POETRY

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POETRY

• POETRY IS ALIVE IN THE CLASSROOM
• STUDENTS CAN COME TO APPRECIATE THE LANGUAGE THAT
  POETS USE.
• POETRY IS A VALID MEANS OF EXPRESSION

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POETRY ALIVE REFLECTIONS

• POETRY ALIVE SERIES WILL
• ORGANIZE A UNIT
• INTRODUCE A UNIT
• STRATEGUES
• EVALUATION

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A POEM

• SHOULD BE READ ALOUD
• SHOULD BE READ MORE THAN ONCE
• ALL INTERPRETATIONS SHOULD BE SUPPORTED WITH
  SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE POEM

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POEMS IS A MULTI-DINENSIONAL LANGUAGE

• NARRATIVE POETRY
• LYRIC POETRY
• BALLADE
• DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE
• ELEGY
• SONNET
• FREE VERSE
• CONCRETE POEM
• FOUND POEM

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POETRY IS VISUAL
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POETRY CAN BE REPRESNETED BY MUSIC AND NATURE.
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STUDENTS
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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

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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.

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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.