Assignment+One

Paired Assignment One:

Either by finding a poem on your own or by choosing a poem from Garrison Keilor's //Good Poems// (I have this), look for a poem that does a great job capturing a SINGLE MOMENT in time. It could be, in terms of its tone, negative, positive, regretful, eager, etc., but as long as the writer is being imagistic, that's good.

Next, how does the writer remain so imagistic throughout the piece? What skills/strategies does he/she employ?

Finally, it's time to build your assignment. How will you structure activities to have students work through these special skills of the author?