3C 17apr23 Crafting a Rationale for Your Poems

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

17 April 2023

1. Reading questionnaire in Classroom. 

2. Homework? Post what you have in Classroom. 

3. 2 groups: who has (started) a poem and who doesn't. 

Inspiration: brianbilston.com

Crafting a Rationale for Your Poems

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to write a rationale for your poem using Point, Evidence, Explanation (PEE) format.

This slide is to introduce the learning objective for the lesson.

What is a Rationale?

A rationale is an explanation of why you made certain choices in your poem.

This slide will explain what a rationale is to the students.

Why Write a Rationale?

Writing a rationale helps you understand the choices you made when writing a poem and to communicate those choices to others.

This slide will explain the importance of writing a rationale for a poem.

Point, Evidence, Explanation (PEE)

PEE is a format to help you structure your rationale. Point is your main argument, Evidence is your example, and Explanation is your explanation of how the evidence supports your argument.

This slide will introduce the PEE format for writing a rationale.

Example of PEE format

Point: The poem uses vivid imagery. 

Evidence: The line 'The sunflower's face turns to follow the sun' is an example of vivid imagery. 

Explanation: This line creates a clear image in the reader's mind and helps to convey the theme of the poem.

This slide will show an example of how to use the PEE format to write a rationale for a poem.

Peer Review

Exchange your poem with a partner and give each other feedback using the following rubric:

Does the poem have a title?

Do you know what it is about? Is the message clear?

Is there figurative language, alliteration or assonance?

Does it rhyme? Is there rhythm?

Is there repetition? 

This slide will encourage students to work together and provide feedback to each other.

Have you written a poem?

YES: exchange it with a partner and give feedback

NO: do you have the following: a subject for your poem?

               some ideas of what you want to say?

If not: GET THEM!

Now...

Rewrite your poem, if necessary, following peer feedback. 

Finalise it and have it ready for Wednesday. 

Next lesson:

Writing a rationale of your poem. 

This slide will summarize the key points of the lesson and provide final thoughts to the students.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.