[etni] Fw: re: more on poetry
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From: "Maxine" <maxinetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: more on poetry
One of the nicest lessons I've had in a long time was on
Valentine's Day, when I had all the pupils bring in their favorite
love song in English.
After reading half of a short story entitled "The Love Letter"
(to which I asked them to write their own endings, before I give
them the author's ending next week) we spent the lesson listening
to and singing along with each other's songs.
I'm sure you're not surprised to hear that many of the songs they
chose are from our (well, at least my) time: The Stones, Beatles,
Doors, Elton John, Simon and Garfunkel. The highlight was when a
boy and girl spontaneously got up in front of the class and danced to
Elvis's "Can't Help Falling in Love with You."
Such lessons remind me why I am a teacher.
Regards, Maxine Tsvaigrach
Laurie wrote:
Continuing the poetic mode....
On Valentine's Day, after opening the lesson with Burn's "A Red, Red,
Rose", I had my 11th grade native speaker class search the web for the
"best" love poem they could find. I was amazed to see what they chose; a
good many were true classics...Shakespeare, Tennyson, Spenser. Stephen
Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer" (which he set to music) also surfaced .
After finding a poem, they had to read and present it to the class,
explaining their choice and looking at the literary elements they found in
the poem. In addition, they had to write a short piece on the "above". The
activity worked well and caught their interest. This was a double-lesson
for the Burn's introductory poem and their Internet search. Some got a
head start on their homework which was to complete the assignment for the
next lesson. The presentations took one lesson.
I'll add here that we began the lesson with a short discussion about
Valentine's Day and the class had to find on the web at least 2 possible
origins of the day. Interesting.
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One of the nicest lessons I've had in a long time was on Valentine's Day, when I had all the pupils bring in their favorite love song in English.
On Valentine's Day, after opening the lesson with Burn's "A Red, Red, Rose", I had my 11th grade native speaker class search the web for the "best" love poem they could find. I was amazed to see what they chose; a good many were true classics...Shakespeare, Tennyson, Spenser. Stephen Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer" (which he set to music) also surfaced . After finding a poem, they had to read and present it to the class, explaining their choice and looking at the literary elements they found in the poem. In addition, they had to write a short piece on the "above". The activity worked well and caught their interest. This was a double-lesson for the Burn's introductory poem and their Internet search. Some got a head start on their homework which was to complete the assignment for the next lesson. The presentations took one lesson.
I'll add here that we began the lesson with a short discussion about Valentine's Day and the class had to find on the web at least 2 possible origins of the day. Interesting.
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