Lesson 46

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

WELCOME BACK 

Today’s lesson 

• Poetry project 
  
• Assignment before the real deal
  
• Explore your poem 
  
• Create a presentation 
  
• Example by a teacher
  
• Time to work on your presentation 
  

Explore your poem? 

• Last poetry lesson: you went into groups and picked out the poem you liked the most 
  
• Explore the poem/songtext you chose as a group on your own first and answer these questions:
  
• What can you say about rhyme?
  
• What can you say about structure?
  
• What can you say about meaning?
  
• What can you say about the author and the background of the poem?
  

 

Create a presentation

• EXAMPLE: My Brother ate my smartphone, by Ken Nesbitt.
  
• The rhyme is ABCB, the structure is made up of 5 even verses and there is not really a
  
• deeper meaning to it. It’s mostly about the brother who ate a smartphone and became smart by it!
  

Rijmschema gedichten

Het is makkelijk om het rijmschema van een gedicht te achterhalen:

1. Lees het gedicht.
2. Kijk welke zinnen met elkaar rijmen.
3. Geef elke rijmende zin dezelfde letter, begin met a.
   

Rijmschema gedichten

Voorbeeld:

Al vanaf de eerste dag

was ik betoverd door jouw lach

Mijn liefde voor jou is eindeloos

Het is daarom dat ik voor jou koos

Ik blijf je eeuwig trouw

Jij bent alles waar ik van hou

jij bent alles waar ik van hou

a

a

b

b

c

c

Poem

Guess the rhyme scheme: 

A friend is pleased to see you.

Friendship is based on care.

A friend won’t leave you high & dry. 

A true friend’s always there.

Poem

A friend is pleased to see you. A

Friendship is based on care. B

A friend won’t leave you high & dry. C

A true friend’s always there. B

Create a presentation 

• Create a short presentation (+/-10 minutes) in which you introduce your poem/song text to the rest of the class through reading it aloud followed by an interactive exercise and concluded by why you as a group chose this poem.

• There are millions of possibilities and you are free to think of other options.      
  
• Be creative!
  
• Do keep in mind that:
  
• You only have 10 min
  
• Each member of your group needs to participate in the presentation
  
• The rest of the class needs to interactively explore the poem with you
  
• The most creative presentation will receive a prize 
  

Example by teacher

• Interactive exercise (7 min):

• Work in pairs to find out the meaning of the words in green
  
• Try to first think of the meaning of the words yourself, then check them through an online dictionary

• If you have time left – go online and find out to whom this poem was of great inspiration and why
  

Example by teacher 

Covers = bedekt

Unconquerable soul = onoverwinnelijke ziel

Clutch = greep

Winced nor cried = niet huiveren of huilen

Bludgeonings = stokslagen

Unbowed = ongebogen

Wrath = toorn

Looms = opdoemen

Menace = bedreiging

Punishments = straffen

Time to work on your presentation 

• Have an idea ready by the end of this lesson, so you can present it next time. 
  
• And have it approved by your teacher.