In Flanders Fields by Arielle Dambrine

In Flanders Fields by Arielle Dambrine https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3 CM2 Poetry en-us 2019-05-12 14:17:09 UTC 2025-10-07 10:02:02 UTC hello@padlet.com John McCrae dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359214237
1-He was Canadian
2-He was a medic in the war
3-He died of pneumonia while working in a hospital.]]> 2019-05-12 14:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359214237 John McCrae dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359214436 The death of his friend,Alexis Hemler inspired this poem.]]> 2019-05-12 14:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359214436 John McCrae dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359214558 Picture/source]]> 2019-05-12 14:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359214558 Who was involved? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216197 Allied Forces: France, Belgium, Russia ,the United States of America and Serbia

Central Forces:Austria- Hungary, Germany and the Ottoman Empire Bulgaria ]]> 2019-05-12 15:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216197 When did World War I begin and end precisely? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216261 It started on July 28 ,1914 and ended on November 11, 1918.]]> 2019-05-12 15:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216261 Where did battles rage? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216277 The Battle’s raged in France and Belgium mostly.]]> 2019-05-12 15:01:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216277 Why did this war occur (what was each side wanting)? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216300 The war broke out because after a Serbian assassinated the Archduke of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, this Empire declared war to Serbia. Through a system of alliances, Russia entered the war to protect Serbia and so on and so forth.

Each side wanted more land.

]]> 2019-05-12 15:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216300 What happened in the end? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216356 How many people died?
37 million people died in World War One.]]> 2019-05-12 15:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216356 Where are they? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216598 Flanders fields are in Belgium]]> 2019-05-12 15:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216598 How many World War I battles raged there? Who did they oppose? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216616 There were 5 battles that raged in Flanders Fields around Ypres during World War 1 in Belgium

]]> 2019-05-12 15:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216616 After which of these battles did John McCRae write his famous poem? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216721 John Mccrae wrote his poem after the Second Battle Of Ypres.

]]> 2019-05-12 15:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216721 How many casualities were there during this specific battle? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216730 There were 34 933 casualties in the second battle of Ypres.]]> 2019-05-12 15:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216730 Picture of Flanders Fields' World War I Cemetary dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216774 2019-05-12 15:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359216774 Definitions: dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359217502 lark:songbird
scarce: insufficient amounts for the demand
dawn:the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise
quarrel:a heated argument
foe:an enemy
torch:a portable means of illumination
ye: you in the olden days
faith:complete trust or confidence
amid:surrounded by]]> 2019-05-12 15:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359217502 In Context: dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359217646 1-- The sky was beautiful today at _______dawn_______.
2- The tune of this ______lark______ fills e with happiness.
3- She is a religious person n who has ___faith______
4- In battles, armies try to defeat their _____foe________.
5- I had a terrible ____quarrel___ with Dad yesterday, but I still love him.
6- He passed the ___torch______ so I could see the way.
7- Did __ye_____ bring the magic potion to me?
8- Food rations were ____scarce____ during the war.
9-_________Amid__________ the joyful screams, the students did not hear their teacher.]]> 2019-05-12 15:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359217646 Picture of Poppies dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359218734

]]> 2019-05-12 15:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359218734 What do poppies symbolize? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359218762 The red of the poppies represents blood and life.
Poppies represent the blood of those who died.
Now they have also come to represent the peace ,sleep and death of the soldiers.
Also they are as abundant in the fields as the WWI dead.

]]> 2019-05-12 15:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359218762 When do people wear poppies and why? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359218875 People wear poppies because it symbolizes remembrance of those who died.
They are worn on November 11 every year to underline the end of WWI.]]> 2019-05-12 15:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359218875 What is the rhyming scheme of stanza 1 a,a,b,b,a dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359219148 It creates a sort of rhythmic song just like the bird, the lark, which is singing in the sky.

What atmosphere does this create in the poem?
It gives a solemn, serious atmosphere to the poem.]]> 2019-05-12 15:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359219148 Who are the dead in the poem? (nationality, age) dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359219336 The soldiers are dead. They were young men, approximately 18-30 and on average 25 years old. They were from Austria-Hungary, Germany, France, Russia, Italy and Great-Britain. There were Canadians and later (after 1917), Americans.

]]> 2019-05-12 15:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359219336 Why did McCrae choose to write the poem as if it were spoken by the dead? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359219397 He gave a voice to people who could not talk anymore, the dead, and who sacrificed everything for freedom in their nations.
John McCRae speaks in their names.]]> 2019-05-12 15:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359219397 Who are the dead speaking to? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359219472 They are speaking to the living.]]> 2019-05-12 15:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359219472 Space: dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359219647 The sky and land are both mentioned in the same verse to contrast the calm sky and the raging battle below. Also, in the sky, there is a lark which is alive while on the fields, everyone is dead.]]> 2019-05-12 15:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359219647 Nature vs Man dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359219965 The sky, the land, the larks the poppies are all part of nature.
The gun is the only man-made thing mentioned in the poem.
It is as if man brings destruction.]]> 2019-05-12 15:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359219965 What is the rhyming scheme of stanza 1? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359220557 What atmosphere does this create in the poem?
a, a, b, b, a
It is regular and has the feel of a lullaby or a something soothing.
The dead are asleep.]]> 2019-05-12 15:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359220557 Literary Device dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359221254 What literary devices are used in this stanza?
Alliteration in l : loved and were loved, and now we lie: loved, loved, lie
This makes the poem soft.
There is a personification of the Dead. The word is capitalized to show they are one big group.
There is an alliteration in s: saw sunset . The atmosphere is full of sadness and nostalgia for the good things in life they will never see or feel again.
Rhyme: ago, glow]]> 2019-05-12 15:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359221254 Repetition of soft consonants dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359221412 What soft consonants are repeated?
The soft consonants that are repeated are f, s and l. They make the poem feel smooth.

What atmosphere does this create in the poem? What was life like before the war?
Life before the war seemed better, smoother. The atmosphere that it creates seems sad and melancholic.

]]> 2019-05-12 15:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359221412 What is the rhyming scheme of stanza 3? a, a, b, b, a, c, dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359221712 What atmosphere does this create in the poem?
It gives hope that someone will stand up and finish what they started.

The last verse of stanza 2 is the same as the last verse in stanza 3. Why do you think McCRae repeated these words?
That’s where they are , where the soldiers lie and where poppies grow. It's repeated because he wants us to remember this place forever.]]> 2019-05-12 15:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359221712 Draw Stanza 1 dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359222045 2019-05-12 15:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359222045 Draw Stanza 2 dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359222067 2019-05-12 15:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359222067 Literary Device dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359222475 In poetry, enjambment is when a verse runs over from one line to another and is completed by punctuation in a middle of a verse.

What is the enjambment in this poem?
To you from failing hands we throw the torch;
The torch is the enjambment

What does an enjambment do to the words that are separated from the main verse?
It gives it a small pause, it makes you think, it empahizes how important the word is.

]]> 2019-05-12 15:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359222475 Language Conventions dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359223185 Why do you think the poet capitalized the Dead in "We are the Dead?"
They are specific people not just dead people like a proper noun is a specific person, place or thing.
They have an identity.

]]> 2019-05-12 16:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359223185 Call to Action dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359223725 Why is stanza a call to action? It is a call to action because they are telling the others to take up the battle they sacrificed themselves for.
What might the verses "If he break faith with us who die/ We shall not sleep..." mean?
It means they would not die in vain and their spirits would not rest until the war came to an end.

]]> 2019-05-12 16:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359223725 Draw Stanza 3 dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359223802 2019-05-12 16:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359223802 Words/ Stanza/ Message I liked most about Flanders Fields dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359223981 2019-05-12 16:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359223981 World War I is referred to as The War of the Trenches. Why? dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359288632 It was called the war of the trenches because both sides dug trenches and shot at each other in them]]> 2019-05-13 00:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359288632 In Flanders Fields dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359289175 John McCrae]]> 2019-05-13 00:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359289175 Poem dambrinea https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359295974 2019-05-13 01:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/359295974 What made this war particularly bloody? arielledambrine https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/360829740 This war was particularly bloody because of the new invention of machine guns , poison gas, planes and submarines.]]> 2019-05-16 15:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/360829740 Aida: I like sunset because of all the warm colors that make you feel cozy and loved https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/361159113 2019-05-17 13:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/361159113 https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/361165649 2019-05-17 13:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/361165649 https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364105574 Test]]> 2019-05-28 17:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364105574 https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364333206 I like poppies because it reminds me of nature and happiness but it also sad because my great grandmother past away and I miss her]]> 2019-05-29 13:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364333206 Aurélien: https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364334115 Aurélien:
I like the historical background of it because it talks about the World War One.]]> 2019-05-29 13:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364334115 Margaux :I like the fact that the death of his friend inspired him to write this poem. https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364334884 2019-05-29 13:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364334884 Matthieu https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364336020 I like the part where it says they you should “take up the quarrel with the foe” because]]> 2019-05-29 13:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364336020 https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364336220 I like how they talk about the soldiers who risk their lives to help us live ours]]> 2019-05-29 13:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364336220 https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364336435 Marshall-“Scarce heard amid the guns below” I, like that passage because it shows all the violence in this battle and how s intense
it was.]]> 2019-05-29 13:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364336435 Sophie Jolivert https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364337428 I like the fact that the larks still sing while they hear gun shots ]]> 2019-05-29 13:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364337428 Tiago benttt https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364338480 My favorite passage is "The torch, be yours to hold it high"]]> 2019-05-29 13:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364338480 https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364342881 2019-05-29 14:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364342881 https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364343375 Jake:what I like about this poem is that is has a very sad message.]]> 2019-05-29 14:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364343375 What is the rhyming Scheme in Stanza 2: It is a, a, b, c. Only the first two verses rhyme. The change of rythm maybe shows that their life is finished. What atmosphere does this create in the poem? It feels sad and nostalgic. Why do you think the last line does not rhyme and is so short? The last line The last line is short and doesn’t rhyme because it is a reminder of what they are now: part of a field. They have been reduced to nothing but soil. arielledambrine https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364497640

]]> 2019-05-29 23:35:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364497640 I like the part about the Larks...°~° ~Mary Frances :P tatchellm https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364622058

]]> 2019-05-30 13:18:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364622058 Pascal https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364880062 I like how John McRae wove the poem, how he used precise and moving words and how the dead are personified.]]> 2019-05-31 12:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/364880062 https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/365374285 Ya YYYYYYYYEEEEEETTTTTTT]]> 2019-06-03 17:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dambrinea/cm2group3/wish/365374285