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Poetry in the Language Classroom

Poetry in the Language Classroom. James Whiting Ph.D. Why Poetry. Fun Interesting Rich Language Group and Individual Work Four Skills Authentic Language Universal. Why Poetry. Hands-on Flexible, expandable Performance Music Intonation Rhythm Connection to self and world.

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Poetry in the Language Classroom

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  1. Poetry in the Language Classroom James Whiting Ph.D

  2. Why Poetry • Fun • Interesting • Rich Language • Group and Individual Work • Four Skills • Authentic Language • Universal

  3. Why Poetry • Hands-on • Flexible, expandable • Performance • Music • Intonation • Rhythm • Connection to self and world

  4. Why poetry • De-mystifies • Examines ambiguity

  5. Poetry • Sensory work • Examination and awareness of details • Analysis of poems • Cloze activities • Different types of poems • Haiku, limerick, sonnet, free verse • Group and pair poems

  6.  If you were only ______ inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school.The _________ of a crying ant would be your swimming _______.A _______ of cake would be a feastAnd last you seven days at _____,A flea would be a frightening ________, If you were _____ inch tall.

  7. One Inch Tall by Shel Silverstein • If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school.The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool.A crumb of cake would be a feastAnd last you seven days at least,A flea would be a frightening beastIf you were one inch tall.

  8. One Inch Tall by Shel Silverstein • If you were only one inch tall, you'd walk beneath the door,And it would take about a month to get down to the store.A bit of fluff would be your bed,You'd swing upon a spider's thread,And wear a thimble on your headIf you were one inch tall.

  9. One Inch Tall by Shel Silverstein • You'd surf across the kitchen sink upon a stick of gum.You couldn't hug your mama, you'd just have to hug her thumb.You'd run from people's feet in fright,To move a pen would take all night,(This poem took fourteen years to write--'Cause I'm just one inch tall).

  10. What happens to a dream deferred?Does it ______ upLike a raisin in the ________?Or fester like a sore--And then run?Does it __________ like ___________ meat?Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just __________like a heavy load.Or does it _________ ?

  11. Dream DeferredLangston Hughes   • What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore--And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over--like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode?

  12. A note to a friend • You have been staying in a friend’s apartment for several days. You couldn’t help yourself and have eaten all of what remained of last night’s dessert. You feel very badly. You have to leave for the airport before your friend comes home from work. Write a note to your friend explaining what you have done.

  13. This is just to sayWilliam Carlos Williams I have eaten the plums That were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold.

  14. This is just to sayWilliam Carlos Williams I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast. Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold.

  15. Haiku • Three Lines • Five Syllables • Seven Syllables • Five Syllables • Unrhymed Among the white hairs A solitary black one Life Refuses Death

  16. Irkutsk Poem ____________ • one word the topic _______ ________ • two adjectives two syllables each ___________________ • Phrase starting with a preposition ______________________ • Short sentence _______ • One word that describes the topic

  17. Irkutsk Poem desert scorching, blazing far from cities I stand here alone beautiful

  18. Proverbs • Look before you leap • A Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush • Don’t count your chickens before they hatch • Too many cooks spoil the soup • Might makes right • Live and let live

  19. Proverbs • Finders keepers, losers weepers • Don’t cry over spilled milk • Good fences make good neighbors • Familiarity breeds contempt • Better safe than sorry • You can’t teach an old dog new tricks • Ignorance is bliss

  20. Color • As red as berries • As black as ink • As green as a caterpillar • As blue as veins

  21. Resources • The Inward Ear: Poetry in the Language Classroom. Maley and Duff, Cambridge University Press • http://library.nakanishi.ac.jp/kiyou/gaidai(30)/05.pdf • http://www.njcu.edu/CILL/vol2/kasper.html • http://www.infoplease.com/ ipa/A0903237.html

  22. Resources • http://iteslj.org/links/TESL/Poetry/ • http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Poetry/index.html • http://www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/poetry_in_the_esl_classroom.htm • http://www.poetryfoundation.org/ • http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/ • http://www.favoritepoem.org/

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