K.Nazeema. M.A, M.Ed, M.Phil
K.Nazeema. M.A, M.Ed, M.Phil
K.Nazeema. M.A, M.Ed, M.Phil
PHIL
SYNOPSIS
1.POETRY MEANING2.POETRY DEFINITION
3.OBJECTIVES OF TEACHING POETRY
4.VALUE OF POETRY
5.TYPES OF POETRY
6.ELEMENTS OF POETRY
7.TEACHING POETRY
8.PROCESS OF TEACHING POETRY
9.CONCLUSION
10.RESOURCES
What is poetry?
It is a form of writing that uses not only words, but
Form
Imagery
Patterns of sound
Figurative language
to share strong feelings or a powerful message/
theme.
Poetic Form
A poems form is its shape or what it
looks like.
Poems are divided into lines.
Lines are usually grouped into stanzas.
Stanzas function like paragraphs in a
story.
Objectives of Teaching Poetry
i. To encourage the use of poetry in teaching English
ii. To introduce a variety of poetic structures and devices
iii. To give listening practice to the students
iv. To give speaking practice to the learners
v. To enable the students to recite the poem in proper way so that
they may enjoy its music and rhythm.
vi. To enable them to understand the beauty of thought.
vii. To enable them to improve their power of imagination
viii. To enable them to appreciate the poem by awakening in them
the aesthetic qualities of appreciation.
ix. To make them familiar with the back ground of the poem.
x. To develop love for English language.
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Value of
poetry
Appreciate Fun
Spoken
sounds expression
words and
patterns Creative
writing
Creativit
Integration
y Vocabulary
Confidence Variet
Imagination
y
Express
Phonic Language feeling and
skills skills opinions
Some Elements of Poetry
1. Harmonic Textures
2. A Sense of Form
3. Figures of Speech
4. Rhythm & Meter
5. Line Breaks
6. Stanza Breaks
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1.Harmonic Textures
Alliteration: dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon
free verse
3. Figures of Speech
Metaphor, Imagery, Simile:
Time is a river
Time hangs heavy
Time is like the breeze
4. Rhythm & Meter
Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
FURTHER READING:
When the whole poem has been presented and discussed this
way , it may be read over by the teacher again once or twice
(depending on the students need).
CONCLUSION:
a. As a concluding part of discussion you may initiate
the children.
b. To quote parallel incidents /recite poems in their mother
tongue with parallel themes.
c. b. To draw pictures or point some beautiful scenes that
appeal to their mind.
d. c. To enact the poem.
e. d. To pick out the rhyming wards.
Teaching Resources:
http://www.education.tas.gov.au/english/
formsof.htm
http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/resource.htm
http://www.poetryexpress.org
Education paper
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