tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34161179.post6434624743759084415..comments2023-09-19T03:17:44.567-04:00Comments on Epic Adventures Are Often Uncomfortable: ExhaustionClixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04460380696875928585noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34161179.post-61826439851017012912007-12-15T08:44:00.000-05:002007-12-15T08:44:00.000-05:00Great mnemonic... but I haven't been able to get t...Great mnemonic... but I haven't been able to get to the point of studying the different types of meter, because my little angels are struggling to "hear the beat." <BR/><BR/>Last semester, I did my intro-to-shakespeare lecture (about a minute and a half) in iambic pentameter. Nothin'. I went back and hammed it up, and after the second time through I got a tentative guess - "You're, like, saying Clixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460380696875928585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34161179.post-4377471363705138192007-12-15T02:00:00.000-05:002007-12-15T02:00:00.000-05:00I'm not an LA teacher, just the son of one. That s...I'm not an LA teacher, just the son of one. That said, take all this will a few grains of salt.<BR/><BR/>First, I think limericks are superb for demonstrating meter. That's how it was drilled into my head.<BR/><BR/>Second, When I was a junior in high school, I had to learn meter. It was confusing, so I made up a mnemonic. Maybe this will help your students.<BR/><BR/>"IT (the adding machine) ADS"<Hugh O'Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07294517971286376134noreply@blogger.com