Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.

Poetry definitions and analysis of modern rock poems.

Objective: To create a viable definition of poetry.

Activity: Divide students into groups. Each group is given the same five modern rock poems (ex. "In God's Country" by U2, "The Children's Crusade" by Sting). Students are given a reflection sheet which directs them to answer specific questions about each poem and to ultimately determine what poetry is. Each group then randomly selects one of the five poems and analyzes that lyric as completely as possible. Every group then reports its definition of poetry and its analysis of the one specific poem.

Assessment: Quality of cooperative effort and presentations.