Students need more than the definition of imagery to really get it. Understanding imagery involves interpreting and analyzing the author’s purpose for using a specific image or set of images. Good poetry centers around powerful images. These poets excel with imagery. You’re busy. I don’t want to waste your time. Here’s a pdf download imagery […]
19 Popular Poems Taught in High School Lesson Plans
August 22, 2016 By
Remember the first time you taught a poem to your high school English class? If you’re like me, it went something like this: Me: Read poem (30 seconds) followed by an open-ended question, something like “What do you think of this poem?” followed by 30 seconds of silence. Students fiddle. Me (in a frustrated tone): […]
A Robert Frost Lesson Plan for National Poetry Month: Symbolism in the Poems of Robert Frost
April 20, 2016 By
Teaching: An Allegory It was National Poetry Month and Mr. Deadmeat was preparing his Robert Frost lesson plans in anticipation of Principal Istabteachersintheback coming to observe his classroom. It was a symbolism lesson plan involving the poems of Robert Frost. It did not go well. Tim Burgerflipper insisted that the mending wall was a stone […]