Lecture 2.5.5 - The Long Term Value of Poetry
Lecture Overview
What poetry has taught us – let’s review the Unit’s goals and objectives Read poetry for Meaning: read and you demonstrated an understanding of a variety of poems using a range of strategies to construct meaning (paraphrasing, asking questions such as how does this poem relate to my life – past, present and future? We examined and analyzed a variety of poems to develop a better Understanding of form Form and Style (rhyming poems and free verse): you learned to recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning; You use your knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently; you read and learn many new words in each lesson’s Glossary (review them frequently to commit to memory and use them often.
So, where do we go from here? To fiction, beginning with short stories which is Unit #3. State the natural bridge from poetry to fiction. In the next activity you will read a poem that is a teacher narrator’s response to the question we have all asked our teachers at one time or another, “Teacher I wasn’t in class yesterday, so what did I miss?” There are many possible answers to that question. The narrator’s many possible responses are likely none that you’ve ever heard before. The poem uses two literary devices known as verbal irony and sarcasm.