Class 8 Poetry
To finish Term 3, Class 8 completed their Poetry main lesson. The main lesson began with a review of poetic techniques and writing an observational poem reflecting on their recent camp experience. The focus of the main lesson was to study various poets and songwriters, or both. We began with an Australian theme with classical ballads by well known poets Banjo Patterson and Dorothy MacKellar. We studied the commonalities of rhyme, rhythm and colloquial language and took favourite verses and added beat, harmonies, and body percussion into a spoken word format.
As a class we studied poetry by Sarah Kay, Maya Angelou and Charles Bukowski and lyrics by songwriters/poets Nick Cave, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan. Students had to choose a particular poem, poet or songwriters’ lyrics to research. Students had to analyse the structural features of the poems, story or main idea, soul qualities of the poems, musical elements, appeal to the senses, imagery, mood, tone and voice. Compare levels of complexity and differences in style, the written text to the audio and add their personal reflection.
Please click on the links to see the following examples of the students’ completed assignments.
Francis Albert Sinatra by Reeve Evans