Discovering Poetry in the Seventh Grade
| dc.contributor.advisor | Whitesell, Phil | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yuruki, Lani | |
| dc.contributor.department | Education | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-01-15T19:33:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-01-15T19:33:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-01-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Tell any Intermediate-aged student that he will be studying poetry in English class and you will be greeted with comments like "Ugh, poetry? I hate poetry!" or "Poetry is just for girls!" Unfortunately, for a majority of students, the experience with poetry had not been a positive one. During the Fall of 1975, I student taught at Stevenson Intermediate School. At the time, I prepared a unit plan for poetry. Like many teachers, I required the students to memorize lines of poetry; to list examples of similes, metaphors, personifications and other comparisons; to choose a favorite poem for oral interpretation; and to explicate poems to find their "true meaning." My experience in teaching the unit was that the analytical approach to teaching poetry is not a pleasurable one for students, and that it does not lead them to seek out more poetry. Memorizing lines of poetry and reciting them orally was a threat to many students. Poetry explication became a chore and listening to their classmates' findings was often boring. The only area in which I felt comfortable was when the students were allowed to create their own poetry and share it with their friends. | |
| dc.format.extent | 65 pages | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/31617 | |
| dc.publisher | University of Hawaii at Manoa | |
| dc.rights | All UHM Honors Projects are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission from the copyright owner. | |
| dc.title | Discovering Poetry in the Seventh Grade | |
| dc.type | Term Project | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text |
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