Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.

Read poem with strong symbol. Discover common insights.

Objective: To read a poem with a symbol. To see the symbol and realize that it means about the same thing to everyone who reads that poem.

Activity: Students read poem, "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. Working independently, students draw an interpretive symbol for the poem and write a word or phrase explanation of its meaning. Have them tape on tack board as they finish which will allow them to see the similarities in their work.

Assessment: Identification of symbol and understanding of its meaning.