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6.  Brainstorm everything you know about poetry. Make a collage with poems,
                           songs, authors, etc. Use magazines  and illustrations.

                       7.  Listen to the following poems and read along.                                           session 2
                                                                                   TRACKS 13,
                                                                                    14 and 15


                                        Life is Filled with Magic                                    pain (n.): dolor
                                                                                                     heal (v.): sanar
                        TRACK 13              by Emile Pinet                                         fear (n.): miedo
                                                                                                     linger (v.):
                                                                                                     quedarse
                       Navigating oceans of pain,
                       love flounders on depression's shore.
                       And yet time helps heal broken hearts,

                       so that they don't hurt anymore.


                       Anchored in hope dreams are salvaged,                                                        Prior knowledge. Reading and enjoying poems
                       and cleansed of all lingering shame.
                       And fantasies fully restored,
                       reignite passion's dormant flame.                                      Remember
                                                                                             English, as any
                                                                                             other language,
                       An indescribable feeling,                                             has changed
                       love enters your heart like a dream.                                  throughout the
                                                                                             history. At the
                       And once inside your hurting soul,                                    beginning of the
                       your self-esteem rises like cream.                                    17th century,
                                                                                             there used to be
                                                                                             a difference when
                       As a wave of joy surges forth,                                       addressing a
                       euphoria engulfs your heart.                                         person, depending
                                                                                            on formality.
                       For life’s once more filled with magic,                              Thou was used
                       and all your fears quickly depart.                                   for addressing
                                                                                            someone
                       Source: Emile J. Pinet, Fragmented Feelings                          informally and you
                                                                                            was used for formal
                                                                                            address. Thou
                                                                                            used special verbs
                                                                                            (for example, art,
                                                                                            owest, wanderest,
                                                                                            growest) and,
                                                                                            eventually, it
                                                                                            disappeared.




                           •  For the next session, bring some poems to read in class.
                                                                                                   Book pages 15-18
                           •  You may use poems from the Reader’s Book if needed.                 Reader's

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