Poetry and All Its Types

What is Poetry? Is poetry useful for more than just expressing your feelings? Can poetry play a role in your day-to-day life? These are the two major essential questions that play a huge role in this unit, which is a unit not just on poetry but on the major types of poetry as well.

The unit is at least a week long, although teachers may find whether it is two weeks or a week and a half varies according to the students and the time they spend on the material. On average, and from experience, it would be about a week and a half. It consists of four lesson plans, each one covering a different type of poetry: Free Verse, Haiku/Cinquain, and the Sonnet.


Reflection:

Looking back, I never understood the use for a wide range of technology that was avaliable - it wasn't a malevolent attitude, it was just general ignorance and ambivelance. I never really saw a productive way to use it until now. Although now that I know how to use them, I've already started making use of them.  And I intend to continue making use of them for all future lessons, where and when it's possible.