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“Good poetry and successful revolution
change lives. And you cannot compose a
good poem or wage a revolution without
changing consciousness. And you cannot
alter consciousness unless you attack the
language that you share with your
enemies and invent a new language you
share with you allies.”
TED 467
Secondary Teaching Methods
Dr. Jeff Sapp
~June Jordan, Poet and Essayist~
A Poem in Two Voices
Poems for two voices are to be read by
two readers at the same time. One
reader takes the left side of the poem
and the other reader takes the right
side. The poems are read from top to
bottom with lines at the same level
being read together. When it is read,
the poem becomes a type of
performance art.
Angles
Angles
Two rays
Angles are formed by
Angles
Same endpoint
Angles are formed by
Two sides
Angles
Notation is
Theta
Formed at the
Vertex
Of the two sides
Counterclockwise rotation
Makes a positive Angle
One vertex
Angles
Notation is
Theta
Formed at the
Vertex
Of the two sides
Counterclockwise rotation
Makes a positive Angle
Clockwise rotation
Clockwise rotation
Makes a negative Angle
Left turn
Right turn
Angles
Makes a negative Angle
Positive
Negative
Angles
Sides
Vertex
Rotations
Sides
Vertex
Rotations
Angles
Angles
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The Amazing Body
Replication and Renewal
Mitosis
Meiosos
A nervous system
One sense of touch
A digestive system
Regeneration
Renewal of Life
Resurgance
Recreation
An endocrine system
Producing hormones
A circulatory system
Sex Cells
A skeletal system
Somatic Cells
New Life
Interphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Cytokinesis
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Cytokinesis
New Life
Interphase
Metaphase
Anaphase
Telophase
Birth of New Cells
New Life
We need to eat
Regeneration
Renewal of Life
Resurgance
Recreation
Our blood is flowing
Protects and holds us up right
An integumentary system
A lymphatic system
Fluid transportation
A respiratory system
A reproduction system
Reproducing ourselves
Los Dos Solteros
Moreno
Pelirrojo
Tengo bigote
Guapo
Joven
Un gran tipo
Guapo
Joven
Soy Pesado
Alto
Inteligente
Atletico
Alto
Guapo
Soltero
Soy Policia
Alto
Inteligente
Atletico
Guapo
Soltero
Soy Medico
Figurative Language
In new ways
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Using Like
Ordinary things
In new ways
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Fluid transportation
Take a breath
Reproducing ourselves
Music
Has a rhythm
Slow
Sometimes
Fast
Lives are moving
Rhythms
Moving quickly
Changing
Slow it down
Out of step
How’s your rhythm?
Picturing ordinary things
Glowing skin
A lymphatic system
Rhythm
Life
Has a rhythm
Sometimes
Llevo anteojos
Tengo un buen sentido de humor
Producing hormones
Sounds are moving
Rhythms
Moving quickly
Changing
Slow it down
Syncopation
Off beat
How’s your rhythm?
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two
Voices
Or as
Comparing two things
Comparing two unlike things
Applying human characteristics
To inhuman objects
Pictures formed in our minds
Like an image in the clouds
Ideas running through our head
Can ideas run?
No, but they have gotten away
From me from time to time
Figurative language
Makes stories more interesting
Use caution
Use caution
Use care
Use care
Use your creativity
Fat as a pig
Figurative language
Avoid clichés
Works like a dog
Funny as a clown
Should be unique to your story
Figurative language
Should be unique to you
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Reader #1
Reader #2
Comparing/Contrasting
Many contrasting topics lend themselves
very nicely to this poetic format. As seen
in the examples, these poems – when
well-written – rely heavily on interesting
verbs that are associated with the
contrasting topics. As students
brainstorm, have them make lists of
contrasting verbs.
Both Readers
Differentiating Instruction
Ideas:
Students can write these poems alone or
in pairs. If students do write them alone,
they can partner up after the poems are
written and help each other revise and
perform their poetry.
A thought on the writing task:
These small pieces of writing naturally
lend themselves to performance by the
authors, but the performances do not
have to be whole-class; students can just
as easily perform for each other in groups
of four or six or eight.
Try it out!
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