In class, we haven't talked a lot about poetry in the classroom so I learned a lot from this chapter. I like how she points out that students say they don't like poetry yet the listen to "song lyrics in search of language that reflects their feelings. Using music in an exercise to learn about poetry is a great idea, in this way students can see that they actually do appreciate poetry.
Making students list the literary terms that they know rather than telling them the terms is a great idea not only to see what they know but they can also see what they know and can write down new terms if they need to. To this the author states: The more students use these words in class, the more natural it becomes to employ them in writing...No need for nasty quizzes when students use the language of literature everyday.
Thinking Aloud is a great idea to show students how to figure out what a poem is about. By seeing the teacher solve a poem they too will be able to repeat the process.
A final point that I feel ties up this chapter well is when Jago states: " Often when students say they hate a poem they really mean that they don't understand it. Our job is to make more challenging poems similarly comprehensible,"
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