The Living Photograph Jackie Kay

i) Match the paragraphs below with the correct stanzas.

Paraphrasing
a. She is looking at the taken with the
grandmother when she was three. She
feels that her grandmother is smiling and
still with her.

Stanza

a. The person describes her grandmother.

She is tall, stands straight and is wellgroomed. Her smile is reflected in her
eyes. She is bravely waiting her death.
b. Her grandmother became small, hunched
and even forgetful as she grew older. Later
her grandmother passed away.

ii) Complete the synonyms and antonyms of the words

taken from the poem with the words in the box.
right
wrong

words
Small
Old
True
Awful
crinkle

aged
big
young
terrible
pretty
good
wrinkle tiny

synonym

antonym

iii) Complete the chart below with the description about

the Grandmother

In the photograph
Before she died

Grandmot
her

v) Answer the questions below.

1. Who are the two people in the poem?

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2. Who is the persona?

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3. Who is the poet describing in the poem?

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4. Which phrase tells you that the grandmother is forgetful?

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5. How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?
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v) Answer the questions below.

1. Who are the two people in the poem?

_________________________________________________________________

2. Who is the persona?

_________________________________________________________________

3. Who is the poet describing in the poem?

_________________________________________________________________

4. Which phrase tells you that the grandmother is forgetful?

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5. How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?
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4) Complete the circle maps below.

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Moral
Values