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Aims
challenge learn inspire grow bloom
You will • have a selection of good poetry for use
with children from Y1 to Y6• understand different forms of poetry and
their key features• have an understanding of ways of teaching
children to read, write and perform poetry
Agenda
challenge learn inspire grow bloom
• What is poetry and why is it important?• Planning for poetry in the new curriculum• Types of poetry• Writing poetry
Why teach poetry?
Why is it important that we teach poetry in primary school?
Come up with the definitive answer to a teacherwho asks you this.
challenge learn inspire grow bloom
What is poetry?Poetry is “simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely
effective mode of saying things.”Matthew Arnold
“Language is the naming of experience, and what we name we have power over.”
Kingman, 1988“Practice in such discourse is the only way of making sure one
says things right and powerfully and courteously to oneself.”Jerome Bruner, 1967
“Choosing words is at the heart of what a writer does... Poetry is where you learn how to choose words.”
Pie Corbettchallenge learn inspire grow bloom
Why is it important to teach poetry?• It concentrates and encapsulates thought• It provokes• It entertains• It makes you see things differently• Children won’t meet it unless we introduce it
challenge learn inspire grow bloom
Why is it important to teach children to write poetry?
Learning to write poetry involves learning skills which are important for all writing • observation • visualisation• precision
in vocabularyin punctuation
• use of imagery and figurative language
challenge learn inspire grow bloom
Why is it important to teach children to write poetry?
And it sometimes involves additional skills more specific to poetry• using and understanding the effects of rhyme
and rhythm• using scansion and metre• understanding the effect of structure on the
page
challenge learn inspire grow bloom
Planning for poetry
challenge learn inspire grow bloom
Look at Poetry in the new curriculum handout.• Consider your long-term planning. Are there
any opportunities where you could sensibly link poetry with a theme or topic? (Without having to look for a poem on...)
• Where will you bring in poetry for reading?• Where will you bring in poetry for reading
and writing?• What kind of poetry?