4. Poetry is a language used most skillfully and there are
more regular construction in poetry than irregular
forms.
“ Poetry is a mater of Life ,
not just a matter of Language “.
- Lucille Cliften
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5. DEFINITION:
Poetry is musical and metrical form of
Language.
It is intimately weaven with nature and
life and it is more to the ear and heart than to eye.
AS Wordsworth says “ Poetry is a
spontaneous overflow of
powerful emotions”.
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6. Aims of Teaching poetry:
O To enable students to appreciate the
beauty, Rhyme and style of the poem.
O To develop the taste for Poetry reading
and writing.
O To enable the students to enjoy recitation
in individual and chorus.
O To develop the aesthetic sense of
students.
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8. GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
To make students understand the thought and imagination
contained in the poem.
To train the emotions of students.
To create a love for English literature in them.
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9. To enable Students to understand the ideas
of the poem.
To Communicate to them the exclusive
message of the poem.
To enable students to Appropriate the
poem namely.
Specific Objectives:
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11. Primary level:
To enable the pupil to enjoy the
poem.
To help pupils to recite and enjoy
simple poems.
To make pupils listen, repeat and
memories the poems.
To develop a taste for poetry reading
and writing.
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12. Secondary Level:
O To make Students enjoy and appreciate
the poem style.
O To enjoy Rhyme and rhythm.
O To develop power of appreciation of
beauty.
O To help pupils learn elements of language
such as, sounds,
words,phrases,sentences, and their
structures.
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13. HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL:
To enable the students praise the poem.
To appreciate the images that present the
experiences.
To appreciate the Rhythmic and musical
touch of the poem.
To create aesthetic sense in students.
To Create a love for literature in students.
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14. 1. All Round Development: Poetry helps in all-
round development of pupils.
2. Enrichment: Poetry enriches the
experiences of the pupils.
3. Facilitation: Poetry facilitates the natural
aptitude for poetry in pupils.
4. Rhythm: Poetry enables students to learn
speech rhythm through the rhythm of poetry.
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15. 5. Cathartic : Poetry has cathartic value because it
helps in expression and training of emotions.
6. Pleasing: Poetry always imparts enjoyment and
pleasure to students.
7. Varieties: Poetry always imparts enjoyment and
pleasure to students.
8. Pattern teaching: Poetry teaches pattern
sentences because of repetition of certain patterns
in a poem.
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16. Procedure for teaching
poetry
• The teacher has to
set the objectives
prepare the material Aids
check the previous knowledge of the students.
give the Introduction of the poem.
present the poem (presentation of the poem
consists of following points.
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17. Presenting the poem
To make the students understand the
poem, the teacher presents the gist of
the poem.
Model Reading:
The teacher recites the poem
while the students listen to him
carefully.
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18. Pronunciation Drill:
The teacher should conduct the
pronunciation drill of the difficult words.
Here is an example for a teacher
giving the pronunciation drill for his
students.
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19. Model Reading:
The teacher should do the model
reading for the another time and
teach the poem
The meaning of the difficult words
and phrases should be explained
by the teacher.
He can also bring the beauty of
the figures of speech.
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23. Conclusion:
Therefore it is very clear that poetry
plays the major role in the english
language.
And Teaching poem should be
encouraged in all over the places.
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24. REFERENCE:
“Teaching of General English” by
Evangelin Arulselvi
“ Pedagogy of English” by Evangelin
Arulselvi.
“Teaching of English” by kokila
Thangasamy
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