As a follow up to our study of different poetic forms and techniques, students now begin to see poetry in the music they listen to every day.
This is collaborative presentation in which groups of 5 students select some meaningful issue in the study of poetry and popular lyrics, take a position on that issue, analyze it as if it is a poem and then present an argument to the whole class.
My resource consists of PDF document and PowerPoint presentation. I included :
Description and instructions
Procedure and Tips
Structure of presentation
Group members - roles
Guidelines for good oral presentation
List and Examples of Literary Devices
Peer and teacher evaluation / evaluation criteria
In -class essay (an exmaple)
This is just a short presentation to review Reported Speech questions,commands and requests.
It contains grammar rules and famous quotations for exercise.
I hope you will find it useful.
Talking about death is always difficult, especially for young people. The aim of this material is to encourage students to think and talk about the topic of death by introducing various sources and different ways people deal with tragic losses.
I hope it will be of use to you. My students were more than engaged during the lessons.