Surprised into Knowing: Twelfth Graders Reading Marge Piercy (Modern Poetry in the Classroom)

Provides an account of how one teacher taught poetry by first focusing on what students knew about a poem and then moving to what they were surprised by and, thus, to what they did not know. Outlines how such a method was carried out in the classroom with Marge Piercy's poem, "Councils.&qu...

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Published in:English journal 1993-11, Vol.82 (7), p.87
Main Author: Rhoades, Georgia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Art Appreciation
English Curriculum
English Instruction
Females
Grade 12
Literary criticism
Literature Appreciation
Males
Personality
Piercy (Marge)
Poetry
Secondary Education
Secondary school students
Semiotics
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Provides an account of how one teacher taught poetry by first focusing on what students knew about a poem and then moving to what they were surprised by and, thus, to what they did not know. Outlines how such a method was carried out in the classroom with Marge Piercy's poem, "Councils." (HB)
ISSN:0013-8274
2161-8895