Justification on choice of materials

The poems that we chose are: 1) Who Is It taken from the sample of poems from the book. It is recommended for young Only The Lonely written by Tony Bradman, that also founded in a book. It is very suitable My Garden that we chose in the English Year 2 textbook. It is very interesting poem. The definition of poetry is it emphasizes the emotional impact and the poem is the original combination words, distinctive sounds, emotional impact and visual elements. Generally, for the poems chosen, they are suitable for the young learner from the average year 1-3 students. They can easily understand what the meaning of each word is. The most important criteria for children poem are not too long, relevant to the students environment and interest. Furthermore, it is important that the poem relates to their environment and life situation as well as it have words that are appropriate for the reading level of the students.

learner to appreciate their and life. 2)

for pupils to courage them to be confident and believe in themselves. 3)

For the first poem, Who Is It, has simple words. Most of the students easily understand the meaning of the poem. It fosters moral values like love and appreciates others in lives. For example: And what you got is Me! The usage of words is very appropriate and it brings a lot of values for young learner. This poem can provide children with knowledge about family and people around them. It also encourages children to appreciate language and expand their vocabularies. It is a lively poem that simple and nice for the young learner like year 1.

The second one is Only the Lonely written by Tony Bradman, which founded in the book. It is very suitable for pupils to courage them to be confident and believe in themselves. It is an enjoyable poem which is suitable for Year1 till 3 students. It uses the language that

suitable for the students and it encourages them to never give up and being optimistic. The most exciting in this poem is can be read together with a simple movement. The last poem is My Garden that we chose in the English Year 2 textbook. It is very interesting poem. We chose this poem among the entire three poem because it is a lively poem which relating the students with their own life and environment. It is suitable for the teacher to teach the students about insects plus flowers by using simple poetry. In fact, it has the rhyme that can help the students to analyze each of the words from the poem. It tells the children about the insects that we can have at garden which are bees, ants, butterflies and grasshoppers. For instance: There are bees in my garden, And ants on the tree, Butterflies on the flowers, And grasshoppers on the leaves.

In this poem, it teaches the name of insects that the students are familiar with by using simple and understandable language for the year 2 students. It also sharply cut visual images and words to be an effective teaching method for the teacher to teach about insects to the students. This poem is suitable for the year 2 students because it is filled with learning situation. For example, the students will know that ants on the tree, butterflies live on the flowers and grasshoppers on the leaves. To conclude, in order to choose the best poem for the children, the teacher must know the level and the suitable language for them. The poem should provide children with knowledge about concepts in the world around them so that they will understand the poem and can tell its deeper meaning.

Justification on teaching-learning activity based on pedagogical principles

Poetry is a pleasurable, and sometimes funny, sound to the ears. Just as it is a sultry, creative, fond, joy to write to the soul especially to the students. In our opinion, by choosing this activity, My Garden, the teacher will have the creative strategy to make the students love learning poem and understand it easily. Year 2 students need to be guided by the teacher to understand the deeper meaning behind the poem. When a teacher recites the poem and let the students listen to her, the students can generate their own imagination about the insects in the poem. While reciting, the teacher also uses the pictures to create fun learning and this will help them to get some ideas and brainstorm some question to be asked to the teacher later. The teacher needs to get the full attention from them from the activity. Students also will be attracted to the cute chart because if the students only read a whole long poem without the help of attractive pictures, they will be bored and the learning process will be uninterested from their views. Pictures can help the students to understand more on insects and the garden. When the teacher asks the students regarding the poem, he or she is trying to stimulate the students response whether they like the poem or not. It is important to make the students aware of what they are going to learn. They can gain new knowledge from reading and understanding the poem. Working in group is the best way of teaching strategy because it teaches the students to cooperate and help each other. It can provide a safe structure for student creativity. From this simple activity, students process the information in their minds to reach a deeper comprehension and produce a piece of work in picture. This will help the student to create for high order thinking to apply ideas. For the fill in the blank activity, the teacher tries to test the students memorization to make them think and discuss in group which words should they paste on their drawing picture. While helping them to get more understanding of the poem, the students also know how to relate the pictures with the poem. This method teaches students to become active readers and stimulates creativity and imagination while analyzing the poem from different viewpoint.

When the students read the poem to the class, it makes them aware of rhythm, rhymes, and other visual components. The teacher teaches how to read a poem with both ear and eye. It consists of interpreting and saying a poem together as a group activity. Children enjoy this way of experiencing poetry because they have a participatory role in the activity. Students become better trained and attracted to reading poetry. It helps to develop their language skills, such as reading, writing, listening and of course increases their vocabulary too. Reading poetry aloud together not only emphasizes the poem itself, it really draws out the limerick side of the poetry plus it helps children appreciate poetry on a more distinctive level. In a nutshell, the teacher can create lots of opportunities for personalization by using My Garden activity in class. This means, the students have plenty to say, and the communication is genuine because they are talking about their own imagination of world. Poetry does not just stimulate a childs creativity; it also helps to stimulate patterns in the brain. It is up to the teacher to add the fun of reading and writing poetry, to have unbeatable combinations for the young learners.