PROCEDURE Estimated Elements of the lesson What the teacher says/does What the students do Material Time 10 minutes What is imagery? Ask students to Provide a definition or of Imagery poem explain what imagery is. what imagery is. MENTAL SET SMARTBoard (Opener/”hook”) Read a poem with a lot of imagery. Listen to the poem and write a list Ask students to their thoughts of any imagery they can identify. on how the poem made them feel. What senses did they use? What senses did the poem evoke? 10 minutes Show students a number of Look at a series of images. Try and Series of images/scenes (natural think of how the image makes you images landscapes). Ask students to share feel. What emotions does the how it made them feel. image bring forward? List of Alternatively, pick an emotion and emotions ask students to pick the image that Listen for an emotion, such as Pre-activity (concept to be reminds them most of that happiness, and choose an image taught) emotion. that makes you feel happy. Discussion: Images and poetry both evoke emotions. We can use poetry to express the emotions we see in imagery or create imagery to Listen and contribute to the express the emotion of poetry. discussion.
PROCEDURE Elements of the lesson Estimated Time What the teacher says/does What the students do Material MENTAL SET (Opener/”hook”) 10 minutes What is imagery? Ask students to explain what imagery is. Read a poem with a lot of imagery. Ask students to their thoughts on how the poem made them feel. What senses did the poem evoke? Provide a definition or of what imagery is. Listen to the poem and write a list of any imagery they can identify. What senses did they use? Imagery poem SMARTBoard Pre-activity (concept to be taught) 10 minutes Show students a number of images/scenes (natural landscapes). Ask students to share how it made them feel. Alternatively, pick an emotion and ask students to pick the image that reminds them most of that emotion. Discussion: Images and poetry both evoke emotions. We can use poetry to express the emotions we see in imagery or create imagery to express the emotion of poetry. Look at a series of images. Try and think of how the image makes you feel. What emotions does the image bring forward? Listen for an emotion, such as happiness, and choose an image that makes you feel happy. Listen and contribute to the discussion. Series of images List of emotions