Students Teach Their Peers Poetry

Teaching Poetry

by Charmian Abelson Lezmy |

Students present poetry to their peers.

Resource Type: Activities

Audience: Elementary, Secondary

Audience Language Proficiency: Intermediate

Duration: Ten sessions of 50 minute lessons

Materials And Technology:

None - the students present their poems online or in class.

Objective:
  • Listening skills
  • Reading Skills
  • Creative skills
  • Analysis
  • Peer interaction
  • Peer feedback

Outcome:
  • The students feel empowered to choose their own pieces of literature.
  • They can present in any way they choose.
  • They feel proud of their endeavor and enjoy preparing and presenting.
  • They know how to listen, present, ask questions, and interact with their peers.
  • They know how to run a lesson.
  • Some students illustrated the activity itself (see enclosed).

Activity Description:

Ask the students to choose a poem or song lyrics.

Prepare a list of the chosen pieces so all the students can see them.

Write the date of the presentation.

References:

Fussell, Paul. Poetic Meter and Form Revised Edition, Rutgers University, Random House New York, 1979 

Wolosky, Shira. Art of Poetry: How to Read a Poem, Oxford University Press 2001

Useful Link:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13273.Poetic_Meter_and_Poetic_Form

TESOL Interest Section: English as a Foreign Language

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