Objective:
Students will:
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recognize poetry as a vehicle of transcending blues and affirming oneself through writing 1) a dada poem and 2) a poem of affirmation using their senses to describe themselves in a positive manner
Activity I:
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Listen to track 16
love jones
and select lines where senses are used to personify images
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Discuss self-appreciation as a whole group
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Discuss how improvisation relates to affirmation
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Draft ten valuable, admirable, or cherish worthy features
Complete
Metaphor of Me
worksheet to create an affirmation poem
Activity II
Read and discuss models of poems that affirm and models of poems to use to create a dada poem
Compete
Modeling From Great Poems
worksheet to create a dada poem
Materials:
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love jones
c.d. (track 16)
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Poems that affirm:
Ego-Tripping
( Giovanni,I)
;
Still I Rise
(Angelou, 41);
Aint that Baad
(Angelou, 43);
Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon
(Foreman, 3)
; Cherish Me
(Thomas,1);
Remember
(Moyers, 162-3) and
Child of the Americas
(Severino, 306)
Worksheets:
Modeling from Great Poems and Metaphor of Me Worksheet
Extension:
Read
Wishing
by Lois Simmie and
The Trouble
Is
by Myra Cohn Livingston. Write a wish or trouble list and turn it into a
Wishing
or a
The Trouble Is
poem. Compare how it was to write the
Ego Tripping/Dada
poem with writing a
Wishing
poem or
The Trouble Is
poem.
Metaphor of Me
(figure available in print form)
(figure available in print form)
