1. Essay writing

2. The Bells of St. Petersburg
What? Why? How?
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Thomas Moore ( )
The Bells of St. Petersburg
Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells, Of youth and home and that sweet time When last I heard their soothing chime.
Those joyous hours are past away: And many a heart, that then was gay. Within the tomb now darkly dwells, And hears no more those evening bells.
And so 'twill be when I am gone: That tuneful peal will still ring on, While other bards shall walk these dells, And sing your praise, sweet evening bells!
(National Airs, 1818)
«Вечерний звон» (1892 )

3. What? Why? How? I strongly feel that… My associations are…
Well, actually... In fact,…
As far as I can understand,
My associations are…
As for my impressions…
-remind of the past years
-share impressions about friendship and love
-express light sorrow
-hear the music of the bells
-the landscape and the verse staying for ages

4. Are you poetry lovers? You are a lover of all poetry!
You read specifically for your interest!
You prefer a variety!

5. “Poetry still matters!” – “We don’t need poetry!”
1. What are people’s attitudes to poetry?
2. What role does poetry play in your culture?
3. Do you like reading and listening to poetry?
4. What can poetry teach us about life?
5. Do you have a favourite poet?
6. Do you have a favourite poem?
7. Would you like someone to write you a poem?
8. If you were to write a poem right now,
what would your subject be?

6. Quotations to discuss

7. Do you agree that poetry is …
a waste of time
nonsense
music
misunderstanding
both knowledge and imagination
admiration
a reflection of a dream
self-expression
hard work
songs
novels
historic events

8. What is poetry? Why?

9. Интеллект-карта

10. People don’t need poetry

11. People don’t need poetry
rhythm
rhymes
melody
waste of time
nonsense
feelings
music
useless
necessary
misunderstanding
lies
imagination
reflection of life
between lines
make-believe stories
beauty
support
rhymes
historic events
true experience

12. People don’t need poetry.
To sum up, poetry is integrated into
life. We read, listen to, and recite poetry
throughout the lifetime. As far as I’m
concerned, poetry supports, encourages,
and gives me valuable advice.
I need poetry!
Nevertheless, even nonsensical limericks
make sense and make us laugh. In addition,
poets compose verses about real historic
events and share real feelings they
themselves once experienced. Moreover,
it’s so amazing to learn to understand
people through poetry!
In my opinion, we need poetry since it makes life emotional and
meaningful. First of all, verses stir imagination. We notice unusual
features in ordinary objects. We wake up to the world as if we see it for the
first time and we watch long-tailed dragons and sailing ships in the sky.
Secondly, poetry is a reflection of a life story that teaches us about people’s
relations. It helps mould a personality developing one’s inner self. Finally,
poetry makes common words sound magic. We hear the music through
rhymes and rhythms, and melody of the verse.
However, other people think poetry is
nonsense and lies. A poet creates
make-believe stories about the imaginary
world. What is more, people have to read
“between lines” to understand the author’s
attitudes and ideas, which is irritating.
It is popularly believed that people have
always needed poetry. Are you among those
who consider poetry a natural part of life?
Or do you think poetry is useless for modern
people? From my point of view, poetry still
matters in modern complicated times.

13. Sinquain one word title, a noun that tells what your poem is about;
2. two adjectives that describe what you're writing about;
3. three- ing participles (adjectives) that describe what your poem is about;
4. a phrase that tells more about what you're writing about;
5. a synonym for your title, another noun that tells what your poem is about.

14. Sinquain Imagination. Emotional, meaningful.
Expressing, reflecting, supporting.
Teaches us about life.
Emotions.

15. Do you need poetry nowadays? What does it remind you of?
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