Specifically, we added to our booklet of poetry terms: we added and discussed the terms rhyme scheme and meter (e.g. iambic pentameter).
Students answered these two questions from The Man He Killed: Which two stanzas have a faltering (disjointed) rhythm? Why would Hardy choose to do this (relate your answer to the theme/meaning of the poem).
We ended off by listening to Peter Gabriel's Family Snapshot song and discussed the ambiguity (it's a poem about the assassination of JFK but it can also be taken as a poem about a young boy VIEWING the assassination of JFK and linking it to his parents' breakup)
Tomorrow, it's back in the computer lab to work on Ted Talks (bring headphones).
