1. Monuments Speak

2. Review Questions What does verb tense indicate?
What is the order of verb tenses from present to past?
When do you use perfect tenses?

3. Review Questions What does verb tense indicate? Time
What is the order of the five basic verb tenses?
Past Perf. Present Perf. Simple Past Simple Present Simple Future
When do you use perfect tenses?
When you want to describe things that happened farther back in the past.

4. Review: Forming the present perfect
Have/has + verb (past participle)
Examples
“She has been to the library.”
“They have watched a movie.”

5. Monument Poems Personification
Present perfect (used to describe memories)
Point of view
Imagery
Have seen
Have heard
Have known

6. Types of groupings All alike verbs (know/know/know) in one stanza
Pattern (seen/heard/known) in each stanza
Mirroring (seen/heard/known/known/heard/seen)

7. Great Wall of China

8. Brainstorming
Have seen
Have heard
Have known

9. The Great Wall You have outlived dynasties
The Great Wall You have outlived dynasties. You have seen workers buried within you. You have seen the life and death of billions. You have seen the need for hope. You have known the pain of neglect. You have known the power of emperors. You have known the invading army. You have heard generals’ cries for protection. You have heard the shriek of fireworks. You have heard the clash of swords. You continue to help a nation. --Dr. Broome

10. Angkor Wat, Cambodia

11. Angkor Wat Largest religious monument in the world
First a Hindu temple, now a Buddhist temple
Built in the 12th century CE
Protected by a moat

12. Brainstorming
Have seen
Have heard
Have known

13. Giza Necropolis, Egypt

14. Brainstorming
Have seen
Have heard
Have known

15. Assignment
Work in small groups (3-4) to brainstorm ideas for each monument.
Use the group’s brainstorm OR your own ideas to write a monument poem
Requirements
Monument is personified
Present perfect tense is used to describe monument’s memories
Use strong imagery
Group lines by verb use

16. Research/Sources
Kovarzina, I. (2011). Evoking visual imagination in teaching writing: ESL students' perspectives (Order No ). Available from ProQuest Education Journals. ( ). Retrieved from Schroeder, Fredrick (2010). "For Better Or Verse – Poetry In The ESL Classroom." MA TESOL Collection. Paper pp. Sjolie, D. (2006). Phrase and clause grammar tactics for the ESL/ELL writing classroom. English Journal, 95(5), Print. (NB: All images used in this presentation are public domain)