FOR THE LOVE OF POETRY For years we have felt that poetry should comprise of stanzas made up of words and phrases that rhyme. However this class had given us a greater insight into the formation of poems. We established that poems are used to express ideas and feelings , as well as tell of a story. At the end of the class we were all more confident to create beautiful poetic pieces riddled with carefully formed stanzas and poetic flow. The lecturer had us recreate a cinquain as a class and each of us were given the responsibility to draft our own haiku. But before we did this we had to find out what a cinquain was, as this was a new word in our mental word collection. This was a stanza made up of five lines. Thus we were able to formulate a short cinquain that met the approval of the class. Unaware that poem had varieties, we were introduced to 4 types of poems, which were; ballads. narrative poems, limericks and the haiku. But of interest to us was this newly...
I am there blushing girl. I love it. I am using this next term for teaching practice. What a war! What a battle! I was right there in the story. It ended too quick.
ReplyDeleteThanks Leah. I am happy to know that you loved my digital story telling and you enjoyed the battle. You are welcome to use my piece in your classroom whenever you are ready.
DeleteA mini film! Students will definitely give their undivided attention to this video.Your rate of speech, vocals, musicals, illustrations and sound effects were excellently executed. Students love characterization and story telling and so they will want to know more. You did an amazing job. Girls love the story telling and boys love the war!
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Thanks Ryan. When I created this narration, I ensured that I catered for the boys by using the battle to bring out the characteristics and functions of the sun and the moon especially as my teaching practice classroom has sixteen boys and only four girls. My aim is to make learning fun for all my students.
ReplyDeleteWell done Tamara. Beautifully executed. This piece will surely be loved by all students and can definitely be used for instruction.
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DeleteTruly Impressive! This undoubtedly embodies your creativity. You had me hooked from the get-go until the end and I can envision students being fascinated by it. Your excellent voice inflections, great selection of sounds and graphics added panache to it.
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Thanks Ylet. I am happy that you were impressed with my digital story telling.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this piece. Very well executed!! Science will definately be exciting for kids if a piece like this is incooperated in a lesson on the solar system. Great job!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Dianie. Am glad that you enjoyed it.
DeleteGood Piece! The expression and the fluency throughout this piece was very good and well articulated. This piece will definitely motivate students who do not like Science especially the Solar System to like Science.
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Quite engaging, Tamara! I am glad that you were able to publish one of your pieces of writing.
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