June
5
ELA B10: Jn 5 Poetry and more poetry…
- We had some poems to study together today. To get them in the mood, though, I shared with them some wonderful videos students of mine made last year where they animated poems! Some video recorded themselves reading the poetry and spliced it with images to relate to the topic. Others made videos of themselves and family members acting out the poem, while one really original guy used lego characters and a bathtub of water to make a video of his poem titled “This is the Song my Paddle Sings”. It was really cool to share with them the wonderful work other students their age put into poetry. It’s not as difficult, sometimes, to read and appreciate as some people think!
- Then we tried out own poetry reading. We read a few poems related to our course and analyzed them together. They each had a question sheet and we worked through the questions together, looking for tone, style, purpose, and figurative language, among other things.
- They were reminded at the end of class that their own poetry assignments are due to present on Wednesday next week. They’ll have to present that day or be sure to let me know in advance if they will be missing so we can make other arrangements. With such few days left of classes, there are few extensions or second chances available these last few weeks.