( Parallel ) Poetry Again

Show pictures from nature.

Discuss beauty of nature, what nature means to you.

Show poem :

The Beauty of the Rose
Abu al-Abbas al-Ghassani
How beautiful the rose in its colors
of deep red and pure white.
Its whiteness is like the brilliance of the stars; its
redness not different from the red of twilight.
And the yellow in its center is like sesame seeds
clustered on a plate.

Then show students the model :

Students’ Parallel Poem (based on The Beauty of the Rose)

_______________________________ (Title)
How beautiful the ______________________________________________ (object)
_____________________________________________________ (and descriptive phrase).
Its ______________ (a colour) is ________________________________________ (simile); Its _____________ (a colour) not different __________________________ (descriptive phrase)
And the _______________ (color) in its center is ____________________________ (simile)

________________________________________________________( descriptive phrase )

(As follow up Art lesson, draw the object )

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