The Living Photograph.

Fill in the blanks with correct words without looking at the notes or book.

My 1.________ grandmother is 2. ________there,

straight- back, 3._________ broderie angalise shirt,

pleated skirt, 4. _______ shoes, 5. ___________ bun,

a kind, 6. ____________ smile round her eyes.

Her 7._________ hand holds mine,

White hand in 8. _______________hand.

Her sharp 9. _________eyes look her own death in the eye.

It was true after all, that look.

My 10. ___________grandmother became 11. ______________

Her back 12. __________and 13. _________________

Her soup 14. ____________to boil

She went to the 15. _____________place grandmothers go

Somewhere unknown, unthinkable.

But there she is still,

In the photo at 16. ________________

The 17. _______________smile is still 18. _____________and breathing.

Find the words in the maze. Those words can be found in the poem.

1. _________________
P H O T O S R E G F
A E B I T H F S A L 2. _________________
S K I R H I E D B A
3. _________________
L I G O T R S E C T
K E H B H T M F Y S 4. _________________
B L A C K H A N D H
5. _________________
E H N D S L L A N O
P O D I U Y L R U E 6. _________________
A W F U L E R G O S 7. _________________
N U B Y E R G A R D
8. _________________

9. _________________

10. _________________

Write (T) for the True statements and (F) for false statements.

1. In the photograph the grandmother is wearing a white shirt. ______

2. The grandmother looked small when the photograph was taken. ______

3. The persona was three years old when her grandmother died. ______

4. As the grandmother become old, her back becomes hunched. ______

5. The grandmother is a cruel woman. ______

6. The grandmother forgot to boil her soup. ______

7. Grandmother has a sharp brown eyes. ______

8. The grandmother wears grey bun. ______

9. Her grandmother is not holding the personas hand. ______

10. The grandmother is still living in the photo. ______

Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.

1. Describe the grandmothers appearances:

Skirt: ____________________ Shoes: _________________

Shirt: ____________________ Hair: _________________

2. In stanza 1, which phrase means open embroidery on white cloth?

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3. In stanza 1, which line tells that the grandmother is a brave woman?

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4. In stanza 1, whose hand was the grandmother holding in the photograph?

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5. In stanza 1, how did the grandmother stand in the photograph?

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6. In stanza 1, which line tells us that the persona and her grandmother are

of different race?

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7. In stanza 2, why do think the grandmother forgot to boil the soup?

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8. In stanza 2, According to the persona, where has the grandmother gone?

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9. In stanza 2, which line tells that the persona and grandmother are of

different race?

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10. In stanza 2, which word means to have a bent back?

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11. In stanza 3, how old was the persona when the photograph was taken?

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