Tips on writing Poetry...Helping your child to

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EVERY ONE CAN WRITE A POEM

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RHYMING GAMES WITH WORDS!

Rhyming games are a great place to start while teaching younger kids about poetry

Pick a word, think of all the words that rhyme with that word.

Try first with one-syllable words, and then with words of two or more syllables

This helps them to enjoy it more

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SEE AND OBSERVE!

Pick or see any object a pencil, a plate, sky or a tree, children, parks, Ontario lake, light house, Credit river, City Hall, anything around. Then write down everything you notice about that object. 

Try and relate it to Mississauga.

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DESCRIBE THE WORDS AND OBJECTS!

Think of an adjective, like blue, soft, bright,  sleepy, awake, list is limitless

Try and relate these to Mississauga Write down all the words you can think

of that have the same meaning as that adjective

list will help a lot when you're trying to describe things

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PERFORM POETRY

Performing poetry is taking a poem and "acting it out” with……………...

Rhythm, sense of movement Use visuals that are attached to the words and

sentences Performing the above leaves a strong emotional

impact  This creates an in-depth relationship with the

language which actually takes the child beyond the language skills

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WRITE DOWN ALL YOUR IDEAS, QUICKLY, BEFORE THEY ESCAPE! 

List out words which connect you to that idea or the object

Try and relate them together Add some more words to elaborate They will start turning into a poem Live with the ideas for a while

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READ YOUR POEM OUT LOUD, TO YOURSELF OR TO A FRIEND!  

You have to hear, and like, your own words, in your own ears, before anyone else does.

Try and relate them together

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HAVE SOMEONE READ YOUR POEM TO YOU! 

It’s fun to hear your words rolling off of someone else’s tongue

Try and relate them together

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THINGS TO REMEMBER: A poem doesn’t have to be long A poem doesn’t have to be serious A poem doesn’t have to be about

important things A poem doesn’t have to rhyme A poem doesn’t have to be shown to

anybody A poem doesn’t have to be funny A poem doesn’t have to have a

message

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BUT…………………

A poem can be any of these things, and many more

The only thing a poem really has to do, is to please you, the writer, and make you glad that you wrote it

AND THEN…

Share your poem with us we

will share it with the world.

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A POEM

A poem is a little pathThat leads you through the trees.It takes you to the cliffs and shores,To anywhere you please.

Follow it and trust your wayWith mind and heart as one,And when the journey’s over,You’ll find you’ve just begun.

-by Charles Ghigna