I was teaching the new poem this week 'He Had Such Quiet Eyes'. Such a straight forward poem I must say. And it shocked me a bit when the students couldn't understand it though they had read it and find the meaning of certain words that they didn't understand. So in the end I had to explain it to them in a much simpler terms. By using them as example..
Basically we spent 80 mins talking about "casanova". Listing on how they work their charms and why girls still fall for them..So weird..But they seemed to enjoy it so much especially the girls. Some boys defended themselves saying that they were once cheated by girls "playgirl"..So in the end, we concluded that Girls are often cheated by casanova who makes the girl feels needed and sweet talker. and Boys are cheated by seductive playgirl..
After the class ended, I wasn't sure whether I was teaching them or we were just talking crap the whole time..While we were discussing, one of the students did say "Teacher I think we are heading to the wrong direction" but I went ahead and told him that we were at the right track..though I was a bit unsure..But at least I think they understand the poem better now..
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