LESSON PLAN SYMBOLISM – A poem often conveys feelings, thoughts and ideas using

November 26, 2019 symbols, this technique is known as symbolism. Poetry has developed over
PAULINE DIANE M. PRESENTE hundreds of years, certain symbolic meanings have attached themselves to
such things as colors, places, times, and animals. You cannot merely plug
Learning Competency: Identify the various elements, techniques, these meanings into a poem and expect to understand the poem completely.
and literary devices in poetry. (HUMSS_CW/MP11/12c-f-6) Your own knowledge, associations, and experience are what will lead you to
a deep and personal connection to any poem.
I. Objective: At the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
a) Define poetry
b) Identify elements of poetry; stanza, theme rhyme scheme, b. Activity
and symbolism;
c) Perform group given activities. Directions: The students will be divided into 6 groups; each
II. Subject Matter group will have different task at hand. They will be rated using a rubric.
a. Topic: ELEMENTS OF POETRY: Stanza, Theme, Rhyme Scheme Group 1 – rhyme scheme of “If I can stop one heart from
Spring Board; “If I can stop one heart from breaking” by Emily Dickenson breaking”
and Group 2 – theme of “If I can stop one heart from breaking”
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost Group 3 – What is the name of the stanza used in “If I can
b. Reference:Research stop one heart from breaking”
c. Materials: PowerPoint Presentation; activity sheets Group 4 – What is the name of the stanza used in “Stopping
by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
III. Procedure Group 5 – rhyme scheme of “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy
A. Preliminaries Evening”
a. Prayer Group 6 – theme of “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
b. Greetings
c. Checking of Attendance
d. Drill
e. Review
B. Lesson Proper c. Abstraction
a. Motivation
Chain of Words Activity
Directions: Arrange the words to make a line of poem. “IF I CAN STOP ONE HEART FROM BREAKING” BY EMILY DICKENSON
is consist of two stanzas, a quatrain and a tercet. The first stanza
shall I see that I never think has the rhyme scheme of (abab) and the second stanza has (bbb).
lovely a poem as a tree poem. The theme of the poem can be seen in the first stanza itself. It is
Trees by Joyce Kilmer about helping someone and doing so, a person cannot live in vain.
“STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING” BY ROBERT FROST
ask: is consist of four stanzas, all quatrains and a rhyme scheme of
1. What do you know about poetry? (aaba), (bbcb), (ccdc), and (dddd). The poem has the theme of
2. Have you ever written one? keeping promises. One should not be swayed with the pleasures
that are in front, one should fulfill his/her duties.
Discussion

Introduce POETRY [ˈpōətrē] d. Application

• literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression DO ACTIVITY
of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; Directions: Making the sample poems as
poems collectively or as a genre of literature. (Oxford examples, try to write a short poem. This is to
Dictionaries) gauge your basic understanding of how a poem
• literature that evokes a concentrated imaginative awareness of should be written. A rubric will be used in
experience or a specific emotional response through language checking your output.
chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm.
ELEMENTS OF POETRY can be defined as a set of instruments used to create IV. Evaluation
a poem. Many of these were created thousands of years ago and have been
linked to ancient storytelling. They help bring imagery and emotion to poetry, DO ACTIVITY 2
stories, and dramas. Direction: In your activity notebook, write down three
STANZA A unit of lines grouped together. Similar to a paragraph in prose. A reasons why you chose to write the poem in Activity 1.
Stanza consists of two or more lines of poetry that together form one of the
divisions of a poem. The stanzas of a poem are usually of the same length
and follow the same pattern of meter and rhyme and are used like V. Assignment
paragraphs in a story. In your activity notebook, research and write about
RHYME SCHEME The pattern in which end rhyme occurs. Rhymes are types of TONE
poems which have the repetition of the same or similar sounds at the end of
two or more words most often at the ends of lines. This technique makes the
poem easy to
remember and is therefore often used in Nursery Rhymes.
The THEME of the poem talks about the central idea, the thought behind what
the poet wants to convey. A theme can be anything from a description about
a person or thing, a thought or even a story. In short a theme stands for
whatever the poem is about.