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    The speaker is imagining what they would like to see from a bridge overlooking a river. They wish to see a fish with wide, surprised eyes, a water rat gliding between banks, and a spider sitting still on stones. The speaker also wants to skip stones on the water to watch the ripples and float a flower as a boat. They imagine the flower may reach the sea the next day.

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    The speaker is imagining what they would like to see from a bridge overlooking a river. They wish to see a fish with wide, surprised eyes, a water rat gliding between banks, and a spider sitting still on stones. The speaker also wants to skip stones on the water to watch the ripples and float a flower as a boat. They imagine the flower may reach the sea the next day.

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    On The Bridge: Learning Outcomes

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    The speaker is imagining what they would like to see from a bridge overlooking a river. They wish to see a fish with wide, surprised eyes, a water rat gliding between banks, and a spider sitting still on stones. The speaker also wants to skip stones on the water to watch the ripples and float a flower as a boat. They imagine the flower may reach the sea the next day.

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    ON THE BRIDGE

    Learning outcomes
    By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
    ● list what the speaker wishes to see and do.
    ● describe the imagination of the speaker.
    ● identify the rhyme scheme of the poem.

    Poem summary
    The speaker is a child looking down from a bridge at the water flowing under and imagining what
    she would like to see. She would like to see a fish with its eyes wide open as if in surprise, a water-rat
    glide down to the other bank, a spider sitting still on the yellowing stones. She would also like to throw
    stones into the water to see the ripples or a flower to see it floating like a boat. She thinks her
    flower-boat may reach the sea the next day.

    Pre-reading
    ● When you imagine yourself on a bridge, what would you see? What would you wish to see?
    ● What do you think the poem is about?

    Understanding the Poem water to see the ripples form. She would also like to
    throw a flower to see it floating away.) What does
    Play the poem in the Smart Book in parts. /
    she imagine the flower to do by the next morning?
    Read the poem in parts. Pause to explain / discuss /
    (She imagines that it may reach the sea.) How do we
    check comprehension.
    know there’s another child with the speaker?
    If I could… flags a bit. (She ask the other person if they should set sail a
    What are the things the speaker would like to see flower-boat to see it float down the river.) How is
    in the water as she watches it from the bridge? the child speaker enjoying herself? (She is enjoying
    (She would like to see a fish swimming by.) Why does herself by imagining what she would like to see and
    she think the eyes of the fish are open in surprise? do. She also shares her imagination with a friend
    (Fish do not blink and so she imagines that the fish when she imagines her flower-boat reaching the sea
    keeps its eyes open as if it is surprised.) What would the following day.)
    she like the water-rat and spider do? (She wants
    Appreciating the Poem
    to see the water-rat gliding to from one bank to the
    other and the busy spider sit still.) Rhyme: Every two lines rhyme: fish – wish;
    eyes – surprise (aabb…)
    I think I’ll get…great wide sea.
    Alliteration: Wish a water-rat; spider-sit; some – stones
    After wishing for things to happen what does she
    like to do? (She would like to throw stones into the Repetition: slowly – slowly

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    Post-reading
    Discussion
    ● If you had been on that bridge watching the water flowing under it, what would you wish to see?
    ● What would you like to do to amuse yourself and your friend?
    ● How does our imagination help us to pass the time when we are alone with nothing much to do?
    ● Can you amuse yourself when you are alone or do you feel lonely? Share with class.

    QUESTION BANK WITH ANSWER KEY

    ON THE BRIDGE
    What are the different thoughts that come to the speaker’s mind as she looks at the water from the
    bridge? What does she finally decide to do?
    While standing on the bridge and looking at the water, the speaker first wishes to see the little fish with
    round eyes that look surprised. She then wants to observe the movements of a water rat and a dancing
    spider. She longs to see the water break into ripples on being disturbed by a stone. Finally, she decides to
    sail a flower boat and watch it float slowly away in the water.

    STUDENTS’ BOOK ANSWER KEY

    ON THE BRIDGE
    Understanding the Poem
    A. 1. a little fish, a water rat and a spider and pretty circles in the water
    2. flower-boat
    3. ripples caused by a stone thrown into the water
    B. 
    Suggested answers:
    1. The speaker seems to enjoy standing on the bridge and watching things. She uses the word ‘wish’
    twice, which tells us that she wants to see various things standing there. The speaker also says, “I
    think I’ll get some stones to throw, / And watch the pretty circles show.” This shows that she enjoys
    the view from the bridge.
    2. The speaker seems to be a child, eight to ten years of age, because she is excited about standing
    on a bridge and watching various insects and animals, and doing things such as throwing stones
    and sailing flower-boats.

    Words in Use
    1. threw  2. sat  3. floated  4. sailing

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    Appreciating the Poem
    1. This has probably been done to create a bit of mystery in the reader’s mind. As the poet does
    not indicate where the speaker actually is, the reader actively imagines the scenery around the
    speaker with the help of the imagery and vivid descriptions in the poem.
    2. I wish a water rat would glide (c)
    Slowly to the other side;  (c)
    Or a dancing spider sit (d)
    On the yellow flags a bit. (d)

    I think I’ll get some stones to throw, (e)


    And watch the pretty circles show.  (e)
    Or shall we sail a flower-boat, (f )
    And watch it slowly—slowly float? (f )

    That’s nice—because you never know (g)


    How far away it means to go; (g)
    And when tomorrow comes, you see, (h)
    It may be in the great wide sea. (h)
    rhyming words: glide – side, sit – bit, throw – show, boat – float, know – go, see – sea

    Going Further
    Free response.

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