The Living Photograph by Jackie Kay

1. List two items grandmother wears in the photo.

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2. What do you think the writer is referring to in the phrase the awful place
grandmothers go?
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3. Why do you think the writers small grandmother is tall in the photo?
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4. In the first stanza, what does the word there refer to?
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5. Which line tells you that the writer and her grandmother come from
different ethnic background?
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6. How old was the writer when the photo was taken?
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7. Why do you think the writer says that her grandmother is tall in the photo
but later became small?
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8. Quote evidence from line 14 to line 16 that the photograph was taken a
long time ago.
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9. Explain the meaning of the word crinkled.
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10.State two ways to show love to your grandmother?
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THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
2. According to the first stanza of "The Charge of the Light Brigade", how many
British forces rode into the battle?
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3. In stanza one, what does the phrase the Valley of Death refer to?
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4. Why do you think the poet refers the valley as The Valley of Death?
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5. Why did the soldiers ride to their death?
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6. In stanza 1, what was the light brigade ordered to do?
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7.What kind of weapons did the Light Brigade have?
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8. What weapons did their opponents/enemies have?
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9.In stanza 2, what does the word dismayed suggest?
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10.Did the British soldiers feel discouraged? Why?
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11. In stanza 2, what does the line Someone had blundered suggests?
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15. If you were in the army and your commander told you to fight in a battle
where you would most likely die, what would you do? Why?
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16. Do you believe that war is sometimes necessary? Why?
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17. IS it noble for followers follow a command without asking questions? Why?
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