topic 7
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Topic 7: More Activities for Topic 7: More Activities for the Teaching of Poetrythe Teaching of Poetry
Topic 7: More Activities for Topic 7: More Activities for the Teaching of Poetrythe Teaching of Poetry
• activities adapted from the teaching of activities adapted from the teaching of dramadrama•Focus on poems used in Literature in Focus on poems used in Literature in English component (Lower & Upper)English component (Lower & Upper)
–Preparing students for poetry–Suggested lead – in activities –Activities for exploring the poem
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7.1. Preparing Students for Poetry
• Preparatory stage• Use to enhance students’ receptivity for the
learning of poetry• Examples of materials such as:
a). Stimuli - Various stimuli• Visual stimulus
– Pictures, videos, posters and drawing– Present stimulus that not explicitly present
the poem
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• Example activities– Brainstorm or write out ideas related
to stimuli presented (group activity)– Recall childhood memory related to
stimuli
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Stimuli • Personal reaction – feeling, memories
or ideas• Using songs, sounds of objects or
actions such as recorded sounds of objects, songs, etc
• Another variation – guessing what’s next?– Title of the song, what sound they
heard? Etc
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• Other possible stimuli – touch & smell (guessing the object by touching or smelling
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7.1.2. Life Line• Activities that are able to generate
students’ awareness of life and the experience of life
• Example activity:– Showing pictures (accident)– Generate questions based on the
pictures
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Life line• Ask students to think about life
and death– Teacher writes students’ responses
on the board.
• Draw the life line of their own (before, now, future)
• Disadvantage – superstitious of some of the students
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7.1.3. Using other Poems
• May consider other poem – easier or more suit able with your students’ ability
• That is/are elated to the theme of the prescribe poems
• Teacher may take some part of the poem that has some similarities to the prescribe poem
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7.1.4. Questionnaire• Use questionnaire to generate ideas or
relate to the target poem• Construct about 10 questions• Include “Don’t know” option• Don’t know – a springboard for
discussion
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Questionnaire • Group activity – leader present at
the end of discussion• Teacher summaries the main
points• Introduce the poem (prescribe
poem)
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7.2. Working Into The Poem
• Reading the poem and working with the poem
• Activities to draw attention on the language used, ideas or contents of the poem.
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• Activities – mainly involve comprehension
• Aim – to have students comprehend and interpret the poem
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7.2.1. The Best Choice • Before reading the poem• Give worksheet and students
choose the best answer • Selected students read the poem
and the other think of their choice
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7.2.2. Completing the Piece
• Sentence building • Students trying out words for
acceptability• Lead students to useful interaction
centering on the meaning of the poem
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• Complete the incomplete phrases in the poem
• Ask students to read the poem used in the lesson
• Students justify their choice
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7.2.3. Using the Video• Another way of getting the
students to work into the poem• Procedure – play the video
continuously• In-pair – recall as accurately as
possible and list out the order of the images
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Using the Video• Replay video – correction• Give the poem to the students • Match their choice and the poem• Advantage – allows for discussion
among the students in the groups
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Using the Video • May make it possible for students
to discuss ideas or contents which may not emerge if they were to only read the poem
• Problem – choosing the most suitable videos for the selected poems
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7.2.4. Line by Line• Procedure
– Write the first line of the poem on the board
– Ask Wh-questions based on the line given
– Write the second line and ask Wh-questions
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• Help students to focus on specific meanings, to predict answers or to anticipate
• A variation – move backward• Another variation
– Write the title of the poem and the first line
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Line by Line– Ask students to guess the second line– After students give answer (correct
answer), write the 2nd line and students guess the following line
– Activity continues until the end of the poem
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7.3. Working out from the poem
• Extension Activities• Allow students to work from the
poem, relate their personal experiences what they know to what they have read
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7.3.1. Be the judge/critic • Done after going through the
poem• students make critique and give
rationale
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7.3.2. Interview• In group – role play an interview
based on the theme or content of the poem learnt
• Present the interview to the rest of the class
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7.3.3. Drama• Make a short sketch or play of the
theme of the poem
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7.4. Miscellaneous Activities
• Divide students into two different group• One group – list down as many noun as
possible• Other group – list down as many adjectives
as possible• Give time frame• Pair the students – noun and adjective• Write out a short article or poem based on
the learnt theme - may write about other things