Meeting at Night, R. Browning

Title: Poetry

Abdimitalip Tashmatov
Talas State University, Kyrgyzstan
tsu@hotmail.kg

Skills / aspects focus: Reading/ writing/literature appreciation
Key terms: alliteration, consonance, rhyme
Level: Intermediate (advanced)
Age group: 16 - 20
Time: 80 min
Grammar: Elements of text linguistics
Resources and materials: Readers, materials of lectures, glossary of literary terms
Credit published materials:
Objective: Students will be able to define the structural composition of the poem, its rhyming scheme and then find Stylistic Devices used by the author.

Materials:

1. Texts of the poem for students
2. Books on Poetry for reference

Procedure:

1. Students will brainstorm on the topic of the poem (which is written on the board).
2. Once all the ideas, variants discussed, the students will start reading the poem for about 10 min.
3. After the first reading of the poem we will discuss the content of the poem.
4. Students then should define the structure of the poem.
5. The students will find Stylistic Devices used by the author and explain why and how effectively they are used.
6. Students will discuss similarities and differences in their findings.
7. Students will then construct a paper about the poets’ view to the aspect described by him…remember, personal information about the poet may be needed to support student’ findings in the poem.
8. When final paper is complete, each student will present their paper to the class in a 5-10 minute oral presentation.

Assessment:
Students will be assessed on their final paper.  If it is complete, grammatically correct, correct spelling and punctuation. Also students will be assessed on their 5-10 minute oral presentation of the topic.

Download:
Worksheet 1R. Browning, “Meeting at Night”(doc)

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