Writing Task 2

Here are some reminders for when you are completing this Writing Task:

• Read the poem "Wind" given below and complete the writing task on a sheet of paper. The poem may give you ideas for your writing.
• You may take notes, create a web, or do other prewriting work.
• After you complete writing your composition, read whatever you have written. Make sure that your writing is the best it can be
• After writing your answer click on the appropriate radio button.

Wind Wind, come softly. Don’t break the shutters of the windows. Don’t scatter the papers. Don’t throw down the books on the shelf. There, look what you did — you threw them all down. You tore the pages of the books. You brought rain again. You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings. Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters, crumbling wood, crumbling bodies, crumbling lives, crumbling hearts — The wind breaks windows and crushes them all. He won’t do what you tell him. So, come, let’s build strong homes, Let’s joint the doors firmly. Practice to firm the body. Make the heart steadfast. Do this, and the wind will be friends with us The wind blows out weak fires. He makes strong fires roar and flourish. His friendship is good. We praise him every day.

- by Subramaniya Bharati. Translated by A.K. Ramanujan

The poem “Wind” praises all that the wind does for us.

• Explain whether or not you agree with the poem.
• Explain what we can do to help protect ourselves from the wind.