The Anzac Day- Close Task!!

Anzac Day  - Cloze Task
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.