{"id":327052,"date":"2026-02-11T16:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=327052"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T12:36:15","slug":"grade-9-explore-poetry-through-thinking-routines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2026\/02\/11\/grade-9-explore-poetry-through-thinking-routines\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade 9 Explore Poetry Through Thinking Routines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The grade 9s continue to explore protest poetry and this week they began by exploring 2 poets, Thomas Hardy and Wilfred Owen. They engaged in the Thinking Routine SEE-THINK-WONDER based on an image. Did they ask questions about value of life based on the image? Did they ask questions about would remember the people in the image? Did they ask questions about human life and dignity based on the image? We then organised their questions into 3 categories: Value, Memory, and Dignity.<\/p>\n<p>See here photos of their WONDER questions:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3867-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-327060 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3867-80x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"300\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3867-80x300.jpg 80w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3867-scaled.jpg 272w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3867-768x2890.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3867-408x1536.jpg 408w, https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3867-544x2048.jpg 544w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 80px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 80\/300;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3866-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-327059 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3866-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Students had to work in small groups and then combine into bigger teams, which challenged their collaboration skills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3865-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-327058 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3865-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3858-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-327057 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3858-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3857-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-327056 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2026\/02\/IMG_3857-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The grade 9s continue to explore protest poetry and this week they began by exploring 2 poets, Thomas Hardy and Wilfred Owen. They engaged in the Thinking Routine SEE-THINK-WONDER based on an image. Did they ask questions about value of life based on the image? 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