Activity/Exercise

Name: Loiweza C. Abaga Date: January 05, 2021

1. Discuss effective strategies for teaching poetry. (12 pts.)

Introduce poetry with poems that your students can relate to.
This is huge.  You have to hook students on poetry from the get go.   My of them
have a preconceived notion that poetry is  boring, for older folks, for girls, you
name it.  It’s your job to hook them!   My 2 favorite poems to read to students are
“Sick” by Shel Silverstein with reasons that . . . “Little Peggy Ann McKay
cannot go to school today.  She has the measles and the mumps, a rash, a gash,
and purple bumps.”  {You have to put on your silly acting hat and use a great
voice when you read this poem!}  At this point all of the students are with me
and are starting to see that poetry can be silly, fun, and creative!   Next up, I read
Silverstein’s poem, “Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage
Out.”  Once students have hear these two poems, the walls of resistance start
coming down.  Most of my students can connect with these two themes of being
sick and not wanting to take the garbage out.

Read each poem aloud to students more than once

I am a firm believer in reading a poem at least twice. Often on the first reading
because students are so engrossed in the story the poem is trying to tell that they
miss all the poetry elements.  By reading a poem a second time, students can
start to listen for the important components, and they’ll discover things not seen
before..  When you reread the poem, ask students to listen for patterns and for
the overall flow of the words.  Do any words stand out?  Why do you think the
author chose the words she or he did to convey the meaning?   These pieces of
the puzzle help create the mood, feeling tone, and message of the poem.  Most
importantly, do this process with students the first few times so they realize you
can’t read a poem once and “get” the meaning on the first go-round.  It takes
many readings.

Set up a poetry corner in your classroom

I love getting students excited and keeping them excited about reading poetry.  
One of my favorites is to transform my reading corner into a poetry display
corner.  I pull out all of my books relating to poetry and put them on
display.  Use post-it-notes with arrows and put them on the pages of the poems
you enjoy and write things like, “Great use of alliteration!”  And “The author
repeats the word, ‘thump’ three times.” etc.   This simple task shows students
what’s on your mind when you read the poem.

Learn about the poet prior to reading their poetry

A lot of poets write poems about their mood, life events, family and
relationships, and nature.  First, learn as much as you can about the poet.   Where
and in what time period did him or her live?    Understanding the time period the
poem the poem was written and the background of the poet is essential to
drawing conclusions about the poem’s meaning.

Spend time analyzing poetry to really understand the author’s purpose

The fun part of analyzing poetry is figuring out what the poet was trying to say.
This is where the use of figurative language comes in.  It’s what makes the
poetry have that music-like rhythm and flow.  It’s the flow of the words, the
rhythm of the beat, the pattern of the syllables; it’s the words carefully chosen to
create images in the reader’s mind.   It’s really important that you spend time
reading the poems yourself and fully understand it before you attempt teach it to
students.  Teaching children to analyze poetry isn’t one of those things you can
just pick up and teach; some poems really are hard for adults to understand, let
alone ask students to understand. You really need to spend time thinking,
reflecting, asking questions about what you’ve read, and really understand the
poem yourself.

Start each day with a read aloud poem

I like to start off each day during the poetry unit with a read aloud.   Kids really
enjoy hearing poems and the writing voice of different authors.   If you aren’t big
into reading, you can put a youtube video of someone performing poetry reading
as well.  Shel Silvertein has recorded quite a few videos on youtube and uses a
great voice to read them.  Remember to read a variety of poems so that you can
reach all of your kids.

Teach figurative language to help students better understand the poem’s meaning
Some poems require very basic surface level understanding while other poems
are challenging to grasp what the poet is really trying to say.   Poems often use
metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, alliteration, idioms, and other figurative
language.  Teach students the meaning of these kinds of figurative language.  
Understanding these poetic devices will help unlock the meaning hidden within
some poems and allow for deeper critical thinking.

Get excited when you teach poetry, let loose

When you really enjoy reading and responding to poetry, your students will pick
up on your excitement.  Use the funny voices when you read aloud.   Laugh at the
funny parts.  I’m totally an introvert, so this is hard me, but my students really
enjoyed when I read poems
Give kids a chance to write their own poetry
To solidify students love for poetry, let them write!   You can provide them with
many different styles, alliterations, haikus, “I am”, 5 senses, concrete, etc.   As
long as students are writing poetry, I don’t mind!   Teach students that poetry
doesn’t have to rhyme.  Let them experience the fun of writing their own poems
about what interests them.

Encourage students to share their poetry

Once students have written some poetry of their own, let them show it off!  
There are a few ways I like to do this.  #1: You can pair up students allow them
to share their written works in buddy pairs.   This is great because it’s a small
group and helps build classroom relationships and confidence.   I then encourage
students to share kind feedback the poem their partner wrote.   #2: Have students
read their poems aloud to the class.   I like this as well because it helps foster
public speaking skills and students get to share with the whole class a poem they
wrote and are proud of.  #3: Display their written works on the wall!   Often
times my students write their own poetry and add pictures to go with it, and it
makes decor in your classroom.

2. Read an interesting poem for elementary grades.

My Best Friend
© Abby Jenkins
Published: March 2011
Black and white
Thick and furry
Fast as the wind
Always in a hurry
Couple of spots
Rub my ears
Always comes when his name he hears
Loves his ball; it's his favorite thing
What's most fun for him? Everything!
Great big tongue that licks my face
has a crate, his very own space
big brown eyes like moon pies
He's my friend till the very end!

3. Make a lesson plan for teaching poetry. (12 pts.)

Activities/Exercises

Name: Loiweza C. Abaga Date: January 5, 2021

LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH

I. Objectives
A. Content Standard

B. Performances Standard

C. Learning Competencies

At the end of the lesson the learners should be able to:

A. Express insights on the different definitions of poetry
B. Describe some of the elements of poetry and their importance to creative nonfiction
C. Analyse sample texts for sensory images, concrete and evocative details, and significant
human experience
D. Give the adjectives that are appropriate for describing pictures

II. Content
Learning Resources
A. References: http://pinterest.englishforstudent.com
B. Instructional Materials
 Pictures
 Hand Outs
 Visual Aids

C. Value Focus
Appreciation and understanding of poetry and the connection it can give to the
literary arts and as well as to the world

III. Procedure
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
A. Preparation
1. Opening Prayer

Let us all stand and pray. Angel of God my guardian dear to whom God’s
Okay Elvira can you lead the prayer. love commits me here. Even this day be at my
side to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.
2. Greetings
Good morning class. Good morning teachers.
Good morning classmates.
 3. Classroom Management

Before you sit down, first fold the straps under your Yes, Ma’am
seat and then you can sit down

4. Checking of Attendance

Who is Absent for Today? There is none ma’am

5. Review the past lesson

Who can still remember our discussion (The students will raised their hands)
yesterday?

Okay then many of can still recall about it!

6. Short Conversation

(The teacher engages students in a short

conversation about themselves, studies and life, also
gives a hint about today’s topic)

B. Motivation
(Teacher shows a sample picture for students to
describe it orally)

I have here a picture of famous painting called 1. The picture is beautiful.

“Starry Night” which is painted by Vincent Van Gogh.
Give your description on how it appears to you. 2. It looks colourful because of its
striking use of bold hues.

3. It expresses an intense degree of

emotion and feelings.

4. It appears to possess powerful and

strong strokes of the paintbrush.

5. It is majestic and artistically done.

(The students give out adjectives to describe
Very good! the picture and answers may vary)
You are sounding like good artists.
Without the use of a paint or brush, what do you (The students give out their ideas and
think you have done by describing the painting? opinions about the question and answers
may vary)

Without the use of a paint and brush, we can

write a literary work by describing
Very good! something.

C. Presentation of the Topic

You are painting with your words. Poets are also (The students listen to the teacher)
like artists because they paint using words.

Since the outputs of painters are paintings. What

do you think will be the outputs poets? The outputs of poets are poems.

Correct!

Poets express their feelings and emotion through

their poems.

What category will the poems fall or belongs to? Poetry ma’am

Well done!

That will be our lesson for today.

So, listen well, class. (The students listen to the teacher)

D. Unlocking of Difficulties
Now, I know you are all curious about this tree
on the board, class. And we will soon find out its
purpose, but first, we need to unlock the meaning
of the following words on the board.

Literary
Sentence: There are many authors who
became successful by just writing a creative
literary piece.
Associated with literary works or other
formal writing and content of literature,
especially of the kind valued for quality of
form.

Descriptive
Sentence: The paragraph is written in a Having the quality of describing or it is
descriptive manner. There are many adjectives characterized by description
being used.
 Rhetorical
Sentence: You ask me too many rhetorical Effective use of language that tends to
questions. It is impossible to answer them. use exaggerated words or language

Abstract
Sentence: The painting is so abstract. It is Characteristics apart from any specific
very difficult to decipher or understand. object and is difficult to understand

Perception
Sentence: Please give your perception about Apprehending by the means of the
the topic. senses or of the mind, cognition and
human understanding

Now that we are done unlocking the difficulties

of the words, we are now ready to move forward
with our lesson for today.

E. Discussion
(Teacher uses the hand outs as a guide for the
topic and distributes it to the class)

What is poetry to your class?  Poetry is an expression of ideas

written in words using the sense of
imagination.

 Poetry is the writings of a poet and a

poem id a product of their
imagination.
Very good!
(The answers of the students may vary)
Let us pertain to our hand outs, class.

It says here that: (The students listen to the teacher)

 Poetry is a quality of beauty and intensity

of emotion regarded as characteristics of
poems.
 Poetry is a form of literature that uses
aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of
language.
In poetry, there are different figurative devices to
be used to create a good piece of literary work
such as a poem.

What are the figurative devices to be used in

poetry?

(Teacher pertains to the tress on the board and let (The students raise their hands to volunteer
students stick out its leaves of details) to the discussion)

Who wants to volunteer and stick out each leaf

on the tree?

Leaves of Details:

Imagery

Simile

Metaphor

Metonymy

Symbol

Allegory

Personification

Irony

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Assonance

Onomatopoeia

Repetition

Rhyme
(Teacher let the students read each term written
on the leaf) (After the students stick the leaves of details,
they pertain to their hand outs to read the
F. Application meaning of each term)
(Teacher prepares students for the activity about
the topic)

What we are going to do is to have a group

activity to exercise your brains and see if you
have applied what you have learned during our
discussion.

(Teacher divides the students into four groups for

the activity) (The students follow the teachers order and
grouped their selves into four)
(Teacher gives each group a photo)
(The students look at the pictures)
Class, I want you to take a good look at those
pictures.

In 15 minutes, compose your own lyrics of a song

using the different figurative devices that we
have discussed.

(The teacher let the students perform their song in

front of the class to see and hear)
(The students compose their song)
RUBRICS
Participation 10%
Pronunciation of the 10%
song
TOTAL 20%

G. Generalization
(Teacher ends the discussion proper and ask
students a few questions)

Did you guys have fun with your activity?

Yes, Ma’am
Now, what are the figurative devices used in
poetry? (The students enumerate the figurative devices
in poetry)
(The teacher does a refresher of the topic for the
students to remember)

Figurative Devices in Poetry:

 Imagery
 Simile
 Metaphor
 Metonymy
 Symbol
 Allegory
 Personification
 Irony
 Hyperbole
 Alliteration
 Assonance
 Onomatopoeia
 Repetition
 Rhyme

How is poetry important to us, class?

(The students express their ideas and answer
may vary)
Very good!

All of your ideas are correct. Just like the great

artists and authors, who came to paint or write for
the people, you guys can certainly pass because
you have different creations of ideas.

H. Evaluation
(Teacher hands outs a worksheet for the students
to answer)

Class? Are you ready to take the short quiz?

Yes, Ma’am
Very good!

Now, let us begin

(The following questions will be found on the

worksheets) (The students answer the worksheets given by
the teacher)
IV. Assignment
Go about to your old pictures from the photo album. Think about the time you
enjoyed in the photograph and describe it. Write the description in a poem from
describing the photo in the short bond paper. This is to be passed by the next meeting.
Good luck and God bless!