POETRY INTERPRETATION
Teaching Critical Thinking Strategies in the Classroom Through Aesthetic Experiences
Created by Karen Foss for Fifth Grade
Objectives
Discuss thoughts, feelings, emotions, ideas and imagery found in poetry
Choose a selection of original or published poetry to interpret
Determine a specific artistic means (music, dance, visual arts) in which to express poetry
Interpret a selection of poetry
Present the interpretation of a poem to an audience
Write about the experience in a Writer’s Journal
STEP 1 Poetry Interpretation will be discussed and explored in several settings:
Physical Education Class
(Dance and Movement)
Music Class
(Composition)
Art Class
(Ideas and Emotion)
Homeroom
(Imagery and Rhythm)
Step 3 Students will view samples of poetry interpretation with a partner in the computer lab.
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Step 5 Present to an audience
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Step 6 Students will reflect upon their poetry interpretation experience in their
Writer’s Journal.
Dressing up like a gray cat while
reading the poem “Fog” by Carl
Sandburg was so fun, I wonder
what…
Step 7 The RubricNovice Partially
ProficientProficient Advanced
Participatesin class discussions
Selects appropriate poetry
Creates or designs an artistic interpretation
Presents for an audience
Completesassignment in Writer’s Journal
Resources
http://www.poetry4kids.com/
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.dohttp://www.poetry-online.org/childrens_poetry_resource_index.htm
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/
http://www.schooltube.com/video/37973/Quatrain-Poetry
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3534/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGFR3zz12p0
Websites:
Books:
Atwood, A. (1971). Haiku: the mood of the earth. New York: Scribner.
Meyers, D. (2003). Blues journey. New York: Holiday House.
Prelutsky, J.(1983). The random house book of poetry. New York: Random House.
Roden,J.(2005). Paint me a poem : poems inspired by masterpieces of art.
Honesdale, Pa : Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press
Ryder, J. (1996). Earth dance. New York: Henry Holt.
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