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<strong>Poems</strong> <strong>United</strong>5. Asia / CropsScottish Poetry Library Resources For
About this resource............................................................................................. 3I am glad to be up and about .............................................................................. 4Reading and discussion...................................................................................... 4Research ............................................................................................................ 5Writing ................................................................................................................ 5Write a poem about potatoes.............................................................................. 6Other activities .................................................................................................... 6Other poems about crops in <strong>Poems</strong> <strong>United</strong> ........................................................ 6In this<strong>Poems</strong> from one area of theThe ten day visitor (Africa /Wha my mudder do (Americas /I am glad to be up and about (Asia / CropsDoodle durdle (Caribbean / Sounds andCanedolia (Europe /Joker as told (Oceania /<strong>Poems</strong> <strong>United</strong> 5. Asia / 2
About thisThis resource is a lesson plan for ‘I am Glad to be Up and About’ by TaufiqRafat (Pakistan)LEARNING OThe poem is used as a basis for pupilsKdiscuss city and country life in Pakistan and otherinvestigate a common vegetable crop: thewrite about crops andWorld, commonwealth, Pakistan, India, sociology, culture, literature, language,agriculture, crops, potatoes,<strong>Poems</strong> <strong>United</strong>: A Commonwealthedited by Diana Hendry and Hamish WhyteIllustrated by Iain McIntoshEdinburgh: Scottish Poetry Library /Black & White Publishing 2007Lesson plan by Ken Cockburn, with Illustrations by IainDesigned, edited and typeset by MaryPublished by the Scottish Poetry Library<strong>Poems</strong> <strong>United</strong> 5. Asia / 3
I am glad to be up and aboutby Taufiq Rafat (Pakistan)Reading andLiteracy & English, Reading: ENG 2-17a, 3-17a; ENG 2-19a, 3-19a; LIT 2-16a, 3-16aLiteracy & English, Talking & Listening: LIT 2-02a, 3-02a; LIT 2-04a, 3-04a; LIT 2-07a, 3-07aHere are some questions for pupils about this poem.The ‘narrator’ is the character who is saying the poem – the ‘I’. Whatdo we learn about the narrator?Do you think the narrator is a man or a woman? Why?Think about where s/he is, what s/he is doing, and also what s/he isnot doing.There are four groups of people in the poem: boys, men, girls, andcity families. Describe some of the things each group does.Choose an adjective for each group that describes how they arefeeling.Where is Karachi? What can you find out about it?Assuming the potato field is in Pakistan, if it is ‘a thousand miles’ fromKarachi, where might it be?In the poem the people in the country seem to be happier than thepeople in the city. Are you happier in the city or the country?Discuss the good and bad points of living in the city, and the goodand bad points of living in the country.<strong>Poems</strong> <strong>United</strong> 5. Asia / 4
Literacy & English, Reading: LIT 2-14a, 3-14a; LIT 2-15a, 3-15aFind out what you can about potatoes, for examplethe names of some different kinds of potatoesdifferent ways of cooking potatoesdifferent kinds of prepared food that contain potatoes, eg crisps,potato scones, frozen chips, etcwhat a potato plant looks like, and how it growswhere the potatoes in the shops have come fromwhen people in Europe first started eating potatoes.Literacy & English, Writing: LIT 2-25a, 3-25a; LIT 2-26a, 3-26a; ENG 2-30a, 3-30a; ENG 2-31a, 3-31aLiteracy & English, Reading: LIT 2-14a, 3-14a; LIT 2-15a, 3-15aPupils can write their own poem about potatoes.Here are some prompt questions to start pupils thinking and making notes.Imagine you are eating potatoes.Where are you?Who are you with?Who has cooked the potatoes?How have the potatoes been cooked?What other food are you eating with them?Who might you thank for the fact that you are eating potatoes?Think about some of the people who have been involved: the potato has beenplanted, harvested, sold, transported, displayed in a shop, bought, transportedagain, prepared and cooked.<strong>Poems</strong> <strong>United</strong> 5. Asia / 5
Write your poem aboutIn the first verse, describe yourself eating potatoes.In the second verse, tell us some interesting facts about potatoes thatyou have discovered from your research.In the third verse, thank some of the people who have produced it.Ask pupils to find out crops that are grown locally – they could look atwhat people grow in gardens and allotments, as well as in fields.Ask pupils to share stories about any kind of food-plants they havegrown or harvested, or helped their family and friends to grow orharvest.Ask pupils to look at the labels on food packets, and find out wherethe food they eat comes from.Ask pupils to choose a poem in the book, and find out what sort ofcrops are grown in the country it comes from.poems about crops in <strong>Poems</strong>‘Night illusion’ by Tejani, Uganda‘A twist of hair...’ by Anonymous, Brunei Darussalam‘Children, children’ by Anonymous, Antigua and Barbuda‘The harvest of the sea’ by W.H. Gill, Isle of Man<strong>Poems</strong> <strong>United</strong> 5. Asia / 6
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