A
Poetry Teacher's Toolkit
by Collette Drifte and Mike Jubb
Professional poets spend many hours crafting a piece of work, yet we expect children in school to sit down and write on demand. This series is a toolkit to help you create a positive framework for children to read, write, understand, perform and generally enjoy poetry - to bring a creative spark to the poetry classroom. A combination of featured poems, creative ideas, structured lesson plans and differentiated photocopiable activity sheets gives the series a uniquely flexible approach - which means you can use the materials in any classroom context.
Many of the ideas in these books
are relevant to all creative writing. But, if you're not confident (or
just a tad unenthusiastic) about teaching poetry, then these are for you!
Book
1: Words and Wordplay
Key themes are:
· playing with words
· making patterns with words
· words and meanings
· puns and puzzles
· how words affect readers
· moods, feelings and attitudes
· how poets manipulate words
Paperback * 128 spiral bound A4 pages
1-85346-818-5 * 2002
Book
2: Rhymes, Rhythms and Rattles
Key themes are:
· rhythm and rhyme
· sounds
· alliteration
· words to create effects
· onomatopoeia
· metaphor and simile
Paperback * 160 spiral bound A4 pages
1-85346-819-3 * 2002
Book
3: Style, Shape and Structure
Key themes are:
· style and structure
· addressing regular and standard
forms
· the impact of layout
· free form
· 'found' poetry
· concrete poetry
Paperback * 160 spiral bound A4 pages
1-85346-820-7 * 2002
Book
4: Language and Performance
Key themes are:
· moods and feelings through the use of effective language
· nonsense and humorous verse
· performance poetry
· 'showing' not 'telling'
· the power of suggestion: language
and meaning
Paperback * 144 spiral bound A4 pages
1-85346-821-5 * 2002
These books were officially written for KS2, but contain much that is relevant to both KS1 and KS3.
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