Group Assignment
1. Prepare a presentation on the poem you were given. This presentation should include a chart with all the vital information from your poem, a ten minutes oral presentation explaining the poem - making reference to the chart, creative take away notes for other groups/ students as highlights of your presentation.
2. Areas that should be covered are on the poetry worksheet: author, background information (if needed), structure, diction, meaning/summary, figurative language, theme, tone, mood, meter, rhyme and any other feature that was outstanding in the poem.
Presentation Outline
Chart
1. Make a chart about the size of two cartridge papers (width and length).
2. Place on the chart four ‘Did you know?’ cards giving background information vital to the poem,or facts or opinions that can help readers understand any aspect of the poem.
3. The title of the poem should be placed in bold at the top of the board, along with the poet’s name in a smaller font.
4. Use your creativity to arrange the following information on the chart: summary of the poem, figurative language used and their meaning explained, themes and evidence from the poem to support, three clear images that support the poem ( these can be drawn and coloured, or neatly cut from magazines or other sources), tone, mood, a short commentary on the diction used and any other features that were outstanding in the poem.
Take away notes
1. This should bear highlights of the poem.
2. Title of the poem should be at the top along with the poet’s name.
3. The top ten most import points of the poem must be given in bullet form.
4. The dimensions of this item must not be bigger than 7 cm wide and 25 cm long (average bookmarker)
5. Make enough so that each student can get a copy or two to each group.
Oral Presentation
1. The aim is to get your viewing audience interested in your poem. Hence, if you want to role play, dj or give a dramatic reading of the poem it is fine.
2. Give your viewing audience a guided tour of the experience in the poem, making reference to your chart as you do that.
3. Incorporate as many individuals of your group in this presentation.
Create five (5) true or false questions based on your presentation that should be given at the end of your 10 minutes to your viewing audience.POEMS: “In the New World”, “Lesson for this Sunday”, “Birdshooting Season”, “Because I could not stop for Death” and “Ballad of Birmingham”
