PPT-Reading a Poem

ACRONYM STIFS S peaker T one I magery F igurative Language S ound S TIFS Speaker Identify the Speaker Who is the speaker addressing What is the speakers topic or argument . Read poem aloud several times to hear rhyme rhythm and the overall sound of the poem This makes it easier to understand the poem Visualize the images by paying close attention to strong verbs and comparisons in poem Do the image s remind you of anyt Cycle 2, Day 2. Reading goal:. As we read, we will ask questions to help us understand a writer’s choices.. Today’s Big Question:. When a person’s actions are motivated by love, is he or she always rewarded?. http://www.emule.com/poetry/?page=poem&poem=4268 So long as my spirit still Is glad of breath And lifts its plumes of pride In the dark face of death; While I am curious still Of love and fame, Keepin Creating an effect with your nothing more than the greatness of your voice.. What is it? . Why . is it?. Choral Reading . is multiple voices reading poetry in a creative way using tone, pauses, volume, pacing, presence (. OBJECTIVES. . To . enjoy the rhyme & rhythm. . To . recite with stress & intonation. . To . understand the . gist of the poem. . To appreciate . mood . of the poem. Teaching. . methodology used. Barry J. Wilson. wilsonbj@gov.ns.ca. October 2009. “I don’t have to say, “Poetry is rhythmic, boys and girls; why don’t you dance a little?” They know the music of the poem because they feel it in their bodies.” . Caroline Wilton and Suzanne Graham (with thanks too to Robert Woore). What are the issues with reading?. Learners do not use strategies very effectively for dealing with comprehension – be it target language input (Macaro, 2011), written texts (Ofsted, 2011), spoken recordings – even by Year 12 (Graham et al., 2008, 2011).. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” is a great example of an elegy. Written by Thomas Gray, the poem is 128 lines, and it ends with an “epitaph.” . Epitaph. Short poem intended as an inscription on a grave – can serve as a brief “elegy.” . LL Poetry: . Reading . Poetry. REVIEW:. The Value of a Dictionary. If a poet troubles to seek out the best words available, the least we can do is to find out what the words mean.. An . allusion . is an indirect reference to any person or thing--fictitious, historical, actual.. tickle : gush – drizzle : ___________. milk : cow - _______ : beer. 1. . that answer is not write so right the problem on the board said the teacher. 2. . i dont want none of them sandwiches bvt ill take some of bills ice cream. To recognize the many roles we play. To practice authorship . To draw up important memories of events, people, and places in our lives . To develop self-respect and appreciate what is good and positive in ourselves . book exam, not closed book course.... . . Reading the whole text, perhaps with annotations and/or notes made to complement this reading, is the first priority. .. Nothing wrong with teacher reading aloud. Most people love being read to. If sharing reading with students, choose carefully - not everyone enjoys reading aloud. Try having students to read dialogue in novels. you ever done something or said something because you thought you were supposed to? Or because that's what you were told to do, even if it didn't really . match your . true feelings? . Journal. “All the World’s a Stage” . What Is Poetry?. Poetry is as universal as language and almost as ancient. . The most primitive peoples have used it, and the most civilized have cultivated it. In all ages and in all countries, poetry has been written – and eagerly read or listened to – by all kinds and conditions of people, by soldiers, statesmen, lawyers, farmers, doctors, scientists, clergymen, philosophers, kings, and queens. In all ages it has been especially the concern of the educated, the intelligent, and the sensitive, and it has appealed, in its simpler forms, to the uneducated and children. .