Chapter 5: A Friend's Prayer
In this short poem by Jill Wolf, the speaker prays to be the best friend she can be. Read the poem in your Poorvi book, then use these topics to understand it, learn words for the qualities of good friends, and practise friendly conversations and writing.
In this chapter you will
- understand the poem stanza by stanza
- explain why the poem is a prayer
- use words for the qualities of a good friend
- role-play conversations and write about a friendship
Topics
- Read: The Poem NCERT pp. 52–53
The speaker prays that friendship stays the most important thing and that she gives friends her best.
- Think and Reflect NCERT pp. 54–55
The poem is a prayer: it humbly asks to be a good, caring and thoughtful friend.
- Words: Qualities of a Good Friend NCERT pp. 55–56
Blessed means feeling thankful and lucky (grateful, thankful).
- Listen, Speak and Write NCERT pp. 56–58
In a role-play, greet, ask, plan or share, express feelings, and thank.
Key words
- Prayer
- a humble request or wish for good
- Blessed
- feeling lucky and thankful
- Judgement
- an opinion formed about someone
- Loyal
- always supporting a friend
- Acrostic poem
- a poem where the first letters of the lines spell a word
Summary
- The speaker prays that friendship stays most important and that she gives friends her best.
- She wants to help make friends' wishes come true and love them as they are.
- Good friends are loyal, helpful, kind, caring and honest; "blessed" means thankful.