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Essential Question: what is the best way to talk about and probe poetry…
Essential Question: what is the best way to talk about and probe poetry together?
High School Adolescent Patterns of Response
paraphrasers: restate/meaning from the text
Thematizers: statement about life
Allegorizers: initial feeling/intuition
Problem Solvers: explore meaning/connect to experiences
Selecting Poems
short contemporary poens
fresh & intriguing
variety of poets
Listening to Poems
music/like listening to a song
sounds of words, vowels & consonants
prior reading
audio readings of poets or skilled actors
rhyme, alliteration, meter, rhythm
Discussing Poems
Setting: small group discussions
Approaches: like analyzing a song
Questions: set tone & direction, open ended
Sequences: effective discussions
Poet Talks: poets' prose reflection
