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Unit 9 Lesson 7
What is life?
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• read some quotations
• explained attitudes
• composed a few lines of verse
• done a matching exercise
A Read and discuss in pairs the three quotations below. What attitude towards life does each of these reflect? Write at least 2 adjectives to describe the kind of person making each of these statements.
I came, I saw, I conquered!
It's human nature to go, to see, to understand.
From nowhere we came; into nowhere we go.
What is life?
It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time.
It is the little shadow that runs across the grass
and loses itself in the sunset.
B Look at quotation 3 again. Would a formal education change the writer's attitude to life? Discuss in pairs.
C Read this poem.
What is life?
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a gift - accept it.
Life is an adventure - dare it.
Life is a sorrow - overcome it.
Life is a tragedy - accept it.
Life is a duty - perform it.
Life is a game-play it.
Life is a mystery - unfold it.
Life is a song - sing it.
Life is an opportunity - take it.
Life is a promise -fulfill it.
Life is a struggle -fight it.
Life is a puzzle - solve it.
Now work in pairs and give an example of how life is.
a a challenge
b an adventure
c a mystery
d an opportunity
e a promise
f a struggle
g a puzzle
D Add at least 3 more lines to extend the poem. Exchange your lines with others in your group. Decide which lines you think are the best.
1 Life is a........................................................................................................................
2 ...................................................................................................................................
3 ...................................................................................................................................
E In the above poem there are responses to statements.
e.g. Statement: "Life is a challenge". Response: "meet it".
Now match the statements in Column 1 with the responses in Column 2.
Statement.
1 How are you?
2 Isn't it hot?
3 I'm a Bangladeshi.
4 I love chocolates.
5 I can't swim. Response.
Oh, it is!
So am I,
Fine! Thank you.
Nor can I.
So do I!
Focus:
Skills.
Reading,
speaking.
Functions.
Understanding attitudes, exchanging
information, expressing action. Grammar/Structure.
Metaphors (life is a --- ),
imperatives.
Vocabulary.
challenge, adventure, opportunity, struggle, puzzle.
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Unit 9 Lesson 7
What is life?
Objectives: By the end of the lesson you will have
• read some quotations
• explained attitudes
• composed a few lines of verse
• done a matching exercise
A Read and discuss in pairs the three quotations below. What attitude towards life does each of these reflect? Write at least 2 adjectives to describe the kind of person making each of these statements.
I came, I saw, I conquered!
It's human nature to go, to see, to understand.
From nowhere we came; into nowhere we go.
What is life?
It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time.
It is the little shadow that runs across the grass
and loses itself in the sunset.
B Look at quotation 3 again. Would a formal education change the writer's attitude to life? Discuss in pairs.
C Read this poem.
What is life?
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a gift - accept it.
Life is an adventure - dare it.
Life is a sorrow - overcome it.
Life is a tragedy - accept it.
Life is a duty - perform it.
Life is a game-play it.
Life is a mystery - unfold it.
Life is a song - sing it.
Life is an opportunity - take it.
Life is a promise -fulfill it.
Life is a struggle -fight it.
Life is a puzzle - solve it.
Now work in pairs and give an example of how life is.
a a challenge
b an adventure
c a mystery
d an opportunity
e a promise
f a struggle
g a puzzle
D Add at least 3 more lines to extend the poem. Exchange your lines with others in your group. Decide which lines you think are the best.
1 Life is a........................................................................................................................
2 ...................................................................................................................................
3 ...................................................................................................................................
E In the above poem there are responses to statements.
e.g. Statement: "Life is a challenge". Response: "meet it".
Now match the statements in Column 1 with the responses in Column 2.
Statement.
1 How are you?
2 Isn't it hot?
3 I'm a Bangladeshi.
4 I love chocolates.
5 I can't swim. Response.
Oh, it is!
So am I,
Fine! Thank you.
Nor can I.
So do I!
Focus:
Skills.
Reading,
speaking.
Functions.
Understanding attitudes, exchanging
information, expressing action. Grammar/Structure.
Metaphors (life is a --- ),
imperatives.
Vocabulary.
challenge, adventure, opportunity, struggle, puzzle.