📖 Part 1: Understanding the Poem

1. What does the word "ancestors" mean to you? Write your definition below:

2. Circle the main theme of "Ancestors" by Simone Kaho:

Family history and cultural identity

Modern technology

School life

Sports and recreation

3. How does the poem make you feel? Explain your answer:

🎨 Part 2: Language Features

4. Tick all the language features you can identify in "Ancestors":

Imagery (creating pictures with words)

Repetition

Metaphor

Rhyme

Descriptive language

5. Find an example of imagery from the poem and write it here:

6. Explain how this imagery helps you understand the poem better:

7. Match the language feature with its purpose in the poem:

1. Repetition

2. Imagery

3. Descriptive words

A. Creates pictures in our minds

B. Emphasises important ideas

C. Helps us feel emotions

🌏 Part 3: Cultural Connections

8. Simone Kaho is a Pacific poet. Why is it important to read poems from different cultures?

9. Fill in the blanks about cultural identity:

Our _____________ help shape who we are today. They pass down _____________, stories, and values that connect us to our _____________. Understanding our family history helps us understand our own _____________.

10. Circle the ways people can connect with their ancestors:

Through family stories

Through cultural traditions

Through old photographs

All of the above

✍️ Part 4: Personal Reflection

11. Draw or write about something that connects you to your family or culture:

12. Write one sentence about what your ancestors mean to you:

13. If you could ask your ancestors one question, what would it be?

14. How does reading "Ancestors" help you think about your own identity? Explain:

🎯 Part 5: Extension Activity

15. Create your own short poem about ancestors or family. Use at least one language feature from the list below:

Language features to choose from: imagery, repetition, descriptive words, metaphor

16. Which language feature did you use in your poem and why?

Ancestors Poetry Analysis

Ancestors Poetry Analysis

📖 Part 1: Understanding the Poem

🎨 Part 2: Language Features

🌏 Part 3: Cultural Connections

✍️ Part 4: Personal Reflection

🎯 Part 5: Extension Activity

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