What We Need

What We Need

A ) which of these values are present in this stanza? solidarity, friendship, happiness, courage, honesty, respect, loyalty, responsibility , peace, freedom.

A little dash of purpose -SOLIDARITY

An effort made to cheer - FRIENDSHIP

A little more of courage - COURAGE

And less of doubt and fear - COURAGE

A little more of lifting - PEACE

And pulling all our weight - FREEDOM

A little less of leaning - PEACE

And leaving it to fate. - FRIENDSHIPS

A little less of grabbing - SOLIDARITY

Of selfishness and greed - UNFRIENDS

A little more of helping - GENEROUS

A fellow that’s in need - FRIENDSHIPS

A little more of working - RESPONSABILITY

With smiles instead of frowns - HAPPINESS

A little less of kicking - HAPPINESS

A fellow when he down - FRIENDSHIPS

C) Read the third verse and complete it in the correct form of the verb

A little less , ….complaining….. (COMPLAIN)

About the things that mar,

A little more ......adapting.....(ADAPT)

To all the things that are;

A little more of.....carying..... (CARY

And willingness to fight,

A little more of...Daring...... (DARE)

For what we feel is right.

D) Read the fourth verse and answer the following question.

a) what do we need to gladden this old earth?

Cheers for uploading the day
Smiles on the faces
Download the emotions
Do not keep the thoughts
A pinch of friends
A family touch
Joy in the hearts
Let life flow
Living day to day
That's for me what the land needs
Because with a little will each day
We can make this earth a better world
And full of smiles and emotions

E) Create a new stanza to add to the poem

This smile on my face
we have created together
because together we can
create a better world
and with faces full of smiles
and that joy in his eyes
fill me with more joy