V4 - Introduction Poetry reader

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome! You need your notebook/laptop + reader

Program

- Learning goals

- CNN 10 (5 minutes)

- WW I / The Great War

- Discuss homework

- Practice terminology

- Read "Five Ways to kill a man"

- Next lesson

- Reflection/Evaluation

Learning goals

What will you have accomplished at the end of this lesson?

General information about the Great War

Getting to know the glossary

Introduction with the terminology

Read first poem

Today's Lesson

Introduction to the poetry project

Learning goals

Getting to know the glossary

What do you think of when you hear the word: Poetry?

What is The Great War?

Poetry Project

Learning goals:

Learn about literature: language functioning in war rhetoric, study poems, watch a movie and study literary terms, create your own poems and discuss them in groups. 

What do you need to do?

• Go through the entire reader and do the tasks (I will tell you  what to do and when)
• Read the War poems and analyse them using the glossary
• Decide which poem is your favourite and why
• Watch a film and write an opinion piece of 300 words
• Write a poem using your new acquired knowledge
• Oral test in groups of 3 about all of the above

WWI / The Great War

Homework

1. Read p. 3 & 4 "What is Poetry?" in your reader. Summarize what you read in at least 6 sentences.

2. Do the glossary assignment on p. 5. Can't find everything in the glossary? Look it up online!

Let's go over the terminology on p. 5. 

Find/think of an example of an hyperbole

Find/think of an example of an oxymoron

Find/think of an example of alliteration

Find/think of an example of a cliché

Find/think of an example of personification

Read the poem "Five ways to kill a man" on p. 6 of your reader. Underline the five ways to kill a man. Put your answers in chronological order in this slide.

Finished!

You have finished today's lesson.

You know what is expected of you for the Poetry Project

You have made a start in getting to know aspects of poetry

Well done!