Textbook (verbatim transcription): Poem The Swing
Verbatim transcription of the printed NCTB textbook pages.
Printed page 52
1.1 Listen to the poem. Then read it aloud.
Robert Louis Stevenson
How do you like to go up in a swing, Up in the air so blue? Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall, Till I can see so wide, Rivers and trees and cattle and all Over the countryside—
Till I look down on the garden green, Down on the roof so brown— Up in the air I go flying again, Up in the air and down!
Printed page 53
2.1 Read the poem again. Now, discuss in pairs and answer the following questions.
a) What is the poem about? b) What does the speaker see when the swing goes up? c) How does the speaker feel while swinging? d) Do you have a swing at school or home? What do you see from it?
2.2 Write down the rhyming words from the poem.
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3.1 In pairs, share your experience when you swing. Draw a picture of your swinging experience.
4.1 Show the picture and share your experience in your class.
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