TASK 1

INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

1. What feature of the grandmother is repeated in the poem?

a) Hand
b) Smile
c) Blouse
d) Photograph

2. Where did the grandmother go?

a) A vacation
b) Hospital
c) Passed Away
d) Photo Studio

3. Which word in the poem denotes the same meaning as the word ‘unimaginable’?
a) Unthinkable
b) Believable
c) Convincing
d) Probable

4. Which word means ‘a bent back’?

a) Straighten
b) Uncurl
c) Hunched
d) Unbend

5. Why is the grandmother’s hand lighter than her granddaughter’s?

a) She worked hard.
b) She is of a different race.
c) Pigmentation
d) Discoloration
TASK 2

INSTRUCTION: READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS AND STATE WHETHER THEY

ARE “TRUE” OR “FALSE”.

Statement True/ false

1. The persona’s grandmother is still living with her.

__________
2. The grandmother remains strong and healthy until
her death. __________
3. The grandmother seems to be a friendly and kind
__________
woman.
4. The persona was three years old when her __________
grandmother died.
__________
5. The persona recollects the memories of her
grandmother as she looks at the photograph.
TASK 3

INSTRUCTION: FILL IN THE BLANKS TO COMPLETE A SYNOPSIS OF THE POEM.

THE LIVING
PHOTOGRAPH
By Jackie Kay

The persona talks about grandmother as ‘The

Living Photograph’. A photograph of her at the
age of (1) _________________ with her
grandmother makes her feel that grandmother is
(2) _________________ there for her.
Grandmother when young was tall and
(3)_________________ She was dressed very
neatly in a white shirt and
(4)_________________ skirt. She was not afraid
of dying. The persona sat by her bedside and
held hand as her grandmother drew her last
breath and went to the awful, (5)
_________________ and
(6)_________________ place. The persona
recalls that her grandmother become
(7)_________________ as she grew older. Her
back become round and (8)_________________
But, to the persona, her grandmother is still much
alive as she looks at the photograph of herself
and her grandmother
TASK 4
INSTRUCTION: FIND TEN WORDS IN THE MAZE. THOSE WORDS CAN BE FOUND IN
THE POEM.

P H O T O S R E G F
A E B I T H F S A L
S K I R T I E D B A
L I G O T R S E C T
K E H B H T M F Y S
B L A C K H A N D H
E H N D S L L A N O
P O D I U Y L R U E
A W F U L E R G O S
N U B Y E R G A R D

1. ___________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________

5. ___________________________________________

6. ___________________________________________

7. ___________________________________________

8. ___________________________________________

9. ___________________________________________

10. ___________________________________________
TASK 5
INSTRUCTION: UNSCRAMBLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS.

REHTOMGRNAD

EERIDBRO

AIRTSTHG-ACKB

EILSM

INKTNUHEALB

ELKINDCR
TASK 6
INSTRUCTION: FIND THE WORD IN THE POEM THAT HAVE THE MEANINGS BELOW.

MEANING WORD

1 decoration with sewing on fine white cloth

2 having a narrow fold in a piece of cloth made

by sewing two parts of the cloth together

3 long hair that has been brought into a round

shape and is worn at the back of the head

4 to sit or stand with one’s back and shoulders

curved forwards

5 not known or identified or familiar

6 impossible to imagine

7 covered with a lot of thin lines and folds

 What We Offer Who We
TASK 7
INSTRUCTION: COMPLETE THE WORD SEARCH ACTIVITY BELOW.

WORD SEARCH
SEARCH ME!
U N I M A G I N A B L E E B M W X R D L
U N B W K V S D W H K U N H G J C E K R
B L R C F S A C F J B O F W F I T O T H
H T G E S P D J U W Q T Q T Y A E H X V
Q M R O C N B S L M W S R E E L M E G N
K D S Q D O C F W I H Z E L I G A R F A
Q G P Q N N G H K Z V H P V T A R S Z J
A H W C C T Q N K K F I J S W R S O O X
J R F U G M N T I D V L G S W G H N F Z
Q I L O F V I B N S Y D Y H U P B D G N
S F T S E L U F D A E R D D N G M Q Z E
V H H U U H Q W E L N D F R Q X Z Q Z A
E V R V Q C D V K R A Z I E W A C P N N
F R I C Y H K N L H E Y N O M D V Z C U
J A O B C O I X F K Q B Z J Z K B K L I
O F B C L R I V V T V B I H U C X Q S M
B D E H C N U H E E G Z G O C H U Z K G
U P N T Y T U H B N J B N D X Q Q K L B
L A T P V I S R O U W Z I L H V T N D F
C J H D Q F T B G I M P M J M M M W Y R
CRINKLED
BENT
AWFUL AWFUL
BENT UNIMAGINABLE
CRINKLED FRAGILE
DREADFUL DREADFUL
HUNCHED
FORGETFUL
FORGETFUL
FRAGILE PLEATED
HUNCHED UNRECOGNISED
PLEATED
UNIMAGINABLE
UNRECOGNISED

ht t p :/ / p uzzlem aker.d isc ov…/ c od e/ B uild Wo rd Searc h.asp P

TASK 8

INSTRUCTION: MATCH THE LINES TO THE POETIC DEVICES APPROPRIATELY

Phrases /Lines Poetic Devices

1. ‘tall there’ Symbol

2. ‘white hand in black hand’ Metaphor

3. ‘crinkled smile’ Alliteration

4. ‘still living’ Imagery

5. ‘soup forgot to boil’ Contrast

6. ‘photo’ Personification

7. ‘her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the Assonance
eye’
8. ‘straight-back, white broderieanglaise shirt,
pleated skirt, flat shoes, grey bun
Diction
TASK 9
INSTRUCTION: READ THE POEM AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

1. Who wrote the poem?

___________________________________________________________________

2. To whom do you think the title of the poem relates to?

__________________________________________________________________

3. What happened to her grandmother’s physical appearance as she aged?

___________________________________________________________________

4. How does the persona describe the other world? How does this reflect the persona’s
perception of life after death?
___________________________________________________________________

5. Describe the clothes the grandmother wears in the photograph.

___________________________________________________________________

6. Describe the grandmother when she was old.

___________________________________________________________________

7. How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?
___________________________________________________________________

8. What feature of the grandmother is repeated in the poem?

___________________________________________________________________

9. Where did the grandmother go?

___________________________________________________________________

10. Whose hands are darker, the grandmother’s or the grandchild’s?

___________________________________________________________________
11. Why do you think the grandmother forgot to boil the soup?
___________________________________________________________________
12. What is the main theme of the poem?
___________________________________________________________________
13. Is it important to appreciate our grandmother? Why?
___________________________________________________________________
14. How can we show our appreciation towards our grandmother?
___________________________________________________________________
15. Name one other way we can keep the memory we share with our grandmother.
___________________________________________________________________
TASK 10
INSTRUCTION: FILL IN THE MORAL VALUES LEARNT FROM THE POEM