Lucky Potato

-What emotion is expressed in Stanza 1 ?

Anger

-Which word in stanza 2 that has the same meaning as “dishonest”?

Deceitful

-What happened to the persona’s foe eventually and how did the persona react to this?

The persona’s foe eventually died. He was glad to see his foe outstretched beneath the tree

-What would you do if you had a misunderstanding with your enemy? Suggest 2 ways. 1.Talk to my enemy and solve the problem 2.ignore my enemy
-In stanza 1, what happened to the persona when he did not express his anger?

His anger intensified / grew.

-In stanza 3, what did the apple refer to?

The apple referred to the persona’s anger / hatred.

-In stanza 4, why did the persona feel happy?

He felt happy because his foe fell into his trap.

-In this poem, the persona was angry with his foe. If you were the persona’s friend, what advice would you give to him?

Advice 1 . I would advise my friend to speak honestly to his foe so they could clear the misunderstanding between them

Advice 2: I would advise my friend to forgive his foe because being angry would only hurt him and his foe

-What did the persona do when he was angry with his friend?

He told him his wrath and the wrath was gone.

-In stanza 2, how did the persona allow his anger to grow?

He watered it in fears and tears and sunned it with smiles and deceitful wiles

-In stanza 3, what does the word it refer to?

The persona’s anger / the poison tree / the tree

-If you were the persona, would you have been glad to see your “foe outstretched beneath the tree”? Give a reason to support your answer.

Yes because he had done something bad to me. OR

No, because we could have forgiven each other’s mistake.

-In stanza 1, who is the persona angry with?

His friend/ his enemy/ his foe

-Which word in stanza 1 shows the persona is similar to an apple tree?

Grow

-In stanza 2, what does the word ‘it’ refer to?

The wrath

-How would you feel if you had a misunderstanding with your friend? Explain.

Feelings : upset/sad/ unhappy [ 1 mark ]

Explanation I have no one to talk to.

-Which phrase is stanza 1 has the same meaning as ‘kept his anger to himself’

“ I told it not”

-What did the persona do to ensure that the tree grew healthily?

He watered it with tears / He sunned it with smiles/ He sunned it with soft deceitful wiles

-‘In the morning glad I see

-My foe outstretched beneath the tree’

-In your opinion, how did the persona feel that morning?

The persona felt happy/ excited/ glad/ contented

-Do you agree with the persona’s feeling? Give a reason for your answer.

No, because it is wrong to kill someone.

Yes because the persona felt contented.

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HOTs QUESTIONS:

1. Why do you think the grandmother wore flat shoes?

Most probably because she is aging and cannot wear heeled-shoes.

2. Why do you think the grandmother became small?

She became small because she had aged and her back had hunched.

3. Why did the grandmother’s back become round and hunched?

This is because she is aging and her bones are weaker.

4. According to the persona, where has the grandmother gone and why ‘there she is still’?

Her grandmother had passed away and gone to the awful place.

5. Why is the smile described as still living and breathing?

Most probably the photograph is very well taken.

6. Why did the grandmother go to that awful place?

She became old and passed away.

7. Why was the place described as awful?

No one has been there and persona can no longer see or talk to her grandmother.

8. How do we know that the grandmother looked prim and proper?

She was properly dressed in white broderie anglaise shirt with pleated skirt and flat shoes.

9. ‘white hand in black hand’

What other feature mentioned in the stanza tell us the grandmother’s race? Provide reason to support your answer.

Feature: Blue eyes

Reason: The persona is black and the grandmother is white

10. ‘Her soup forgot to boil’

What other thing do you think the grandmother was likely to forget to do? Give a reason to support your answer.

Thing: Where she placed her spectacles or forgot to turn on the kettle

Reason: As one gets older, its normal to be forgetful.

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1. Why do you think her soup forgot to boil?

She was old and forgetful/absent-minded

2.   Quality                          Evidence

Kind        " a kind old smile"

Protective/caring       " her big hands holds mine"

fearless/ courageous        " look her own death in the eye"

friendly       " the crinkled smile is still living"

3. 'she went to the awful place grandmothers go...'

Do you think the persona understands about death? Provide a reason for answer,

Understanding: No, I don't think she understands death.

Reason: She mentions the place as awful, unknown and unthinkable when normally heaven is described as beautiful.

4. 'But there she is still'

How do you think the persona feels when she looks at the photograph? Provide a reason for your answer.

Feeling : She feels happy and loved.

Reason : She mentions that the grandmother's crinkled smile is still living and breathing as though her grandmother is still standing beside her

5. Give one moral value one can learn from the poem.

The poem teaches us that we must spend time with our loved ones because when they pass away,

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