PRE READING QUESTIONS: Poetry and Photographs

PRE READING QUESTIONS: Poetry and Photographs
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Analyze the photograph and pose questions about the setting and place, as a pre-reading exercise for poetry. Take notes on your ideas to enhance your understanding.

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1. PRE-READING QUESTIONS Poetry

2. Look at the following photograph and discuss the question. Make notes of your ideas. What is the setting (place) depicted in the photograph? Describe this setting in as much detail as possible. ©istockphoto

3. The following photograph appeared in a South African newspaper in 1960. Describe the encounter in as much detail as possible: • who are the people in the photo, • what are they doing, and • why? ©Drum Social Histories/Baileys African History Archive/Africa Media Online

4. Both photographs give us an idea of the setting and theme in a specific poem. Without having seen the poem, can you guess what the poem is about?

5. Now read “City Johannesburg” by Mongane Wally Serote.