“Best Friend Test”

Game Mechanics

1.Each pair will be given 2 whiteboards and 2 markers.

2.Each pair will stand facing opposite to each other.

3. The teacher will ask either Best Friend A or Best Friend B a question about their partner’s personal information.

4.Best Friend A and Best Friend B will write their answers on the white board using the marker.

5. After the partners have answered, the teacher will signal the players to face their classmates.

6. The pair with the same answers get a point.

7. The pair who scored 3 points first will win the game.

“On Friendship”

Author’s Background:

Khalil Gibran

Born in Bsharri, Lebanon (January 06, 1883) Died in April 10, 1931 He was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer. 

He was regarded as a literary and political rebel in the Arab world.

He is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao Tzu.

He is also the best-selling American poet of the twentieth century

The Prophet’s Background:

a book of 28 prose poetry essays.

written in English by the Lebanese artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran.

originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf. It is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over forty different languages and has never been out of print.

His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero. 

He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose.

Unlock Me!

Directions: Find the meaning of the poetic line on the

choices below by writing the letter of the correct answer on the box provided beside

the activity.

1. “Sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.”

a. Give love and earn with gratitude.

b. Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth.

c. Do unto others what you want them to do unto you.

2. “Your board and your fireside.”

a. Comfort and warmthb. Light and shining armorc. My rock and my fortress

3. “As the mountain to the climber is clearer from the

pain.”a.Long distance

relationship.b.Missing someone.c.True appreciation in the

absence of someone.

4. “The heart finds morning and is refreshed.”

a.Heart that finds hope.b.Finds relaxation.c.Relying on each other.

•ANSWERS:

1. “Sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.”

a. Give love and earn with gratitude.

b. Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth.

c. Do unto others what you want them to do unto you.

ANSWERS:

2. “Your board and your fireside.”

a. Comfort and warmthb. Light and shining armorc. My rock and my fortress

3. “As the mountain to the climber is clearer from the

pain.”a.Long distance

relationship.b.Missing someone.c.True appreciation in the

absence of someone.

4. “The heart finds morning and is refreshed.”

a.Heart that finds hope.b.Finds relaxation.c.Relying on each other.

ON FRIENDSHIP

1. And a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship." 2. Your friend is your needs answered. 3.He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. 4. And he is your board and your fireside. 5.For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.

1. When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the "ay." 2. And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart; 3. For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all

expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed. 4. When you part from your friend, you grieve not; 5.For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence,

6. as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain. 7. And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

8. For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught.

1.And let your best be for your friend. 2. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. 3. For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? 4. Seek him always with hours to live. 5. For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness. 6. And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. 7. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

Questions:1. Who is the author of the

poetic essay, “On Friendship”?2. According to the 2nd line, what

is born and shared with joy that is unacclaimed without words in friendship?

3. According to the 1st stanza, who is your board and your

fireside?4. According to the 2nd stanza,

when does your heart cease to listen to his friend’s heart?

5. According to the 3rd stanza, if your friend know the ebb of your tide, what you should let

him know also?

6. For whom the author wants to address the essay?

7. How does the author defined friendship in the first stanza?

8. Why does the author use the word “field” in the first stanza to describe friendship?

• What does the 3rd line in the 2nd stanza mean?

• What does the 3rd line in the 1st stanza mean?

• What does the 2nd line in the 3rd stanza mean?

1. When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the "ay." 2. And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart; 3. For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed. 4. When you part from your friend, you grieve not; 5.For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence,

6. as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain. 7. And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

8. For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught.

ON FRIENDSHIP

1. And a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship." 2. Your friend is your needs answered. 3.He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. 4. And he is your board and your fireside. 5.For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace.

1.And let your best be for your friend. 2. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. 3. For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? 4. Seek him always with hours to live. 5. For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness. 6. And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. 7. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

• What is the mood of the poem?

• What is the message of the poem?

• What are the words that Khalil Gibran used to compare friendship with?

• What do you think Khalil Gibran is advicing you to do?

• What will you do if you accidentally overheard the news that your friend has only 1 year to live from his/her parents and

they plan to keep it a secret from him/her?

Will you have the courage to say the truth because you are his/her precious friend or you’ll just go with the flow because you do not want your friend to bother worrying about her life?

•What line or paragraph in the poem struck you the most why?

Directions: Compose a song using the poem as an inspiration.

Activity 1Directions: Answer the cloze test below by filling

up the blanks. Choose your answer in the box before the paragraph.

Crisis share plain presenceflood absence seeulterior motives winter lifeappreciate true friendship

A true friend is one who supports us in a . He is like the fireside which keeps us

ward in . We need not to be afraid to speak freely in his . A mountain appears more clear when one is on , at some distance away. In a similar manner we can

the value of a friend even more in his absence. is enjoyed and celebrated for its own sake, no or expectations among friends when our is at an ebb and when we feel “low”. The of joy in our life should be equally ready to with them. A friend thus is an invaluable treasure.

Answers:

A true friend is one who supports us in a crisis. He is like the fireside which keeps us ward in

winter. We need not to be afraid to speak freely in his presence. A mountain appears more clear when one is on plain, at some distance away. In a similar manner we can appreciate the value of a friend even more in his absence. True friendship is enjoyed and celebrated for its own sake, no ulterior motives or expectations among friends when our life is at an ebb and when we feel “low”. The flood of joy in our life should be equally ready to share with them. A friend thus is an invaluable treasure.

Activity 2Directions: Choose 1 below and write an essay

about it in a 1 whole sheet of paper in about 5 minutes.

1. “Who finds a faithful friend finds a treasure.” Do you agree? Base your answer on Khalil Gibran’s “On Friendship”.

2. List all the qualities a true friend should have according to Khalil Gibran.

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Assignment:Directions: Create a poem

using friendship as a theme.