Connecting Texts to
Social Issues
Q2 ENGLISH - LESSON 1
LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
Relate texts to real-life
social issues.
Tell All the Truth, But
Tell it Slant
Comprehension Questions
1. What do you think is the poem’s purpose? Justify
your answer.
2. According to the speaker, why should we “tell all the
truth but tell it slant”?
3. What would happen if the truth were not told in a
gradual manner?
4. Do you agree with the poem’s message? Why or why
not?
5. What does the speaker liken truth to? In what ways is
truth similar to these?
Emily Dickinson
Tell All the Truth, But
Tell it Slant
Tell all the Truth but tell it slant Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind -
Tell All the Truth, But
Tell it Slant
Comprehension Questions
1. What do you think is the poem’s purpose? Justify
your answer.
2. According to the speaker, why should we “tell all the
truth but tell it slant”?
3. What would happen if the truth were not told in a
gradual manner?
4. Do you agree with the poem’s message? Why or why
not?
5. What does the speaker liken truth to? In what ways is
truth similar to these?
Emily Dickinson
RICE
R-eflect
I-dentify
C-ontemplate
E-xplain
The reader should initially
immerse themselves in
the text.
This involves reading the
material carefully.
RICE
R-eflect
I-dentify
C-ontemplate
E-xplain
During your reading of the
material, identify certain
emotions or concerns
embedded in the text.
This
also
includes
recognizing social issues
that are similar and
relevant to both the text
and
the
present
conditions of society.
RICE
R-eflect
I-dentify
C-ontemplate
E-xplain
Think of why certain
emotions, concerns, and
social issues appeal to
you as a reader.
RICE
R-eflect
I-dentify
C-ontemplate
E-xplain
Transform your
contemplation into
writing.
Activity:
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