Literature in English SS 1 Curriculum Guides – General Introduction to Poetry

 

THEME – INTRODUCTION TO POETRY 

TOPIC 1 – BACKGROUND AND SETTING 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Any concrete pictorial items that can be used in demonstrating.

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. identify the background.

2. identify the experiences of the values, dominant society issues as they relate to the poem.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

Read or imagined from which the poem emerged.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. leads a discussion on the background and setting on the poem.

2. leads students to reflect on their own backgrounds in relation to the poem.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students discuss in groups, the settings of the poem.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to accurately restate the title, author and background features of poem.

 

 

THEME – INTRODUCTION TO POETRY 

TOPIC 2 – FORM 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Recommended poem

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to identify the form in relation to;

1. arrangement of lines

2. rhyming scheme

3. metre, etc.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

Different types of poems e.g. ballad, epic, dirge, sonnet, lyric. (

Written or oral to be sung.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher guides students to identify different types of poems by their characteristics.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students identify and discuss structure of the poem.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to construct similar forms of the poem.

 

 

THEME – INTRODUCTION TO POETRY 

TOPIC 3 – IMAGERY 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Any relevant audio/visual aid(s).

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to identify the dominant images and link them with the main ideas in the poem.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

Images in the poem

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. explains the choice of images in the poem.

2. links the images with the background of the poem.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. describe the dominant in groups.

2. Create images of their own.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to describe the dominant images.

 

 

THEME – INTRODUCTION TO POETRY 

TOPIC 4 – LANGUAGE 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The text

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. identify features of the language that characterize the poem.

2. compare the diction and syntax of the poem and paraphrase.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

Uniqueness of the diction (figures of speech).

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher leads a discussion on the appropriateness or otherwise of the language of the poem.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. identify unique linguistic features of the poem, in groups.

2. replace some of these, e.g. words, phrase with their own constructions

3. read their re-written poems aloud.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. write their version of the poem.

2. relate poem to their own language experiences e.g. comparing with poetic language in their natural languages.

 

 

THEME – INTRODUCTION TO POETRY 

TOPIC 5 – SUBJECT MATTER

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Text

2. Pre-recorded cassette

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. state in their own words what the poem is all about.

2. compare the poem with ones specifically from their background.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

The poem should be taken in whole, stanza and lines.

 

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. gives a model for reading of the poem or plays a pre-recorded cassette if available.

2. helps students identify action in the poem that can be simulated.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. silently identify key ideas.

2. read aloud to emphasize poetic elements rhythm, reading other sound effects.

3. identify actions in the poem that can be simulated.

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. discuss adequately the subject matter of the poem

2. make stanza by summarizes.

3. relate poem to life experiences.

 

 

THEME – INTRODUCTION TO POETRY 

TOPIC 6 – THEME 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Recommended poem

2. Cardboard sheets

3. Flip chart

4. Markers

5. Pencils

 

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. identify the main theme(s) of the poem.

2. relate theme(s) to real life experiences.

 

 

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

FOCUS LESSONS 

Main issues running through the poem.

 

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. guides identify the main theme of the poem, and

2. analyze how it is developed in the poem.

 

 

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. express their personal feeling and ideas concerning the theme.

2. draw graphic presentations of theme(s).

 

 

LESSON EVALUATION

Students to,

1. identify and explain the main themes.

2. list thematic issues in the poem that are related to their experiences.