5. SAMPLE ACTIVITIES
Write letter to the poet
Give opinions about the poem
Relate the event in the poem with own experience
Identify the setting which related to the issues in the poem
List out the advantages or disadvantages of being the character in the poem
Relate the poem with current issues
6. Aesthetic approach in teaching poem
“In The Midst of Hardship”
Show pictures
related to hardship
and let students
give their opinions
on the pictures
Find literary
devices and how it
relates with the
ideas from the
author
Find issues from the
poem and give
opinions or
comments
What do you
understand
from the title
of the poem?
Making
associations
General
knowledge
Life
experiences
EmpathySympathy
Making
hypothesis
Judgement Moral values
Students
response-
based on
knowledge and
experiences
Students
response-
based on feelings
and emotions
Students
response-
think like the poet
Students
response-
Imagining or
picturing the
situations
7. Activity Rationale
Reading poem with and without
intonation and think the meaning of
the poem title
Show pictures
To initiate the students’ mood of
learning poem
To encourage students to relate the
poem with surrounding and issues
and to encourage them to give
opinions based on their feelings on
the poem
Jot down the meaning of the poem
Find literary devices and explain the
relation with the ideas from the poet
Give students deeper understanding
on the poem
Encourage students to imagine
themselves like the poet to find the
purpose of the poem and think
creatively.
Find issues from the poem and give
opinions
Think of moral values from the poem
To observe how deep students
understand the poem and to
encourage them to think critically
Discussion on the moral values and to
instil the values in students’ life