Count That Day Lost by George Eliot 3

Count That Day Lost by George Eliot 3 points Avital Perach

Can you… • recognize a poem? • understand the poem “Count That Day Lost” ? • explain the value of helping others ?

How does the clip make you feel?

How does the clip make you feel? Good ! Happy ! Hopeful !

What did we see in the clip ? We saw a man kind man who does good for other people. He made many people happy and that made him happy too.

Fill in the sentences according to the clip we saw The man feeds the dog. The man feels _____ and the dog is ______ any more. The man gives money to the mother. She is ______ and he is ______. The man gives bananas to the old lady. She feels _____ and the man is _______. f surprise d not hungry glad happy

Vocabulary • Important words to count on to rely on על לסמוך ﻋﻠﻰ ﻳﻌﺘﻤﺪ count something to say or name numbers in sequence (1, 2, 3) לספור ﻳﻌﺪ it counts חשוב ﻣﻬﻢ it matters, it is important

at set of sun at sunset an act something you do for someone self-denying not for you but for someone else a deed something you do for someone to ease make it better a glance a quick look to cheer make someone happy cheer (noun) happiness sunshine ﺍﻟﺸﻤﺲ ﺷﺮﻭﻕ / שמש קרני to trace to remember a soul ( )ﺃﻨﺴﺎﻥ ﺭﻭﺡ / נשמה *Go over one more time

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“Count That Day Lost” by George Eliot Is a poem in two parts

Count That Day Lost – part 1 If you sit down at set of sun And count the acts that you have done And, counting, find One self-denying deed, one word That eased the heart of him who heard One glance most kind That fell like sunshine where it went Then you may count that day well spent.

Count That Day Lost – part 1 The Line in the poem The meaning If you sit down at set of sun at the end of the day And count the acts that you have done count the things you did And, counting, find and then you see that there is One self-denying deed, one word you did or said something nice That eased the heart of him who heard That made the person who heard it feel good One glance most kind A nice smile That fell like sunshine where it went That gave another person feel good Then you may count that day well spent Then you can consider your day good

Count That Day Lost – part 2 But if, through all the livelong day, You've cheered no heart, by yea or nay If, through it all You've nothing done that you can trace That brought the sunshine to one face No act most small That helped some soul and nothing cost Then count that day as worse than lost.

Questions Guess the answer 1. On a day you did a "self-denying deed“, you (–). (i) are sad (ii) are surprised (iii) feel good 2. The speaker thinks that you can count a day "as worse than lost" when (–). (i) you didn’t have fun (ii) you didn’t help another person (iii) you didn’t meet your teacher on Zoom

Questions Another way to say – "No act most small / That helped some soul and nothing cost –" You have to do big things To make someone happy It can be something simple You do for someone It is like a job and you get paid for it

What is the message of the poem? ANSWER: The message of the poem is that by doing something _____ for somebody else, we are doing something _____ about ourselves. it's a win- win situation.

Activity A good day – a day A bad day – day well spent worse than lost 1. You made someone happy. 2. You didn't help anyone. 3. You lost some money. 4. You helped somebody. 5. You made somebody sad. 6. You ate your favorite food. 7. You had to stay at home. 8. You looked after your little brother. 9. You went out with friends. 10. You did your homework.

How do the photos connect to the poem ?

Choose TWO examples of how you can help others?

Now you can … • recognize a poem. • understand the poem “Count That Day Lost”. • explain the value of helping others.