Poème à mon frère blanc

Poème à mon frère blanc
1. Before reading the poem, use a dictionary to write the English for these key words.
Français
Anglais
1. naître (né)
2. grandir (grandi)
3. soleil
4. froid (avoir froid)
5. peur (avoir peur)
6. malade
7. mourir (tu mourras)
8. alors
9. quand
10. qui
2. Read the poem by Léopold Sédar Senghor with your teacher and colour in the men below
according to the poem.
a. The colour of the
white man when
scared.
b. The colour of the
white man when
dead.
c. The colour of the
white man when
born.
e. The colour of the
white man when
grown up.
f. The colour of the
white man when ill.
g. The colour of the
white man when cold.
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d. The colour of the
white man when in
the sun.
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Poème à mon frère blanc
Teaching notes
For copyright reasons we are unable to reproduce the poem within this resource but it is freely
available online. Simply search for ‘Poème à mon frère blanc PDF’ to find a version you can
print and share with your class.
Once the class have completed the pre-reading dictionary activity, you could read the first six
lines together and translate them as a class. The students could then read the rest of the poem
and complete the colouring activity.
An extension activity could be to write a full translation of the poem. Students could then
compare their translation with one online such as this one on www.lyricstranslate.com to peer
or self-assess their understanding.
Answers
Français
Anglais
1. naître (né)
to be born (born)
2. grandir (grandi)
to grow up (grown up)
3. soleil
sun
4. froid (avoir froid)
cold (to be cold)
5. peur (avoir peur)
fear (to be afraid)
6. malade
ill
7. mourir (tu mourras)
to die (you will die)
8. alors
so
9. quand
when
10. qui
who
2.
a. green
b. grey
c. pink
d. red
e. white
f. yellow
g. blue
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