**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** Here is an interesting resource some teachers may find useful. Tom ----- From: http://www.daneldon.org/learn/poetry/index.htm Objectives & Skills: Students will develop a personal and meaningful interpretation of a poem. Students will recognize the importance of visualizing poetic imagery when seeking to find meaning in a poem. Students will recognize that certain feelings or ideas may be associated with particular images or words. Materials: Blackboard/chalk or overhead. Desks arranged in two parallel columns facing each other with an ample space between them at center. One desk should be in the center of room between the rows. Copies of the poem "Poet's Obligation" (from a translation of Pablo Neruda's The Sea and the Bells) Selected collages from Dan Eldon's journals. (Eldon, Kathy, ed., The Journey Is the Destination, the Journals of Dan Eldon, San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997. ISBN 0-8118-1586-2) Sheet or blanket containing: Many different kinds of magazines (Nat. Geographic, Time, Elle, etc.), newspapers, pens, pencils, markers: all colors, and anything else you can think of: wrapping ribbon, containers of stuff like sand or glitter, other poems, burnt matches, paper clips, a light bulb (yes, a student actually used it in his collage!). Tools: Some or all of the following adhesives: Elmers glue, rubber cement, glue sticks, scotch tape, black electrical tape, etc. Scissors, Hi-liters, 8" x 11" (or bigger) sheets of stiff paper (i.e. construction paper). Student notebooks, learning logs and writing utensils. ---------------------------------------- My Inbox is protected by SPAMfighter 811 spam mails have been blocked so far. Download free www.spamfighter.com today! ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####