Mrs. Hancock, English IV teacher, is eccentric in her methods of engaging seniors. Recently, students read ode to a greacian urn with a focus on visualization. This ode is a praise of a
beautiful ancient Greek urn decorated with figures. John Keats personified frozen images: a boy sitting under a tree, a priest leading a cow, old
men and young maidens, two lovers frozen in time before a kiss could happen. Students were to work together to bring
to life scenes from the urn.
Our period 3 seniors became "frozen statues" representing the visuals on the Greacian urn. Following this activity, Mrs. Hancock had her seniors find evidence of the 5 senses in the ode. Students quoted stanzas, identified which one of the 5 senses, and then justified their responses. Fun and learning was had by all!