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amble<br />

drowsing<br />

appreciation<br />

running<br />

credit<br />

slow walk<br />

sleeping<br />

Task 4. Breaking Barriers<br />

Reading of the text:<br />

a. by the teacher<br />

b. by the students<br />

The Telephone<br />

by Edward Field<br />

My happiness depends on an electric appliance<br />

And I do not mind giving it so much credit<br />

With life in this city being what it is<br />

Each person separated from friends<br />

By a tangle of subways and buses<br />

Yes my telephone is my joy<br />

DRAFT<br />

It tells me that I am in the world and wanted<br />

I go comb my hair which begins to sparkle<br />

April<br />

Without it I was like<br />

10,<br />

a bear in a cave<br />

2014<br />

Drowsing through a shadowy winter<br />

It rings and spring has come<br />

It rings and I am alerted to love or gossip<br />

I stretch and amble out into the sunshine<br />

Hungry again as I pick up the receiver<br />

For the human voice and the good news of friends<br />

"The Telephone" by Edward Field, from Counting Myself Lucky. © Black Sparrow Press, 1992.<br />

Task 5. Bonding Together<br />

Students work in groups of 7-10 to discuss the message of the poem.<br />

Group 1. Gratitude<br />

My happiness depends on an electric appliance.<br />

And I do not mind giving it so much credit.<br />

Guide questions:<br />

What is the predominant feeling of the speaker in these lines?<br />

Why does he feel that way?

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