Here's a class activity I made to spend some sessions reading a beautiful poem by Margaret Atwood called You Begin.
Here you can see the presentation I prepared.
Here you can hear Margaret Atwood herself read the poem. You can use it to correct some of the exercises.
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You taste this way
ReplyDeleteThis is your orange
This is a banana,big and yellow
on the frut shop, almost
the shape of an apple
This is your lemon, this is a ball
or a moon, wichever
you like. This is fruts.
María Loma Núñez. 3rA.
You end this way
ReplyDeleteThis is your begin
This is your end
This is a life, black and sad
on the hell, almost
the shape of an angel
This is your future, this is a war
or a life, whichever you like
This is complicated
María Gutiérrez 3rA
You describe this way:
ReplyDeletethis is your house,
this is your school,
that is a library, big and quiet
on the book, almost
the shape of a school.
This is your pen, this is an I
or a case, wichever
you write. This is blue.
( Poem based on Margaret Atwood's poem "You begin")
José Román Vargas, 3r A.
You play this way:
ReplyDeletethis is your hand,
this is your piano,
these are teeth, white and small
in the mouth, almost
the shape of a piano.
These are your fingers, these are some sticks
or a worm, whichever
you like. This is black.
(Poem based on Margaret Atwood's poem ''You begin'')
Sara Gonzalo, 3rA.
You end this way :
ReplyDeleteThis is your nose ,
this is you feet ,
that is a house , red and blue
on the garden , almost the shape of an tree
This is your hand , this is is an O
or a ball , whichever
you like. This is blue
( Poem based on Margaret Atwood poem You Begin )
Josep Carrillo Solorzano , 3r A
You are this way:
ReplyDeleteThis is your foot,
this is your leg,
this is an L, long and tall
on the imagination, almost
the shape of an leg.
This is your arm, this is a wrist
or a bridge, whichever
you say. This is you.
(Poem based on Margaret Atwood poem You Begin)
Sandra López, 3r A
You continue this way:
ReplyDeletethis is your leg,
this is your foot,
this is an L, little and small
on the paper, almost
the shape of a foot
This is your back, this is an U
or a paralel line, wichever
you like. This is pink
( Poem based on Margaret Atwood poem You Begin)
Marta Garcia Sanz, 3r A
You smell this way
ReplyDeletethis is your face
this is your nose
and that is a daisy, tiny and beautiful
on the land, almost the shape of a nose.
This is your smile, this is a u
or a crescent moon, whichever
you imagine. This is pink.
( Poem based on Margaret Atwood poem You Begin)
Milena Pin Rodríguez, 3r A
You walk this way:
ReplyDeletethis is your arm,
this is your feet,
that is a dog, this is black and big
on the tree, almost
the shape of a dog.
This is your leg, this is a stick
or a bone, whichever
you need. This is fantastic.
(Poem based on Margaret Atwood poem "You begin")
Adrián Sánchez Martos, 3 ESO "A"
You imagine this way:
ReplyDeletethis is your future,
this is your life
that is your husband, handsome and attentive
in the park, almost
the shape of a kid
this is a dog, this is a cat
or a bird, wichever
you like. This is perfect.
(Poem based on Margaret Atwood poem You Begin)
Ingrid Machuca Aroca, 3r A
You instrument this way
ReplyDeletethis is your piano
this is your banjo
and that is a flute, small and elegant
on the mountain, almost the shape of a head.
This is your sound, this is a Re
or a air , whichever
you tracks. This is red.
(Poem based on Margaret Atwood poem You Begin)
Alex Pons Calero 3r A
You instrument this way
ReplyDeletethis is your piano
this is your banjo
and that is a flute, small and soft
on the mountain, almost the shape of a head.
This is your sound, this is a Re
or a La , whichever
you listen me . This is red.
(Poem based on Margared Atwood poem You begin)
Alex Pons Calero 3 r A
You were born this way
ReplyDeletethis is your body
this is your skin
this is a leg, long and thin on the sand
Almost the shape of an L
This is your arm, this is an I
Or a 1 wichever you like
This is your body.
(Poem based on Margared Atwood poem "You begin")
Maria Martínez Lucía, 3rA