Ashley Ackerman

英语112 b

11月27日

学习单位

Modern Poetry: Understanding and Writing

            Many students automatically label poetry with a bad name. Students often do not even try to grasp poetry; instead they wait for the teacher or another classmate to give them the answer. 我相信学生们需要一个全新的视角和全新的诗歌入门,而不是把诗歌放在次要位置。诗歌的形式多种多样;然而,大多数教师只教基本的概括形式。学生需要能够将诗歌、诗节和书面诗歌的原始形式与现代诗歌联系起来,例如:歌词、口语、小插曲等等。介绍不同形式的诗歌将帮助学生注意到诗歌存在于许多其他艺术形式中,也可以是有趣的和鼓舞人心的阅读和写作。Poetry is an incredible art form that allows individuals who write poetry to express themselves in ways they would not be able to express themselves verbally. 诗歌不仅仅是“肤浅的”,它让读者更深刻地感受到作者或说话者的经历。

学生还应该知道,诗歌没有正确或错误的答案。Poetry is unique in that it leaves room for creative interpretation. The reader is given a list of words and left to interpret the meaning entirely in their own way. 讨论一首诗的不同含义将帮助学生发挥他们的想象力,并在理解诗歌的过程中获得乐趣。

This unit is purposely created to help students better comprehend poetry. 他们将使用诗歌分析工作表来指导他们更好地理解他们正在看的现代诗歌作品的步骤。学生也可以在其他学习诗歌的英语课上使用这张练习表。课堂讨论和写作练习在理解诗歌的创作过程中起着关键作用。学生将被要求写一些诗歌,歌曲,和/或小插曲,以实践诗歌艺术。

启动小组:

首先,我会让学生接触不同类型的诗歌,以及不同的节奏模式和写诗的方式。

1. I would start with showing either a video clip or an audio clip of the song �Destroy� by Worth Dying For. The song is a Christian based song; 然而,它并没有提到耶稣的名字。� The song is about rising up and turning life around. 在听完歌曲后,学生们会讨论他们对这首歌的想法和看法。

2. 我会放一个诗人的视频片段世韩在Def Poetry Jam上表演他的一首诗(这首诗没有命名)。This poem would be discussed as well.

3. I would read the students 爱那只狗 by Sharon Creech to introduce the vignette form of poetry.

在所有三种形式的诗歌都被阅读和理解之后,我会让学生讨论这三种诗歌形式之间的异同以及他们之前所学或了解的诗歌。

最后,我将介绍并解释“诗歌分析”工作表(订在后面)。练习表用于帮助学生更容易地剖析诗歌,更好地理解所读的诗歌。这个工作表上的项目包括:识别说话者,识别语气,诗歌的主题,修辞,节奏模式,讽刺,图像,和符号。我会让学生们阅读玛雅·安杰洛(Maya Angelou)的《非凡的女人》(Phenomenal Woman),并用作业表理解这首诗及其主题。As an assignment I would have the students create a poem using three to five of the items on the worksheet.

I would either have the students read for homework or do readers theatre of 见证 by Karen 海塞 and read �Fork� by Charles 西米奇. As an assignment I would have the students combine both these ideas and create a vignette using an object in which I assign them, for example: a flashlight, a plate, a leaf, etc.

中心作品:玛雅·安杰洛的《我还在崛起》

我依旧奋起

You may write me down in history
your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

我的无礼让你生气了吗?
你为什么愁眉不展?
因为我走起路来就像有油井一样
in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

你想看到我崩溃吗?
低着头,低着眼睛?
肩膀像泪珠一样落下。
被我深情的呼喊所削弱。

我的傲慢冒犯你了吗?
你不把它可怕的困难
因为我笑得像金矿一样
(美国在我的后院。

与你的话说,你可以拍我
你可以减少我与你的眼睛,
你可以用你的仇恨杀死我,
但像空气,我将上升。

我的性感让你不高兴了吗?
这让你感到意外吗
我跳舞就像我有钻石一样
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
我上升
从痛苦的过去中走出来
我上升
我是黑色的海洋,跳跃而宽广,
我在潮水中涌动和膨胀。
留下恐怖和恐惧的夜晚
我上升
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
我上升
带着祖先给我的礼物,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
我上升
我上升
我上升。

I chose �Still I Rise� by Maya Angelou as my centerpiece work because I believe it deals with a significant issue high school student�s deal with most, and that is the idea of being helpless at one point in time, or being bullied. This poem deals with the end result of a once painful time. 这首诗虽然没有直言不讳,但却展示了由于体重和其他指控而受到口头虐待的人的结果。I will teach this poem alongside the Poetry Analysis worksheet, having the students tear apart the poem and also discuss the themes they believe this poem is talking about. 我会问学生:他们在日常生活中看到什么可能对他人有害,他们如何看到别人受到虐待?还要让他们列出被攻击的人如何建立自尊,以及这些行为的目击者如何帮助被攻击者建立信心。

在阅读、讨论和分析完这首诗之后,我会播放凯利·克拉克森的《Stronger》,让学生们把这首歌和这首诗进行比较和对比。我选择了Kelly Clarkson的这首歌,因为它谈到了克服某些东西,在某种程度上定义了这首歌的演讲者是谁。It�s about overcoming an obstacle that once seemed too big to handle. Lastly I would pass out the �I Am� poem template and read �The Delight Song ofTsoai-Talee� by N. Scott Momaday并让学生们写自己的“我是”诗。

扩展单元:

            我会让学生们找一首不同的诗、小短文或歌曲,与玛雅·安杰洛(Maya Angelou)的《依然升起》(Still I Rise)有相同的意思。Students will present their findings to the class and after each student has presented their finding, the class as a group will take a piece from the presentation (this will be done after each student presents). These fragments will be used to create a whole new poem making sure they use different figures of speech and rhythmic patterns they have been shown in class.

            I would also have students go through magazines and find words, or create their own words, in order to create a short poem or vignette. The only guidelines of this project would be to be creative.

丫的诗歌:

            以下内容摘自Goodreads.com。Full citations are located on the works cited page.

1. 《我要告诉你的事:少女诗作》贝特西·弗兰科著

a.     A collection of poems written by young women across the world showing struggles and issues they personally deal with.

2.     How to (Un)cage a Girl by Francesca Lia Block

以女孩为对象的诗集,内容涉及男孩、自我形象、时尚、流行等。

3.     You Remind Me Of You: A Poetry Memoir by Eireann Corrigan

a.     An autobiographical account of a young girl dealing with an eating disorder and her recovery.

4. 《告诉世界》作者:WritersCorps

a.     A collection of poems written by teens on their hopes, dreams, and thoughts.

Final Activity/project:

在结束本单元时,我会让学生构思最后一首诗或一系列小短文。他们将被要求使用诗歌分析工作表作为指导,并创作一首诗或一系列关于他们生活中(学校,个人,政治等)目睹或挣扎的问题的小插曲。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

作品的引用

留下的,玛雅。�Still I Rise.�诗猎人。Poem Hunter, 2012.2012年11月6日。

Block, Francesca 投资局How to (Un)cage a Girl. 纽约:HarperTeen, 2008年。打印。

Corrigan, Eireann  你让我想起了你:一本诗歌回忆录。纽约:Scholastic Inc。打印。

 

 Creech, Sharon. 爱那只狗。纽约:哈珀柯林斯出版社,2001。打印。

Franco, Betsy. 《我要告诉你的事:少女的诗歌和写作》。Candlewick. 2001. 打印。

Hesse, Karen. 证人。纽约:Scholastic Inc ., 2001。打印。

周一,我是n·斯科特。�The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee.课堂讲义。打印。

Shihan. ——石涵在Def Poetry Jam上的评论。� YouTube, 30 Apr. 2007. 2012年11月6日。

Simic, Charles. �Fork.� Poetry Foundation. 诗歌基金会,2012。2012年11月6日。

Worth Dying For. �Destroy.“爱情暴动”(Love Riot), 2011年。CD。

Writerscorp. 告诉全世界。纽约:HarperTeen。2008. 打印。