"Eka Imaobong": AN ODE TO AFRICAN MOTHERS: LESSON GUIDE ON LITERATURE FOR TEACHERS
Good afternoon pupils, students, teachers and parents,
Welcome to my blog and to class. Today is 29th of April and I want to teach Poetry Appreciation using one of my poems. Please read in between the lines of the poem you'd see the meaning of the poem itself.
Subject:- Literature
Class:- SS2
Topic:- Literary Appreciation (Poetry)
Duration:- 40 minutes
Date:- Wednesday 29th April, 2020.
Behavioural Objectives:-
At the end if the lesson the student should be able:-
- Recite the poem.
- Explain Literary Appreciation.
- Identify figures of speech in the poem.
- List out two themes in the poem.
Instructional Material(s):-
A copy of my composed poem titled "Eka Imaobong"
Introduction:- This lesson is aimed at helping the students who are in Senior Secondary Class to understand poetry as well as know the how to appreciate the literary terms and figures of speech in the poem.
Presentation:-
Step 1:- Recite the poem
even before the crows and forge barefooted
perforated by thorns and thistle
defying the August rains
not even minding the scourge of the sun
combing the wombs of the virgin ikot obioma forest.
searching for daily bread
to reprieve your hungry children
with dysentery energy,
your resilient hands
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