1. Warm up activity;
□ Discuss in a small group what traffic management means. Then write down how yon think traffic management can be improved in our cities.
2. Now read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow:
Amidst killer speeds I stand
Facing the traffic, stretching my hand.
I am seen on kids books and as cartoons everywhere
Educating people and asking them to beware
Of the static traffic and the signboards
Seen on almost all the roads.
So that you're safe I see each one of you
But my sweat, my plight cm the road sees who?
Be it sunny or rainy.
For your safety I must be
Vigil and agile, on the middle
Standing erect, as fit as a fiddle.
Oh! My ear hurts! Oh! My head aches!
Oh! Look at the weather...such unpredictable days!
But I cannot swerve; I must be on duty.
I care for your safety.
Be it noisy or dusty; Be it sunny or rainy;
I must be on duty. I care for your safety.
a. Who is the speaker in the poem?
b. What do the words 'killer speeds' mean?
c. What is your view of a traffic policeman?
d. Why do his ears hurt?
e. What is 'unpredictable'?
f. What is the attitude of the speaker to the job he does?
4. The poem has three stanzas. What is the rhyme scheme of the stanzas? What are the advantages of using rhyme in a poem?
5. Attempt a 8 or 10 line poem about a policeman standing at a busy intersection in a city or a paragraph or two in prose.
6. Make sentences using the following words:
a. erratic
b. plight
c. agile
d. safety
e. dusty
7. Write down the adjectival form of the following words:
a. cartoon
b. ache
c. duty
d. sweat
e. educate
8. Elaborate on the meaning of the lines:
a. Amidst killer speeds I stand
b. Standing erect, as fit as a fiddle.
c. Oh! Look at the weather...such unpredictable days!
If you want to read the next lesson of this unit please click the link below:
Lesson 4: From Filippos Fylaktos' Film "My Brother, the Traffic Policeman"
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