Classroom Scene:

The Poem

Vocabulary

Video

Transcript

Teacher: Alright, who’s next? Carrie? Favorite poem, did you bring one?

Carrie, Student: . . . Yeah.

Teacher: Why don’t you come to the front of the class, and share it with us all.

Carrie: Listen. Listen. “This unfrequented place to find some ease, ease to the body some, none to the mind. Times past and what once I was and what am now. O wherefore was my birth from heaven foretold. Twice by an angel, who at last in sight of both my parents all in flames ascended.”

Teacher: Okay that was . . . uh, disturbing. That is the most you’ve said in class all year. Is there anything else you’d like to share, or you’ve done scaring us for the day?

Ross, Student: Asshole.

Teacher: Excuse me, Mr. Ross. Did you say something.
Ross, Student: I said awesome. I just thought what Carrie read was awesome. Didn’t you, Mr. Roman?

Teacher: All right who’s next? Nicky . . . I mean Lizzy.

Questions

Chair. The teacher was teaching math to the students. True or false?

Class(room). Did only one person, Carrie, come up and speak?

Desk. Carrie talked about what she did the previous Saturday. Is this right or wrong?

Exam. Was her poem colloquial or vernacular, or was it literary and a verse? Was it normal, everyday English or was it poetic or literary?

Homework. The teacher loved Carrie’s poem. Is this correct or incorrect?

Lecture. Did he criticize and castigate Carrie?

Notebook. Did another student rebuke or criticize the teacher?

Paper. How would you describe Carrie’s character or personality? Is she extroverted, introverted, shy, talkative, passive?
 
 
 
Pen. I have seen this movie before. Yes or no?

Pencil. Is your class similar to this, or is it different? How is your class similar to and different from this class?

Read. Are there lots of TV shows and movies set in classrooms or with classroom scenes? Have you seen lots of V shows and movies set in classrooms or with classroom scenes?

Student. Are all students the same or are they different in classroom behavior?

Whiteboard. Do all teachers teach the same or do they differ?

Write. My friends and I would like to become teachers.

Teacher. What might happen in the future?

Test. How would you like classes to be taught or how would you like students to learn?