Punjabi Name Poetry

Who are you? What makes you, you? How would you describe yourself?

 

Punjabi Name Poetry

This lesson allows students to explore who they are by using poetry as the means of communication

Students first take part in a warm up adjective game before they explore how poetry allows one to express themselves. Students see an example of a type of Name Poem that they could write before they create their own!

Focus Questions/ Key Understandings

  • I can write in Punjabi using the Gurmukhi alphabet.

  • I can identify and utilize advanced Punjabi vocabulary words.

  • I can examine Punjabi poetry and prose by interpreting Punjabi figurative language and poetic devices.

  • I can express ideas with fluency and accuracy in my writing

Punjabi Name Poetry
(Lesson Plan)

Courses + Big Ideas

Punjabi 11 (Regular/Advanced) or Punjabi 12

  • Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition of a new language.

  • Language and culture are interconnected and shape our perspective, identity, and voice

First People’s Principles of Learning

  • Learning is embedded in memory, history, and story.

  • Learning requires exploration of one‘s identity

 

Building Community Through Oneness.