I think the poem, 'The Lifeguard' is extremely intricate and a great topic for discussion among students. They could even springboard their own writing about life experiences -- of their parents or relatives -- from it. That is how I used it. So many students found out things about family members through discussion and an interview process that they plotted out before a reading and discussion of this poem at home. This poem and the interview process stirred up old 'youthful' memories of the relatives of the students. Of course I was able to add rich insight to the poem as I was a lifeguard for three years during my college years and I discussed the poem with my sons to see how my planning would work, only in reverse.
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> From: "michael kandel" <mkdw@nyc.rr.com>
> Date: 2005/03/17 Thu PM 09:23:02 EST
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> "The Lifeguard"
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> I've put this course on hold for almost a year! I've done the assignments -to a point and have really gained from the streaming video.
> If someone can bring me up to date about the poems being read, I'll dive in!
> Michael Kandel
> MS ELA & SS
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> Greetings: Along with several other teachers from my school, I am participating in the Conversations in Literature Workshop. We were disappointed to see so few postings in this section. Is it possible there are others out there who have seen this and decided not to post a question? If you are currently enrolled, we would like to hear from you We had a lively discussion about Dickey's "The Lifeguard" and how students might respond to the ambiguities in the poem.
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