Flanders fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

WALT: Summarise the author's purpose of a text

SC: describe why John McCrae wrote the poem for others to read.

1. What place are the rows of crosses marking?

1. that is the row that makes our place
1. larks, still bravely singing, fly. What does the text mean by this line?
1. That mends amid the guns below
2. Define the words quarrel and foe. Then write your own sentence using those words
1. An angry agreement or disagreement , And enemy or opponent
3. Lieutenant John McCrae wrote this poem in 1918. 3 years after the war. Why do you think he

wrote it?  a. because he might of now that his people weren't going to survive  

5. Imagine that you are a soldier at war who saw the poppies growing from the battlefields where your friends bodies had lain. How would you feel?
1. I will feel so sad  , mad , upset , and angry because it will just feel like a best brother that will always care for others .
2. Use a thesaurus to find different words to describe the feeling. List the feelings on a cline
6. scale  (below) from weakest to strongest.