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🐦 CLASS SYNOPSIS 🐦
     🪶 In this one time class, students will learn introductory skills and approaches to understanding poetry as a whole by practicing their ability to identify figurative language, deeply analyze, and think abstractly.
     🪶 Not only will students be introduced to one of the most famous poems of all time (Hope is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson), they will be challenged to understand it in both meaning and form.  

🐦 OVERVIEW/DETAILS 🐦
     🪶 Single 55 minutes class
     🪶 Class time includes in-class comprehension/discussion questions, a powerpoint lesson, and provided skeleton notes
     🪶 Lesson will cover "5 hints" to understanding poem
     🪶 Students will be eased into 5 skills necessary for comprehending and analyzing poetry
     🪶 Students will practice comprehension and analysis poetry

🐦 TEACHING STYLE 🐦
     🪶 Student-to-student discussion and interaction
     🪶 I aim to facilitate conversation, protect think-time, and posing questions that provoke deeper thought based on the central text. 
     🪶 I love interacting with my students!  I will be apart of the conversation as well 😁
     🪶 Lessons will be shared to ensure all students comprehend concepts and themes
     🪶 While students will be challenged to think deeply, their perspective will always be encouraged and celebrated.  
     🪶 I hope that students feel as welcomed to think as they are challenged in their thinking. 
     🪶 Down-to-earth discussions and I love an occasional tangent so that learning is organic!

⬇️‼️CHECK OUT MY OTHER POETRY COURSES‼️⬇️
🗣️"Mastering Meter" teaches about the rhythm of poetry
https://outschool.com/classes/middle-school-poetry-course-mastering-meter-mini-unit-yRb5ZUZK?usid=HjYuHv99&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link

☀️ Discerning Sonnets
https://outschool.com/classes/middle-school-poetry-class-discerning-sonnets-sonnet-18-by-shakespeare-K7raysZl?usid=HjYuHv99&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link
In this introductory lesson to poetry, not only will students be able to directly comprehend the central text, (Hope is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson) they will learn key skills and approaches to understanding poetry as a whole.  

🧔‍♂️ "Learning Limericks" introduces learners to one of the funnier forms of poetry
https://outschool.com/classes/middle-school-poetry-course-learning-limericks-3u9qRwk7?usid=HjYuHv99&signup=true&utm_campaign=share_activity_link