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Hi, thanks for looking in! Here is my 10th suggestion for helping your class to write poetry: Rhyme practice Here’s part of my rhyme ‘Beetle Business’, in which every short line ends in the ‘ee’ sound. It was fun to craft! Poems don’t have to rhyme, and fitting in rhymes can come at a cost,…
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Hi, and welcome to my Teach Poetry series – and all the rest of my children’s poetry site! Today’s idea: list poem Why a list? A list poem offers a simple and compelling format that children of all writing abilities can get to grips with. Able writers can take it as a springboard to more…
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Hi, thanks for your visit! Here’s my 8th tip or suggestion for helping your class create quality poetry: ENCOURAGE SHORT LINES for PUNCH and RHYTHM Here’s an example, with THE WIND as my theme: Short lines aid rhythm In my little poem here, there are only about 4 or 5 words per line – only…
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Unable to post today, Thursday, 4th September – apologies. So my next Teach Poetry Tip will be tomorrow, Friday 4th, and it’ll take us into the nitty-gritty of poetry-writing itself – in particular, how to make a non-rhyming poem look and sound like a poem, rather than just a prosy ramble.🤔 Hope you can look…
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Hi, here’s my next recommendation for helping your children to get poetry-writing: Tip 7: Celebrate Sounds My previous tip focused on the visual – offering picture stimuli in various ways, but many children respond strongly – perhaps more – to sounds. So open the window and listen together, or better still, go outside and stand…
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Hi, and thanks for looking in! Teach Poetry Tip – or Suggestion – 6: Use pictures to stimulate ideas and language Pictures take the formality and fear out of poetry-writing for less confident children, also providing a focus point to spark ideas and push off from. Show pictures relating to your chosen poetry theme, to…
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Hello, thanks for looking in! Here is my Teach Poetry tip 5: Do a Wordy Warm-Up Stretch language through fun brainstorming challenges before embarking on poetry proper with your class. This is best with a given theme – also relevant to your poetry-writing plans. Lead by example Set an example by using rich, expressive language…
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Hi, this is my new, daily Teach Poetry blog, with tips from my own findings as a poetry workshop leader for schools. Tip 4: Take the scary out of ‘poetry’ Often, when I enter a classroom, an anxious child will step up to warn me that they aren’t very good at poetry, or ‘can’t do’…
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STOP PRESS! My new book – Squeak! Squawk! Roar! Amazing Animal Poems – publishes on 9th January ’25. Publisher: Otter-Barry Books. It’s the squawk of the town! 🦜 __________________________________________________________________________________________ 🙂 Hi, here is my Teach Poetry Tip No. 3, in my new, tried-and-tested, daily series: Today’s tip is: Start fresh! Ensure your…
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🤨 Sorry – no tip today!Hi, and thanks for your visit. I’ve been away from home today and unable to post here unfortunately. Next Teach Poetry Tip coming tomorrow. Meanwhile, you’ll find lots of tips, ideas, and poems to spur creative writing or provide starter lines for poems, in these archived posts and across my…
