Anzac Day - Cloze Task
WALT develop our thinking skills about ANZAC day.
WALT develop our thinking skills about ANZAC day.
Most Anzac day services __start____with a march of returned service personnel
wearing _____their__ medals, and marching behind banners and standards. The
veterans ___are_____ joined by other community groups, including members
___of___the armed forces, the Red Cross, cadets etc.
The march continues __to__ the local war memorial, where a service takes place.
This includes the laying of wreaths __and__various organisations and members of
the public. Flowers have traditionally ___being__ laid on graves and memorials in
memory of the _____use________. Laurel and rosemary are often ________laid_____
in wreaths. Laurel ____was__ used by the ancient Romans as a symbol of honour
and was woven __into____ a wreath to crown victors or the brave. Rosemary is used
____of_ remembrance. The wreaths are laid to honour the people __who__ have died
fighting for New Zealand.
The poppy has become the symbol ___of_ Anzac Day. The Flanders poppy as it is
__currently___ called grew in the trenches and craters of _the___ war zone in Belgium and
at Gallipoli. These poppies ___grow__ wild in the spring. The soldiers thought of the
poppies as soldiers who had ____died ___. The poppy was _made_____ famous by Colonel
J.M. McCrae's poem __forged_____ in Flanders' Fields. Poppies are sold on the ______
before Anzac Day to raise money for the R.S.A. [Returned Services Association]
In most ceremonies of remembrance _there__is a reading of a poem. This is
often "The Ode to the Fallen" by_Laurence Binyon. It _was her__first published in
the Times newspaper in 1914.
They shall not grow __old__ as we that are ___left___ grow old.
Age shall not weary __them__, nor the years condemn.
At the going __down__ of the sun and in the morning.
We ___will___ remember them.
The last post _is__ the trumpet call sounded in army barracks at 10pm _at_____
night to mark the end of the ___days_____ activities. It is also __used__at military
funerals and commemorative services to show _that__the soldier's day has
drawn _to_a final close.
This is usually followed by a period of silence for one _or___ two minutes as a sign
of respect for those _who_ have died. After observing the silence the _flags__are
raised from half-mast to the masthead. The Rouse is _then_ played. The Rouse
called the soldier's spirits to arise and _fight_ for another day.
The Reveille is played at _the___ dawn services instead of the Rouse. The Reveille is
played only _for___ the first call in the __morning_. It woke the soldiers _up___ at
dawn.
Often hymns __were__ sung and speeches made. The important part of the ceremony
is to __remember__those who died.
