Стр.57 Unit 5 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 11 класс

In pairs, answer the questions.

• Do you like poetry? If so, which poets do you read and why?
• Have you ever written poetry? If so, do you show it to other people? Why?/Why not?

Read the haiku and match them to topics 1–4. Which one do you like best? Why?

1. Walking in a snowstorm
2. A computer crash
3. Getting older
4. A solitary walk

A No one else travels
Along this way, only me
This autumn evening.

B No sky and no earth,
But still snowflakes fall softly
As I walk along.

C First snow, then silence.
This thousand-dollar screen dies
So beautifully.

D First winter morning
The mirror I stare into
Shows my father’s face.

T037 Read the tips for writing haiku and guess what could be put in the gaps, using the haiku in Exercise 2. Then listen and check.

Top tips for writing haiku

• Write in three lines of five, 1) ______ and five syllables each.
• Use the 2) ______ tense.
• Refer to the time of day or 3) ______.
• Use 4) ______ images that show harmony or contrast, like earth and 5) ______.
• Write about ordinary events in 6) ______.
• Write from personal experience or 7) ______ memory.
• Write about experiencing life through your five 8) ______!

T038 Complete the haiku with the words from the box. Listen and check. What are these haiku about?

wind; yesterday; working; Windows; summer; walk

1
Cool 1) ______ and cold sand
I 2) ______ along at sunset
Remembering 3) ______.

2
4) ______ it worked.
Today it is not 5) ______.
6) ______ is like that.

*5 Project idea. Look at the painting and write a haiku about it. Read the haiku to each other in groups. Discuss which you like best and why.

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