The Grass is Really Like Me

Text of the Poem
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About the Author
Kishwar Naheed (born 1940) is a feminist Urdu poet from Pakistan. She has written several poetry books. She has also received awards including Sitara-e-Imtiaz for her literary contribution towards Urdu literature. Naheed was born in 1940 to a Syed family in Bulandshahr, India. She migrated to Lahore, Pakistan after partition in 1949 with her family. She struggled and fought to receive education when women were not allowed to go to school. She studied at home and received a high school diploma through correspondence courses. In Pakistan she went on to obtain Master of Arts degree in Economics from Punjab University, Lahore. Kishwar married a poet Yousuf Kamran and the couple have two sons. After her husband's death, she worked to raise her children and support the family.

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Meaning making
Pictures/ video clips are an interesting way of assisting students to comprehend a poem. A picture helps in creating a visual memory and can also help in understanding new words.

Vocabulary
Unfurl: Make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to be open to the wind.

Manifest: Clear or obvious to the eye or mind,show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.

Scorching: Very hot,harsh or severe.

Lawnmower: A machine for cutting grass on the lawn.

Flattening(flatten): make or become flat or flatter.raze (a building or settlement) to the ground

Endeavour:Try hard to do or achieve something, An attempt to achieve a goal courage

Figures of speech
A figure of speech is the use of a word or words diverging from its usual meaning. It can also be a special repetition, arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning, or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it, as in idiom, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, or personification. Figures of speech often provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. However, clarity may also suffer from their use, as any figure of speech introduces an ambiguity between literal and figurative interpretation. A figure of speech is sometimes called a rhetorical figure or a locution. To know more click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech

Assessment
Ask the learners to write a short paragraph using the hints given below.

Hints:


 * What 	is the poem about?
 * Which is the most striking image and why.?