Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Something different!
Today's class was very special as I heard my classmates saying that there would be a special guest coming into our class, a poet. Everyone was restless and curious about the poet. Alas, when we entered the classroom, I saw alot of unfamiliar faces scattered around and talking to each other interestingly. Then, I found out from my coursemates that they were the Cohort Twinning students. Dr. Edwin then entered the class with two attractive-looking ladies and everyone kept quiet to listen to them. Both the ladies introduced themselves and said they were from the British Council. At this point, they had caught my attention because there was something about the way they talked. They spoke "perfect" English and looked very knowledgeable. The poet then introduced herself and that she hailed from Birmingham, United Kingdom. However, when she was young, her parents and the whole family had moved to Jamaica. Then, she talked about her childhood life and experience. Our first task was to form a group of ten. Then, we sat together and she passed the paper around. It is a poem entitled "Lulu". The poet wanted us to read aloud with the whole class, and then read by ourselves and then for the last time, read it aloud with the rest of our group members. We had alot of fun reciting the poem and made alot of new friends. Then, she asked three questions about this poem. First, she asked what do we know? Secondly, What do we think we know? And lastly, What do we want to know? So, every group elected a leader/volunteer to reveal their answers in front of the class. Everyone came up with interesting and somewhat funny answers about the poem. We all had a good laugh about it and time passed by quickly. Next, she wanted us to write our own poem based on the role of narrator, Lulu and her mother. Then, we would recite our poem in front of the class again. There were love poems, comedy poems and many many more. We had so much fun and jokes. By the end of the class, it is already five in the evening and we were dismissed shortly after. Before that, everyone was handed a British Council notebook for remembrance. From this activity, I have learned how to teach poem in an interesting way for the students.
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