POETRY

• POETRY IS ALIVE IN THE CLASSROOM

• STUDENTS CAN COME TO APPRECIATE THE LANGUAGE THAT POETS USE.

• POETRY IS A VALID MEANS OF EXPRESSION

POETRY ALIVE REFLECTIONS

• POETRY ALIVE SERIES WILL:

• ORGANIZE A UNIT• INTRODUCE A

UNIT• STRATEGUES• EVALUATION

A POEM

• SHOULD BE READ ALOUD

• SHOULD BE READ MORE THAN ONCE

• ALL INTERPRETATIONS SHOULD BE SUPPORTED WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE POEM

POEMS IS A MULTI-DINENSIONAL LANGUAGE

• NARRATIVE POETRY

• LYRIC POETRY

• BALLADE

• DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE

• ELEGY

• SONNET

• FREE VERSE

• CONCRETE POEM

• FOUND POEM

POETRY IS VISUAL

POETRY CAN BE REPRESNETED BY MUSIC

AND NATURE.

STUDENTS

S TU D E N TS A R E E X P E C TE D TO

S P E A K L IS TE N R E F L E C T

NON-STOP WRITING

• FOCUS YOUR THINKING

• EVENTS WILL FOLLOW A LOGICAL SEQUENCE

• SOME IDEAS MAY NOT FOLLOW SEQUENCE

• REFLECTION

• COMPELS EACH STUDENT TO BECOME INVOLVED

ACTIVE LISTENING

• STUDENTS NEED TO LISTEN

• USE A SONG OR PRERECORDED POEM

• CHOOSE SELECTIONS THAT ARE RICH IN EMOTION

• STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE NO IDEA WHICH POEM IS GOING TO BE READ.

POETRY CAN BE FUN

• MAKE YOUR LESSONS INTERESTING AND FUN.

• STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE A READER CONNECTION.

• STUDENTS WILL BECOME MORE CONFIDENT IN THEIR WRITING.

• THEY WILL ADAPT DIFFERENT MODES OF TEXT

TO EXPRESS THEIR IDEAS.