Blog Promt #4

Reading assignments that cover all of these bases are hard to come by. Most teachers really only cover about 2 or 3 of these requirements. Personally I feel that minority writing and poetry are some of the greatest material for students to gain knowledge. One of the poems that I would have students read as an assignment would be "Theme for English B". This poem looks at the time period in which it was written, so the students would be able to use this as a narrative on how minorities at the time felt once they succeeded in society. Students would have to look at the symbolism used in the poem to interpret the message the author was trying to get across to his readers. The assignment would get the students to look at why the author was trying to portray this message of struggle and acceptance. This poem would get students to look at the time period and see how that ties into the theme of the poem. This piece of work is something that most 101 students should be able to read and interpret with some thought process put forth. This is also a poem that is usually seen in most 101 classes as well. Students are usually asked to write about the poem and establish a theme. Which is what I would assign after reader the peom. As well as writing a short paragraph on why this poem is important to the time period and how that would still play a role in today's society.