[etni] What happened when I let the students do it Billy Collins' way

From: phyllis oded <phylliso@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:13:50 +0200

Option I book: 
The first poem that my class read was THE ROAD NOT TAKEN. We did it 'together'. 
Introductory background material about the author followed by a discussion 
about decisions we have made/may make in various stages in our lives and their 
consequences, situations given in which decisions have to be made ........ and 
then the usual analysis of the poem via LOTS and HOTS. We 'finished' the first 
poem.
For homework I wrote on the board: TRY and read the next poem, INTRODUCTION TO 
POETRY, on your own. The following lesson, I asked how it had gone.  Every 
student [except for one] said s/he had been at a total loss to understand the 
second poem although basically, I had simply allowed my students to follow what 
Billy Collins had wanted them to do [as expressed in his poem]: figure the poem 
out by/for themselves. We then analyzed his poem in class together, LOTS/HOTS, 
etc. 
Afterwards, I posed the following questions: Do you agree with the message in 
INTRODUCTION TO POETRY? Working THAT way, were you better able to understand 
the meaning of the poem?
 A resounding NO was the consensus. They preferred the previous way of reading 
and analyzing the poem together in the class with me, the teacher.
It was a very interesting experiment. 
See how YOUR students react and what they have to say......and please let us 
all know.
thank you.
Phyllis Oded

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[etni] What happened when I let the students do it Billy Collins' way

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