Lesson 5: Telling my story

Essential questions:

How can we create performances from our own stories?

Lesson overview:

In the presentation of the poems, the learners use all three steps in WYS. They:

ASK: They asked their families about their history and background.
LISTEN: They listened to the poems of their classmates.
TELL: They told their stories through the form of a praise poem to a classmate.

Keywords:

• Praise poetry
• Active listening
• Belly breathing

Materials: 

• Exit tickets (slips of paper)
• Mood index