This document summarizes a poetry class taught by Dr. Aiden Yeh at Wenzao Ursuline College. The class discusses observing everyday scenes and focusing on specific details, inspired by the poem "Red Boots On". Students are asked to spend time observing people outside of class, noting what they are doing, thinking, and any objects they are using. They then write an 8-10 stanza poem describing a scene with symbolism and a repeated chorus or stanza. At the end of class, students will share their poems.
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Method Acting is considered as classic technique in on screen acting. It involves great deal of personal observation and practice. There are a few tips also mentioned in the lecture.
Presentation on Chinese calligraphy, given on 16 December 2010 for a high school by Jenny Lee, Chinese/ Taiwanese painting artist and gallery owner in The Hague (Netherlands).
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A course taught by Glenn Hirsch at UC Berkeley Extension's San Francisco Downtown Design Center each spring. For more information, email glennhirsch@earthlink.net or visit http://www.glennhirsch.com/id9.html
The write time for poetry psu presentation 2013HollyMarsh
This session will introduce, explain, and demonstrate how to teach your students to create a poetry anthology- a book of poems. This session will show you how to get started in getting your students to read and write like poets, how to use mentor texts to move your students into producing poetry, and how to get your students to publish poetry.
1. How We See the World
Around Us
Poetry Class
Aiden Yeh, PhD
Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages
2. A Moment in Time
• Look around you. What do you see? You
see people walking by. You see some
chattering away. You see them ‘doing’
something. If you could pause what you’re
seeing and take a moment to capture that
scene- what do you really see? Focus on
one single aspect of that action and
describe what it means to you- or to the
person you are observing?
3. Inspired by Kit Wright’s Red Boots
On
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=1727
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePlan.do?planId=887
4. Red Boots On
• Prepositions
• Rhythm
• Symbolism
• Experience
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=1727
5. Prepositions
• What are the prepositions used in this
poem?
• Why are prepositions used in this poem?
9. Symbolism
• What’s the object in this poem that
suggests a deeper meaning that is
connected to the person actually
using/wearing it?
10. A Moment in Time
• Look around you. What do you see? You
see people walking by. You see some
chattering away. You see them ‘doing’
something. If you could pause what you’re
seeing and take a moment to capture that
scene- what do you really see? Focus on
one single aspect of that action and
describe what it means to you- or to the
person you are observing?
11. Pre-writing Task
• Outside the classroom, spend 10 minutes
looking at the people around you do their thing
• What are they doing? What do you think they’re
thinking? What objects do you see they’re
using/wearing? What do these things suggest- in
relation to the mood they’re having?
• Take a picture of that scene. Using visualization,
list a few words that describe what you’re
seeing.
• Describe the actions, the objects, the people
12. In-class Writing
• Write a 8-10 stanza poem that describes:
• Symbolism
• A scene that you have observed
• Use a chorus (to be repeated twice- one in
the middle and in the end)