Suggested answers
a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i.
a. young- tongue
b. weep- sleep
c. head- said
d. bare- hair
e. night- sight
f. Jack- black
g. key- free
h. run- sun
i. behind- wind
j. boy- joy
k. dark- work
l. warm- harm
Vocabulary in use Ask the students to read the definitions in 1. Ask them to find out the single words for the definitions from among the words given in bold face in the poem. Meanwhile, monitor walking around and provide assistance as needed. Once they complete, correct their answers. Suggested answers a. chimney b. soot c. lock up d. bare e. coffin f. angel Reading comprehension (1) Ask the students to read the questions. Ask them to read the poem again, and find out the answers of the given questions. Ask them to underline the lines containing the possible answers and then write in their exercise book. Move around the class assisting the needy students, and correcting their answers. Suggested answers: a. William Blake composed the poem. b. The speaker cried because his mother died early, and his father sold him into a chimney sweeping business. c. The expression „That curled like a lamb‟s back‟ means the curly fur of the lamb. d. The angel opened the black coffins with the bright key. e. If Tom became a good boy, he would get joy. f. I think the tools needed for chimney sweeping were there in their bags. g. The angel told Tom to be a good boy and he would send a god for his father. h. The morning was dark and cold. i. Tom was given the message that if we are honest in our jobs and responsibilities, we don‟t need to be worried because no one can harm us. Reading comprehension (2) Ask the students to go through the „Gap-filling‟ activity. Ask them to read the text as well as the word options given in the box. Make sure that the students are familiar with meaning of the words in the box. When they finish filling in the spaces, correct their answers. Suggested answers The speaker of the poem is a small boy, who was sold into the chimney- sweeping business when his mother died. He recounts the story of a fellow chimney sweeper, Tom Dacre, who cried when his hair was shaved to prevent vermin and soot from infesting it. The speaker comforts Tom, who falls asleep and has a dream or vision of several chimney sweepers all locked in black coffins. An angle arrives with a special key that opens the 252