on the edge,
And little sheep who play all day
I watch them as they run,
While far away the roofs of town
Are shining in the sun.
I think it's very nice to sit
So high and look so far----
How very large the world can be!
How many things there are!
John Carpenter
Note
dappled yellow tree - spotted yellow tree (the leaves may be yellow) gazed abroad - looked around
bounded - surrounded
hedge - a thick row of bushes swimming through - (the river like a person is swimming through) flowing through rushes - tall plants that grow on the river's edge
C. Ask and answer these questions.
- Where do you think the tree was?
- What were the four things the poet could see from the tree?
- Have you ever climbed a tree? If yes, what did you do it for? If not, why?
Promotion
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