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Activity 3: Peer edit and advise
Ask students to trade sijo, concentrating on the ones read in class.
Students should mark the phrases and count the syllables in each phrase in each other’s sijo.
They should then discuss their findings with the writer. They should discuss whether the poem
follows the sijo pattern. If there are variations from the pattern, the writer should explain why.
The student should also discuss which phrases in the poem seem particularly effective and why.
They should also mention any difficulties in understanding they have and any suggestions for
improvement.
Assignment:
Students should revise their sijo for homework and turn them in edited and typed for a grade.
Extension Assignment:
Have the students teach sijo writing to someone else—a family member, a friend, a faculty mem-
ber, or someone in the community. Ask the students to write a 1-2 page process essay in which
they discuss the steps they took to teach the sijo, making mention of the difficulties and successes
they had along the way. They should write about what they learned in the process. They should
then include a sijo from their “student.”
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