How to Visualize Time in Novels and Poems
This is a self-paced 30-minute class on how to visualize time in popular novels and poems. Time can be quite difficult to visualize. This also helps with study skills in other classes such as American History that use timelines for study.
What's included
1 pre-recorded lesson
1 week
of teacher support1 year access
to the contentGrading
There are no grades for this class. This class teaches visualization, and it is up to the student to continue to improve their visualization skills for better reading comprehension and studies.Class Experience
US Grade 9 - 12
Beginner - Advanced Level
This is a self-paced, 30-minute class focusing on how to improve visualization for better reading comprehension regarding texts handling time. Tackling the concept of time in novels and poems is the focus. Time can be particularly difficult to visualize, and it is treated as a separate visualization lesson. Students are welcome to sign-up for my live 90 -minute class "Increase Reading Comprehension Through Visualization, the Art of the Mind" before or after. We will be studying some of the text on the first two pages of J.G. Ballard's science fiction novel "The Drowned World," and T.S. Eliot's poem "Burnt Norton" (https://www.poetryverse.com/ts-eliot-poems/four-quartets-burnt-norton). A two-page handout will be supplied.
Learning Goals
Students will improve their reading comprehension. Students will learn how to visualize time better in novels and poems, and also learn more about critical analyses of text.
Syllabus
Curriculum
Follows Teacher-Created CurriculumStandards
Aligned with Advanced Placement (AP) Standards1 Lesson
over 1 WeekLesson 1:
How to Visualize Time in Novels and Poems
Students will be studying text passages from the first two pages relating to time in science fiction novel, J.G. Ballard's "The Drowned World," and in T.S. Eliot's poem, "Burnt Norton" (https://www.poetryverse.com/ts-eliot-poems/four-quartets-burnt-norton)
Students will gain skills on how to visualize time for more enjoyable reading and reading comprehension. Other Details
Pre-Requisites
There are no pre-reqs for his class, but the other visualization class I teach live for 90-minutes "Increase Reading Comprehension Through Visualization, the Art of the Mind" can be done anytime before or after this class.
Supply List
There will be a two-page handout.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined July, 2024
Teacher expertise and credentials
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in Botany/Plant Biology from Bircham International University, Spain
Master's Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from New York University
I am dedicated to helping students happily learn complex material. I simplify difficult subject matter for easy, joyful learning in: critical thinking, reading comprehension, study skills including using generative ai, visualization skills, English literature, literary theory, cultural awareness, and ecology. I have a M.A., M.S., B.A., and I also studied the playing of musical wind instruments with private lessons for several years at a conservatory. During a summer break during my college years, I taught tennis to more than 300 youngsters in New York City for a nonprofit, I also taught more than 200 high school students English for the New York City Board of Education where I received my perm-per-diem teaching license. I worked as a professional in New York City for more than 30 years in communications, and I also had a small, successful communications business. I am semi-retired. I sometimes tutor public school groups for another tutoring firm since April, and work as a part-time online tasker for a generative AI firm.Reviews
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Ages: 13-18
