Professional Documents
Culture Documents
_____________________________________
According to Donelson and Nilsen (2009), literary appreciation occurs in seven stages.
TEACHING POETRY
In teaching poetry, much depends on the selection of the poem. The teacher
should choose any easy poem suiting the age of the pupil. The teacher should select
the known poem of known poet and known background. The subject matter should
appeal to the children. The rhythm and words should cater to the child’s taste. Young
children love rhymes and rhythms so the teacher should resort to nursery rhymes and
story type poems. In higher classes, the poems should be narrative but some
descriptive and reflective poems can also be included.
SELECTION OF POEMS
1. Only those poems should be selected with are up to the mental level of the learners.
2. The short poems should be given preference over long ones.
3. The nursery rhymes are the most suitable for the young children.
5. The rhythmic poems appeal more to the children because they can be memorized
easily by them.
6. Only poem of that type should be selected which have a universal appeal.
1. Model recitation by the teacher is very essential because it helps in attracting the
students towards the poem. They are able to grasp the meaning contained in the
poem.
2. Detailed explanation of lines or ideas should be avoided.
3. The verbal peculiarities of the language should not be described.
4. Paraphrase of the poem should be avoided. It should be put in the form of prose.
5. The teacher should try to bring enthusiasm and zeal into the teaching of the poem.
6. As far as possible, the poem should be taught as a whole.
Introduction of the poem must be brief and to the point. There is no need to
introduce the life of the poet in the very beginning. After finishing the poem, a brief idea
of the poet can be given.
The teacher should recite the poem with the pupils’ books closed. If they keep
their books open, they concentrate more on seeing words than on listening but we know
‘poetry is an art of eh eye’. In other words ‘poetry is sound not sight’. The teacher should
spend more time in reading. The teacher reads the poem often but this time with pupils
keeping their books open. After this the teacher should explain the difficult words, tone
etc, very clearly precisely. Too lengthy language explanations, combinations, structures
etc should be avoided as it mars the beauty of poetry. After this silent reading by the
students starts. This is to prepare them for answering the queries to test their
comprehension. The testing should be done by asking them about particular words,
lines and thought of some stanza. Then, both the teacher and the students together
recite the poem with rhyme and rhythm in order to catch the music of the poem.
A. General aims
B. Specific aims and then usual procedure including
1. Motivation
a. Use of aids/ situations/ models/ charts etc
b. Previous knowledge assumed.
c. Introduction.
2. Presentation.
a. Model recitation by the teacher with books closed by students.
b. Model recitation by the teacher with books open by students.
c. Explanation of certain lines, difficult words etc.
d. Recitation by students.
3. Recapitulation
Removing difficulties, if any.
4. Appreciation questions.
These questions aim to make clear the beauty feeling and main idea of
the poem.
ACTIVITY 1
Directions of the activity:
Craft a learning plan/lesson plan in teaching poetry. Follow the 4As format of a lesson
plan. Provide interactive and appropriate activities. (30 points)
ACTIVITY 2
Provide three (3) teaching strategies to be used in teaching poetry. Explain its uses.
(10points each)
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
WEEK 15-16
___________________
________________________________________
Detailed prose lesson: Detailed prose lesson is also called intensive reading lesson. In
this the text book is read thoroughly, word by word and difficult words, idioms or phrase
is explained to the students by which they can able to grasp them firmly.
Non-detailed lesson: Non-detailed prose lesson is also called extensive reading
lesson.
The main aim of this kind of lesson is giving information and pleasure to the students. In
this lesson the teacher need not explain the meaning of each and every word. The
students grasp the meaning of the words in the context to the situation in which they are
used. This lesson is also considered as rapid reading lesson because it develops rapid
reading habits in the students.
Biography: The biography is an art form which has developed recently. Dryden first
used the term biography. He defined it as, ‘the history of particular men’s lives”. The
biography is a truthful record of an individual composed as work of art.
Objectives of Teaching Prose: The objectives of teaching prose can be divided into
two parts:
General objectives.
Specific objectives.
General Objectives of Teaching Prose
• To develop students understandings and comprehension as regards passage.
Procedure of Teaching Prose: The whole teaching learning process is divided into
three stages. The first stage is pre-active, second one is inter-active and the third stage
is post-active. The pre-active is considered as for preparation, interactive is for
presentation and explanation and post active is for application. Different scholars have
suggested different procedure and steps for teaching prose lesson. It is absolutely
necessary for the teacher to acquaint himself about the correct methodology and
ELT 114: Teaching and Assessment of Literature
Teaching aids: Without using aids not only a teacher can never truly teach but also he
unable to make his teaching interesting and effective. Therefore, the teacher should use
various material aids like charts, models, map, T.V, radio, chalk, duster, pointer etc in
accordance with the kind of the lesson he is going to teach. By using such aids a
teacher can easily arouse interest and curiosity of the students.
Previous Knowledge: the new knowledge should be a supplementary part of previous
knowledge, what a teacher is going to impart to the students. So, a teacher before
imparting new knowledge to the students, he should know and access that how much
knowledge students have gained. Previous knowledge testing (PKT) is a process by
which a teacher can easily facilitate the teaching learning process.
Introduction: Introduction should be very interesting and it should be based on the
previous knowledge of the learners. So the teacher should first ask some questions to
test the previous knowledge of the students and then link that to the subject to be
taught.
Conclusion: The main purpose of the prose lesson is to develop speech and writing
habits of the students. Therefore every lesson in English should be taught through the
medium of English. The teacher must remember that vocabulary, structure and
grammar are the most important things in prose lesson. For this it is necessary that the
ELT 114: Teaching and Assessment of Literature
ACTIVITY 1
Directions of the activity:
Craft a learning plan/lesson plan in teaching prose. Follow the 4As format of a lesson
plan. Provide interactive and appropriate activities. (30 points)
ACTIVITY 2
Provide three (3) teaching strategies to be used in teaching prose. Explain its uses.
(10points each)