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Standard Read with Understanding Outcomes Students will use several strategies to analyze mood, tone, speaker, and voice as they relate to poetry.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors      Language Arts - Reading Roles      Family, Community Member Program Type(s)      ABE, GED, Urban, Rural, Corrections Time Frame      2.0 to 3.0 hours Technology Integration Bleich's Heuristic Teaching Strategy

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Purposeful, Transparent, Contextual, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent Students understand the purpose because of the poetry content on the GED, but for the most part, have preconceived ideas that poetry is hard to understand. One purpose of this activity was to demonstrate that poetry is very diverse and most students can relate to at least some of it. They will understand that the tone and mood of poetry is meant to evoke some sort of response from the reader and opinions may vary. The classroom discussions allow students to self-assess their understanding. Contextual Students will see some samples of the GED poetry questions and can see the importance of becoming familiar with this type of material. They will understand that poetry can deal with everyday activities and emotions and may be written in different voices. Completing a chart gives them practice in a form used frequently in GED material. Having poetry on tape models to the students how to read poetry. Building Expertise Students gain self-confidence from this activity, not only in understanding poetry, but also in expressing their ideas and opinions and having them validated. This lesson is part of a poetry series that builds on previous knowledge.

Lesson Designer Candy Bettinger Tolles Technical Center (614) 878-7589 candybettinger@sbcglobal.net

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