HANDOUT 1: PRE-READING ACTIVITY 1 a. What did you like to do when you were a young child? Put a V next to your favorite activity. OC Playing in the park. CO Playing on the computer. O Playing with dolls. Ci Collecting stones and shells (a'97x). © Lying on the grass. b. Can you think of other activities? Word summer glad thousand moss stone (to) pass (to) lie forest grass HANDOUT 2: VOCABULARY Meaning yr nnw aim ano px ‘no 9y qin? lay? 2? w nwt awy Word Meaning (to) walk about 0 vow? (to) stoop 129% pina? snow ary ground ante vine puddle new (to) freeze 1999 (to) wish ayxun yan? high ama above -royn A. Match the words in column A with their opposites in column B. A __ 1. summer —2.glad __3. freeze __4,high __ 5. above B a. sad b. low c. below d. winter e. meltHANDOUT 2: VOCABULARY SSN OIE Meaning ___Word | Meaning summer vi? | (to) walk about ‘0 vow? glad nw | | (to) stoop 29? DNA? thousand qr snow are moss ano ground an INP stone px puddle Be) (to) pass nay qn? iy? | (to) freeze x97? (to) lie aw? (to) wish. abun yan? forest we high ana grass nutawy above wn A. Match the words in column A with their opposites in column B. A B __ |. summer a. sad 2. glad b. low __3. freeze c. below __4. high 4. winter __ 5. above e. melt B, Complete the sentences with suitable words or expressions. LI I could be a bird and fly high in the sky. 2. There are many trees in the 3. In winter, I like to jump in every I find, but I am not sure that my mother is when I return home wet. 4, Many people like to ski in places where there is a lot of 5A students came to watch the basketball game between the two school teams. 6. When I have time, I like to in my neighborhood and see what's new.PLAYGROUNDS By Laurence Alma-Tadema In summer I am very glad We children are so small, For we can see a thousand things That men can't see at all. ‘They don't know much about the moss ‘And all the stones they pass: Pay attention to the differences They never lie and play among between children and adults. The forests in the grass: They walk about a long way off'; And, when we're at the sea, Let father stoop as best he can He can't find things like me. But, when the snow is on the ground And all the puddles freeze, Pay attention to the difference I wish that I were very tall, between summer and winter. High up above the trees .. L..walk about along way off jim n3¥ 0 oo1w? Stanza — wana A group of lines which form a unit in a poem. There is usually more than one stanza in a poem, 1. How many stanzas are there in the poem "Playrounds"? ANSWER: The Speaker — 72179 I- the one who speaks in the poem. Read the first stanza and answer the questions that follow. (lines 1-4) In summer I am very glad We children are so small, For we can see a thousand things ‘That men can't see at all.2. CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER. The speaker (-). i) isaglad man ii) can't see at all iii) is a small child 3. When can children see "a thousand things"? ANSWER: 4, CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER. Children can see "a thousand things that men can't see" because (-). i) they are small ii) they are big iii) they are glad 5. COMPLETE THE SENTENCE. The speaker is glad because children Read the second stanza and answer the questions that follow. (lines 5-8) They don't know much about the moss ‘And all the stones they pass: They never lie and play among The forests in the grass: 6. Who are "they"? (Look also at stanza 1.) CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER. i) children ii) men iii) a thousand things 7. Write TWO things that "they" don't know. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. (1) They don't know about . (2) They don’t know about ; 8. Write TWO things that "they" never do. )_ *" Ee Read the third stanza and answer the questions that follow. (lines 9-12) They walk about a long way off; And, when we're at the sea, Let father stoop as best he can He cant find things like me. 9. Where are the father and his child? ANSWER: ____ 410. What does the father have to do if he wants to find things like his child? i) tosit down ii) to bend down iii) to lie down 11. a, Does the father succeed in finding the things his child finds? Yes / No b. Copy the words that support your answer. ANSWER: 12. CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER. ‘What does the child do at the sea? He (-). i) stoops ii) finds things iii) walks about Read the fourth stanza and answer the questions that follow. (lines 13-16) But, when the snow is on the ground And all the puddles freeze, “L wish that I were very tall, High up above the trees ... 13. What time of year does the speaker talk about? Support your answer with ONE detail from the poem. ANSWER: . 14, What happens to the puddles? ANSWER: 15. What does the speaker wish? COMPLETE THE SENTENCE. The speaker wishes to be HANDOUT 3: LOOKING AT THE POEM AS A WHOLE 1. a. Are the seasons in the first stanza and the last one the same? ‘Yes / No b, Find TWO words that support your answer and copy them. (1) First stanza: (2) Last stanza: 2. What can children see that men can't? ANSWER: 3. What do men do when the children lie and play in the grass? (lines 5-12) ANSWER: 4, Name TWO places where the child can play. a) @Read the whole poem again and then answer the following questions. 1. The title of the poem is “Playgrounds a. Find the meaning of the word "playground" in the dictionary and write it in Hebrew/ Arabic. ANSWER: b. What playgrounds are mentioned in the poem? ANSWER: 2, What is the advantage of ANSWER: ig small? 3. The speaker says that children "can see a thousand things." (line 3) a, What, in your opinion, can children see? ANSWER: b. Do you think that children learn new things while seeing "a thousand things"? Explain, ANSWER: 4, PUTA V BY THE TWO CORRECT ANSWERS. The speaker uses the word "but" in line 13 to show that the child (). i) likes to play in the puddles __ ii) isnot as glad in winter as he is in summer _— ii) wants to be much taller than the trees __iv) finds a thousand things he hasn't seen in summer __v) can't do things he does in summer 5. Explain why children can see and find things that adults can't. ANSWER: 6. Fill in the missing information. The last stanza is different than the other stanzas because itis about , While the other stanzas are about . 7. Look at lines 13-16. Can the child play in the forests in the grass? Explain. ANSWER: 8. In your opinion, how does the child feel in winter? COMPLETE THE SENTENCE. The child is probably 9. Why, in your opinion, does the speaker mention the fact that "all the puddles freeze"? ANSWER: