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RAIN IN SUMMER
6
To the Teacher
? Talk to your students about rain.  
? Read the poem aloud to them. 
? With actions and gestures make them understand the poem.
How beautiful is the rain!
After the dust and heat,
In the broad and fiery street,
In the narrow lane,
How beautiful is the rain!
How it clatters along the roofs
Like the tramp of hoofs!
How it gushes and struggles out
From the throat of the overflowing spout!
Across the window pane
It pours and pours;
And swift and wide,
With a muddy tide,
Like a river down the gutter roars
The rain, the welcome rain!
 — H.W. Longfellow
1. Do you like the rain? What do you 
do when it rains?
2. In which month(s) of the year does 
it rain in your area?
3. Why is the rain welcome?
4. Do you know a small song or a 
poem about rain in your mother 
tongue? Recite it in the class.
To the Teacher
? Help the children answer the questions first in their mother 
tongue and then in English.
1. Circle the word that names the picture.
lane   line
fun   fan
well   wall
duck    dock
boy    toy
beak    book
Let’s 
Try 
This
Answer
These
Questions
Poem
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RAIN IN SUMMER
6
To the Teacher
? Talk to your students about rain.  
? Read the poem aloud to them. 
? With actions and gestures make them understand the poem.
How beautiful is the rain!
After the dust and heat,
In the broad and fiery street,
In the narrow lane,
How beautiful is the rain!
How it clatters along the roofs
Like the tramp of hoofs!
How it gushes and struggles out
From the throat of the overflowing spout!
Across the window pane
It pours and pours;
And swift and wide,
With a muddy tide,
Like a river down the gutter roars
The rain, the welcome rain!
 — H.W. Longfellow
1. Do you like the rain? What do you 
do when it rains?
2. In which month(s) of the year does 
it rain in your area?
3. Why is the rain welcome?
4. Do you know a small song or a 
poem about rain in your mother 
tongue? Recite it in the class.
To the Teacher
? Help the children answer the questions first in their mother 
tongue and then in English.
1. Circle the word that names the picture.
lane   line
fun   fan
well   wall
duck    dock
boy    toy
beak    book
Let’s 
Try 
This
Answer
These
Questions
Poem
RAIN IN SUMMER
6
To the Teacher
? Talk to your students about rain.  
? Read the poem aloud to them. 
? With actions and gestures make them understand the poem.
How beautiful is the rain!
After the dust and heat,
In the broad and fiery street,
In the narrow lane,
How beautiful is the rain!
How it clatters along the roofs
Like the tramp of hoofs!
How it gushes and struggles out
From the throat of the overflowing spout!
Across the window pane
It pours and pours;
And swift and wide,
With a muddy tide,
Like a river down the gutter roars
The rain, the welcome rain!
 — H.W. Longfellow
1. Do you like the rain? What do you 
do when it rains?
2. In which month(s) of the year does 
it rain in your area?
3. Why is the rain welcome?
4. Do you know a small song or a 
poem about rain in your mother 
tongue? Recite it in the class.
To the Teacher
? Help the children answer the questions first in their mother 
tongue and then in English.
1. Circle the word that names the picture.
lane   line
fun   fan
well   wall
duck    dock
boy    toy
beak    book
Let’s 
Try 
This
Answer
These
Questions
Poem