A young man once went off to war in a far country. When he had time, he wrote home and said, "sure rains here a lot" his mother, reading between the lines, wrote, "we're quite concerned. Tell us what it's really like" and the young man wrote, "the sunsets here are spectacular"
A young man once went off to war in a far country. When he had time, he wrote home and said, "sure rains here a lot" his mother, reading between the lines, wrote, "we're quite concerned. Tell us what it's really like" and the young man wrote, "the sunsets here are spectacular"
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A young man once went off to war in a far country. When he had time, he wrote home and said, "sure rains here a lot" his mother, reading between the lines, wrote, "we're quite concerned. Tell us what it's really like" and the young man wrote, "the sunsets here are spectacular"
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Text Poem “APO And the father wrote, “please don´t
96225” write such depressing letters. You ´re upsetting your mother.” So, after a Skill WRITING while, the young man wrote, “Sure Schedule 3 hours rains a lot here…” Adapted from Contemporary´s Whole Language Series Reinforcement EXPRESSIONS Reported Speech: it is used when you want to Stories and poems tell somebody else what has been said, in a Expecting Learning direct speech or in report speech.
Ex Tom said “I´m feeling ill” ( direct speech)
Student will be able to: Tom said that he was feeling ill ( reported • Analyze a short poem speech) • Deduce information . • Explain feelings Maria said “ I´m pregnant” (direct speech) Maria Said that she was pregnant (reported • Paraphrase the information . speech) • Summarize information • Write a paragraph Emphasizer (quite, really, etc.) is used to Linguistic Content emphasize. ex we´re quite concerned ( means we are absolutely worried about the situation) Function : Analysis of Poems /Deduce Metaphors Act 1 Reflect and Write the answer Report Speech. the following. Morphosyntactic Emphasizers (quite, a lot, really, What three facts about Vietnam does the spectacular) soldier tell in his first letters home? Simple Past /Punctuation Direct and Reported Speech. Why does he keep in secret what is Glossary happening in the war? APO : stand for Army Post Office; the title refers to a soldier´s address Do his parents really want to know the Reading between the lines: she knows truth about what is happening in the war? his son is holding something back Holding back: to keep an information for The soldier´s address is given but not his oneself name. Why might the poet have decided to leave “ APO 96225” the soldier and his family nameless?
A young man once went off to war in
a far country. Act 2 Write your opinions When he had time, he wrote home and said, “sure rains here a lot”. Soldiers enjoy getting letters. Explain why But his mother, reading between the letters from home are so important to lines, wrote, “we´re quite concerned. them. Tell us what it´s really like” And the young man responded, Write about a time when you held back “Wow, you ought to see the funny from telling somebody the truth to keep monkeys!” from upsetting the person. Do you think To which the mother replied, “don´t you made the right decision?, why or why hold back, how is it?” And the young not? man wrote, “the sunsets here are spectacular.” The poem ends with the soldier writing a In her next letter the mother wrote, letter that says, “Sure rains a lot here…” “son we want you to tell us What do you think the soldier´s parents everything.” write in their letter back to him? So the next time he wrote, “Today I killed a man. Yesterday I helped drop While Writing napalm on women and children. Write a poem, where you express feelings, emotions, wishes, etc. you have to write Tomorrow we are going to use gas.” more than a half of a page using 1,5 spacing, arial 12. You have to use reported speech at least 3 times.