Dr. Pytash (Chapter Five)

I'll have to admit, I am one of those students who really does not enjoy reading poetry. I think a lot of it is very hard to understand and I have never been able to come up with the meaning to it quickly. In short, I am like the students Jago described. I do not like poetry because I think it is hard.

This is one area that I feel I could use some improvement in.

I liked how Jago talked about images in the poems. She let students work together and share what they thought. This is a great way to scaffold the class into a larger discussion of a poem.

On page 91 there is a chart I feel would be helpful for students beginning a poem. It enables them to write something down about the poem having to do with sensory images.

I also liked how Jago began this chapter. She brought up something everyone can relate to: Music. This really hit home for me because I love my country songs. When thinking of the lyrics as a type of poetry, I realized how important it was to my life. I feel this same technique can be done in high school, so students realize they can relate to and already like poetry.