Chapter five
Poetry
What is Poetry?”
According to the book, “Poetry is a musical language.” It has many possible definitions; it is composed in a way that words are chosen carefully and concisely. Poetry use rhyme, rhythm, figurative language, and shape to create poetry that is imaginative, evocative, and unique.
What I like about this chapter, it reminded me of high school and I loved writing poems. I had almost forgotten that I use to write poetry and there is a spiral of poems somewhere in my house. I agree with the book that you should not drill students on the defining forms or have them write poetry in a certain way. I remember doing that, I had no fun. I think you can make any activity fun, if you put some thought into it, and poetry IS FUN
It is also very important that you as a teacher have a wide variety of poetry books that are age appropriate. You don’t want students to get overwhelmed and decide early in the game that poetry is not for them. You will have lost them before you really even get started.
On pg. 111, there is a result of survey that tells us what kind of poetry children prefer. Some of the items I thought are helpful:
*Children prefer narrative and limerick poetic forms
*Humorous and focused on familiar experiences
*Animals are popular
*Rhyme, rhythm, and sounds are enjoyed
*Visual imagery
*About imaginative events and people
*And surprising to me, contemporary poems
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I agree with you that poety should not be drilled into the students and they shoundn't have to write poetry in a certian way. This is how I was taught and I didn't enjoy it. I think if the teachers would have had fun activities I would have learned more and liked it. The only poetry we read came from our school books. I think the teachers should have utilized the library more by having us find poetry that we were interested in.
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