Daily Lessons for Teaching Poetics

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: In section 1 of "Poetics", Aristotle differentiates art forms from one another in three ways: medium, the objects, and the manner of imitation. The objective of this lesson will be to explore the differences and similarities between poetry and other art forms.

1) 1) Group Discussion: The medium specific to poetry is one that uses language alone. The object which poetry portrays is men in action....
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