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The Wind
Let’s start
Work in pairs and discuss: 21 c communication and collaboration
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what you observe on a windy day and how such a day makes you feel
any one productive and one destructive effect of wind
how you would imagine Mr Wind as a person – the appearance and
mannerisms
Let’s read the poem aloud.
The wind, he is a naughty chap,
Who whistles far and loud:
Today he wears a patchwork cap
Of ragged rainy cloud.
He wanders here, he wanders there,
With mischief in his mirth,
He does not care, he does not care
For anyone on earth!
He tries to blow out kitchen fires
He leads the sands a-stray,
He tampers with electric wires ragged: (here) having an irregular
And, sometimes, has his way. or uneven surface; e.g. cloud
mirth: cheer
tampers: interferes
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