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Question
In groups of four discuss some more ‘whatifs’ that you experience in your day to day life and list them out.
(i) ______________________________
(ii) ______________________________
(iii) _____________________________
(iv) _____________________________
(v) _____________________________
(vi) ____________________________
(vii) ___________________________
(viii) ___________________________
And now write a poem of five or six lines with the ‘whatifs’ that you have listed.
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Solution
- Whatif I rise late in the morning?
- Whatif I miss the school bus?
- Whatif the teacher does not allow me in the class?
- Whatif my classmates laugh at me?
- Whatif my father has an accident?
- Whatif I fall down at the gate?
- Whatif my younger brother is in the wrong?
- Whatif they all laugh at my song?
I have written the following poem on my whatifs:
Whatif I am late to get up?
Whatif the bus is missed in the setup?
Whatif I am kept out of class?
Whatif the friends smile at my loss?
Whatif I fall down at the gate?
Whatif my father has an accident?
Whatif my brother is found in the wrong?
Whatif they all laugh at my song?
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