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Geography Lesson

The document reflects on the theme of travel and exploration, highlighting the desire to learn and experience new places. It includes a poem about a teacher's unfulfilled dreams of visiting faraway lands and the impact he had on his students. The text encourages readers to observe and document the world around them as if seeing it for the first time.

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Geography Lesson

The document reflects on the theme of travel and exploration, highlighting the desire to learn and experience new places. It includes a poem about a teacher's unfulfilled dreams of visiting faraway lands and the impact he had on his students. The text encourages readers to observe and document the world around them as if seeing it for the first time.

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Oeography Lesson

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~ave you ever wondered why people leave the comfort of their homes a nd travel ~II
cross ~he globe? Learning could be one of the reasons. Most of us want to expen~nce
ometh1 ng unfamiliar and leave with new skills or knowledge. If you could take a tnp
nywhere •••• which skills would you like to acquire? Think about it.
7e learn the most from our teachers. What do teachers do?
lll in these clouds.

inspire

/.-lave you ever dreamed


about travellinq to
a faraway land? Where .,
would you like to qo?
Discuss·
~ 'l
Brian Patten
wa •
kn ow n fo r his s born ,n 1946 •
be st- s Ir •
m Liverpool. Pa tte n is well
fam ou sly Gargling wi ~; ;r
po~try colle_ctions for child
ad ult s, The Blue and G ren, mo st
~. Hiscol\ect1on for children
Ch olm on de ley Aw dreen Ark· A Al h b and • --- -_
H • n P ,,,.. ~ ... -
ar · e
Mr Moon's Last Case h' h has also •
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a et for Planet Earth, wo na ~
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written a novel for chila
of Am eri ca Gu ild . ' w ,c won an aw d fi ren, - - -
ar h
rom t e Mystery Writers

oo ur reacher to ld us on e
da y he wo ul d leave
And sail across a wa rm bl ue se
a
ro places he ha d on ly kn ow
n from maps,
And all his life ha d lo ng ed to
be.
The house he lived in wa
s narrow an d grey
But in his mind's eye he co
uld see
Sweet-scented jas m in e cling
ing to th e walls,
And green leaves burning on
an orange tree.
He spoke of th e la nd s he
lo ng ed to visit,
Where it was never drab
or cold.
I couldn't un de rs ta nd w hy
he never left,
And shook of f th e school's str
anglehold.
Then halfway th ro ug h hi
s final term
He took ill and never re
turned,
And he never go t to th at
place on the map
Where th e green leaves of
th e orange trees burned.
The maps were re dr aw n
on th e classroom wall;
His name was fo rg ot te n,
it faded away.
But a lesson he never kn
ew he ta ug ht
Is with me to this day.
I travel to where th e gree
n leaves bu rn
To where th e ocean's glas
s-dear an d blue,
To all those places m y tea
cher ta ug ht me to love
But which he never knew
.
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PRfPAR[
you are an EX PL OR ER ! (W hat fun to explore the world!)
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imagine
an d docu me nt the wo rld around you as if you've never
It is your mission to observe are drawn to. Collect things you nd
fi
no tes an d record wh at you
seen it before. Take ord ing to a region or locality. As an
s. Yo u ma y dre ss up acc
interesting during your travel the class.
te yo ur exp erienc es or hav e a solo performance in front of
explorer, narra

PRACTl~f
•eomp·rehettSiott
se expressions.
rds &o m the po em th at mean the same as the
A. Find wo
...................................... ..
1. really wanted:
2. to stick onto: ........................................

3. nice-smelling: ........................................

4. slowly disappeared: ........................................

5. dull, uninteresting: ........................................


........................................
6. in his imagination:

8. Answer these questions


with reference to the context.
sea
1. .. .and sail across a warm blue
maps...
To places he had only known from
a. Who is 'he'?
n used in the second line?
b. Why has the word 'only' bee
'he' live in?
c. What kind of a place does
he like to go to?
d. What kind of a place would
row and grey
2. The house he lived in was nar
But in his mind's ~e he could see
grey house?
a. Who lived in a narrow and
y' signify?
b. What does 'narrow and gre
ind's eye'?
c. What could he see in his 'm
this house?
d. How long had he lived in

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