INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME
The students determine the relationship on how literary devices contribute
to the organic meaning of the texts (CLO 3 and 4)
I. TOPIC: Bonsai
II. INTRODUCTION
Learning a poem is one of the great avenues in human’s life in seeing
the paramount vision in life. Poetry is a form of expression. Learning a poem
can stirs our emotions, feelings, and thoughts and reading a poem
encourages us to connect and find meaning in our experiences. Poetry
can have a positive impact on the social and emotional learning of children. It
may offer them a new way of thinking about something. Poetry helps us
know each other and build community. Poetry can be used at the start
of the year to learn about where students come from and who they are.
Poetry can allow learners to paint sketches of their lives, using
metaphor, imagery and symbolic language to describe painful
experiences, or parts of themselves that they're not re ady to share.
Poetry allows learners to put language to use-to make it serve a deep
internal purpose, to break rules along the way (grammar, punctuation,
capitalization -- think of e.e. cummings) and to find voice,
representation, community perhaps.
Resources: https://matthewchua4.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/bonsai-
by-edith-tiempo/
III. PREPARATION
To the Instructor: The instructor will ask the students of “what poem
that really stirs and connects to their emotions and experiences along in their
lives?”. The power point on the learning of poetry will be presented by the
facilitator . Then, students will give their feedback and ideas in learning the
poem “BONSAI”.
Students’ output in analyzing the Poem “Bonsai”
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IV. PRESENTATION
The facilitator will present the poem to the learners in order to digest
the emotive content and the intellectual dimension of the text. The poem
“Bonsai” shows how love is significant in the society. Hence, this poem stirs
the inner chamber of human’s heart just to love the people and the things
surrounds us. The Significance of Human Experience (SHE) can empowers
the life of human being in order to arrive a meaningful living.
Bonsai
By Edith Tiempo
All that I love
I fold over once
And once again
And keep in a box
Or a slit in a hollow post
Or in my shoe
All that I love?
Why, yes but for the moment-
And for all time, both.
Something that folds and keeps easy,
Son’s note, or Dad’s one gaudy tie,
A roto picture of a young queen
A blue Indian shawl, even
A money bill.
It’s utter sublimation,
A feat, this heart’s control
Moment to moment
To scale all love down
To a cupped hand’s size.
Till seashells are broken pieces
From God’s own bright teeth,
All life and love are real
Things you can run and
Breathless hand over
To the merest child
V. PRACTICE
Guide: Students are task to write a short analysis on the content of the poem
“Bonsai”.
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VI. PERFORMANCE
Guide: Students are task to write a short “Reader-Response Criticism”
from the given poem.
My Response:
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VII. REFERENCES
http://matthewchua4.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/bonsai-by-edith-tiempo/.
Web Accessed: September 28, 2020.
Simmons, A. Why Teaching Poetry Is So Important? Retrieved from
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/why-teaching-poetry-
is-so-important/360346/, September 28, 2020.
