Poetry Out Loud - Using the Poetry of Maya Angelou as an Introduction to Oral Reading (view)
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- Learning goals:
- Students will learn how to read and analyze poetry for both literal and figurative meaning., Students will learn how sound devices affect our understanding of text.
- Keywords:
- Poetry, oral communication, multi-modal learning, literary analysis, presentations
- Alignment:
- VA.ELA.11.1, VA.ELA.11.4.e, VA.ELA.11.4.g, VA.ELA.11.4.h
- Classroom Activities
Summary
This lesson remixes an original lesson created by Susan Ketcham entitled "The Poetry of Maya Angelou." In this lesson, students expand on a classroom activity (discussion question number 4) from the original source lesson and will use that as a foundation for learning and preparing for their own oral recitation of a poem. In order to successfully complete this task, students will need to explore one poem for both literal and figurative meaning and then determine how that poem would sound if spoken aloud. This last step requires students to critically explore how oral techniques such as tone, pauses, shifts, etc. help develop meaning.