Using Poetry in the English Classroom Poetry is

Using Poetry in the English Classroom

‘Poetry is memorable speech’ WH Auden (1935) A learning partner throughout your career

Objectives • By the end of the workshop you will have seen and tried… • • • Acrostic poems for language building Poetry jigsaws and gap fills Using the classics – rhyme & vocabulary, pronunciation Poems to make you think Limericks Free verse poems A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems J A C Q U E S A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Jaded A C Q U E S A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Jaded Anti-war C Q U E S A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Jaded Anti-war Calm during a crisis Q U E S A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Jaded Anti-war Calm during a crisis Quite extreme in his views U E S A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Jaded Anti-war Calm during a crisis Quite extreme in his views Uninhibited E S A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Jaded Anti-war Calm during a crisis Quite extreme in his views Uninhibited Eloquent S A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Jaded Anti-war Calm during a crisis Quite extreme in his views Uninhibited Eloquent Shady A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems C H R I S A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Charismatic H R I S A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky R I S A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny I S A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny Inspirational S A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny Inspirational Stylish A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny Inspirational Stylish T O P H E R A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny Inspirational Stylish Tiresome O P H E R A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny Inspirational Stylish Tiresome Over-confident P H E R A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny Inspirational Stylish Tiresome Over-confident Petulant H E R A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny Inspirational Stylish Tiresome Over-confident Petulant Horribly conceited E R A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny Inspirational Stylish Tiresome Over-confident Petulant Horribly conceited Egotistical R A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny Inspirational Stylish Tiresome Over-confident Petulant Horribly conceited Egotistical Rather childish A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems T R A N S P O R T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Taxis take people across the city R A N S P O R T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Taxis take people across the city Rain causes many people to go by bus A N S P O R T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Taxis take people across the city Rain causes many people to go by bus Airports are exciting places N S P O R T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Taxis take people across the city Rain causes many people to go by bus Airports are exciting places Nowadays, people are very attached to their cars S P O R T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Taxis take people across the city Rain causes many people to go by bus Airports are exciting places Nowadays, people are very attached to their cars Steam trains are an outmoded form of transport P O R T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Taxis take people across the city Rain causes many people to go by bus Airports are exciting places Nowadays, people are very attached to their cars Steam trains are an outmoded form of transport Pollution is one consequence of increased travel O R T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Taxis take people across the city Rain causes many people to go by bus Airports are exciting places Nowadays, people are very attached to their cars Steam trains are an outmoded form of transport Pollution is one consequence of increased travel Often I prefer to go on foot R T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Taxis take people across the city Rain causes many people to go by bus Airports are exciting places Nowadays, people are very attached to their cars Steam trains are an outmoded form of transport Pollution is one consequence of increased travel Often I prefer to go on foot Rail travel is extremely expensive these days T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Taxis take people across the city Rain causes many people to go by bus Airports are exciting places Nowadays, people are very attached to their cars Steam trains are an outmoded form of transport Pollution is one consequence of increased travel Often I prefer to go on foot Rail travel is extremely expensive these days Take off is at 10 am A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems G H O S T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Go slowly up the stairs of the ancient H O S T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Go slowly up the stairs of the ancient House in the middle of the night, where an O S T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Go slowly up the stairs of the ancient House in the middle of the night, where an Old man used to live until he died. The dark S T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Go slowly up the stairs of the ancient House in the middle of the night, where an Old man used to live until he died. The dark Shadows hide his staring eyes, and you can feel the T A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems Go slowly up the stairs of the ancient House in the middle of the night, where an Old man used to live until he died. The dark Shadows hide his staring eyes, and you can feel the Touch of his clammy fingers around your neck! A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems – your turn! W E L C O M E A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems – your turn! We love Europe and the world! E L C O M E A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems – your turn! We love Europe and the world! Everyone is welcome on our shores! L C O M E A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems – your turn! We love Europe and the world! Everyone is welcome on our shores! Love is always stronger than hate! C O M E A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems – your turn! We love Europe and the world! Everyone is welcome on our shores! Love is always stronger than hate! Closed borders are cold borders! O M E A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems – your turn! We love Europe and the world! Everyone is welcome on our shores! Love is always stronger than hate! Closed borders are cold borders! Only fear can tear us apart! M E A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems – your turn! We love Europe and the world! Everyone is welcome on our shores! Love is always stronger than hate! Closed borders are cold borders! Only fear can tear us apart! Make love not war! E A learning partner throughout your career

Acrostic poems – your turn! We love Europe and the world! Everyone is welcome on our shores! Love is always stronger than hate! Closed borders are cold borders! Only fear can tear us apart! Make love not war! End all xenophobia, embrace your neighbours! A learning partner throughout your career

Jigsaw Beguiling by Roger Mc. Gough that when she beckons in twenty seconds I can run a mile she is so beguiling A learning partner throughout your career

Quick poems Beguiling by Roger Mc. Gough She is so beguiling that when she beckons in twenty seconds I can run a mile A learning partner throughout your career

Quick poems Beguiling by Roger Mc. Gough She is so beguiling that when she beckons in twenty seconds I can run a mile A learning partner throughout your career

Quick poems Beguiling by Roger Mc. Gough She is so beguiling that when she beckons I can run a mile in twenty seconds A learning partner throughout your career

Quick poems Beguiling by Roger Mc. Gough She is so beguiling that when she beckons I can run a mile in twenty seconds. A learning partner throughout your career

Quick poems Beguiling by Roger Mc. Gough She is so beguiling that when she beckons I can run a mile in twenty seconds. A learning partner throughout your career

Quick poems Beguiling by Roger Mc. Gough She is so beguiling that when she beckons I can run a mile in twenty seconds. A learning partner throughout your career

An extra Roger Mc. Gough poem… Let me die a young man's death not a clean and in between the sheets holy water death not a famous-last-words peaceful out of breath death When I'm 73 and in constant good tumour may I be mown down at dawn by a bright red sports car on my way home from an all night party Or when I'm 91 with silver hair and sitting in a barber's chair may rival gangsters with ham-fisted tommy guns burst in and give me a short back and insides Or when I'm 104 and banned from the Cavern may my mistress catching me in bed with her daughter and fearing for her son cut me up into little pieces and throw away every piece but one Let me die a young man's death not a free from sin tiptoe in candle wax and waning death not a curtains drawn by angels borne 'what a nice way to go' death. A learning partner throughout your career

Gap fill What is “hope”? Emily Dickinson A learning partner throughout your career

Gap fill "Hope" is the thing with _____ That perches in the _____ And sings the tune without the ____ And never ____ at all. A learning partner throughout your career

Gap fill soul feathers stops words "Hope" is the thing with _____ That perches in the _____ And sings the tune without the ____ And never ____ at all. A learning partner throughout your career

Gap fill "Hope" is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. A learning partner throughout your career

Gap fill Questions • What creature is Emily Dickinson comparing “hope” to? • Why? • Is this a positive or negative poem? A learning partner throughout your career

The rest of the poem… 'Hope' is the thing with feathers— That perches in the soul— And sings the tune without the words— And never stops—at all— And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard— And sore must be the storm— That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm— I've heard it in the chillest land— And on the strangest Sea— Yet, never, in Extremity, It asked a crumb—of Me. A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed–and gazed–but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed–and gazed–but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth cloud hills crowd daffodils trees breeze shine the milky way line bay glance dance they glee gay company thought brought lie mood eye solitude fills daffodils A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic glance I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth solitude daffodils gay glee they breeze mood fills thought the milky way eye cloud bay trees dance lie daffodils line brought crowd shine company hills A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth daffodils hills daffodils fills thought eye brought lie dance glance crowd solitude the milky way they company glee breeze trees shine line cloud mood gay bay A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a _____ That floats on high o’er vales and ____, When all at once I saw a _____, A host, of golden _____; Beside the lake, beneath the _____, Fluttering and dancing in the _____. Continuous as the stars that _____ And twinkle on ______, They stretched in never-ending ____ Along the margin of a ____: Ten thousand saw I at a ______, Tossing their heads in sprightly ______. The waves beside them danced; but ____ Out-did the sparkling waves in ____: A poet could not but be ____, In such a jocund _______: I gazed–and gazed–but little _______ What wealth the show to me had _______: For oft, when on my couch I ____ In vacant or in pensive _____, They flash upon that inward ____ Which is the bliss of _______; And then my heart with pleasure _____, And dances with the _____. A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a _____ (A) That floats on high o’er vales and ____, (B) When all at once I saw a _____, (A) A host, of golden _____; (B) Beside the lake, beneath the _____, (C) Fluttering and dancing in the _____. (C) Continuous as the stars that _____ And twinkle on ______, They stretched in never-ending ____ Along the margin of a ____: Ten thousand saw I at a ______, Tossing their heads in sprightly ______. The waves beside them danced; but ____ Out-did the sparkling waves in ____: A poet could not but be ____, In such a jocund _______: I gazed–and gazed–but little _______ What wealth the show to me had _______: For oft, when on my couch I ____ In vacant or in pensive _____, They flash upon that inward ____ Which is the bliss of _______; And then my heart with pleasure _____, And dances with the _____. A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed–and gazed–but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. o. O A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth I w. ANdered LOnely AS a cl. OUd That fl. OAts on h. IGH o’er v. Ales and h. ILLs, When ALL at ONCE I s. AW a cr. OWd, A h. OSt, of g. OLDen d. Affo. DILs; Bes. IDE the l. AKE, ben. EAth the tr. EEs, FLUttering and d. ANcing IN the br. EEZe. o. O A learning partner throughout your career

Using a classic The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. A learning partner throughout your career

Poems to make you think Nick Cohen in The Guardian – from Rudyard Kipling’s The Dead Statesman from Epitaphs of the War “I could not dig; I dared not rob: Therefore I lied to please the mob. Now all my lies are proved untrue And I must face the men I slew. What tale shall serve me here among Mine angry and defrauded young? ” A learning partner throughout your career

Poems to make you think After Orlando: Gay Love by Carol Ann Duffy This writer is gay, and the priest, in the old love of his church, kneeling to pray. The farmer is gay, baling the gold hay out in the fields, and the teacher, cycling to school each day. The politician is gay, though he fears to say, knotting his tongue, his tie; and the doctor is gay, taking your human pulse in her calm way. The scientist is gay, folding the origami of DNA, and the judge, in his grey wig, is gay. The actress is gay, spotlit in the smash-hit play; the butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker, our children, are gay. And God is gay. A learning partner throughout your career

Poems to make you think Simon Armitage A learning partner throughout your career

Poems to make you think Simon Armitage You have picked me out. Through a distant shot of a building burning you have noticed now that a white cotton shirt is twirling, turning. In fact I am waving, waving. Small in the clouds, but waving, waving. Does anyone see a soul worth saving? https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=uf. Zey 15 WTAk A learning partner throughout your career

Limericks THERE ONCE WAS A FARMER FROM LEEDS WHO SWALLOWED A PACKET OF SEEDS IT SOON CAME TO PASS HE WAS COVERED WITH GRASS BUT HAS ALL THE TOMATOES HE NEEDS http: //www. 101 funjokes. com/funny-limericks 2. htm A learning partner throughout your career

Limericks THERE ONCE WAS A FARMER FROM LEEDS WHO SWALLOWED A PACKET OF SEEDS IT SOON CAME TO PASS HE WAS COVERED WITH GRASS BUT HAS ALL THE TOMATOES HE NEEDS http: //www. 101 funjokes. com/funny-limericks 2. htm A learning partner throughout your career

Limericks A tight referendum we ran to split with the Europe-wide clan. But it would have been smart if right from the start we’d worked out a post-Brexit plan. A learning partner throughout your career

Limericks A tight referendum we ran to split with the Europe-wide clan. But it would have been smart if right from the start we’d worked out a post-Brexit plan. The vote for the Brexit was bold, and gained much support from the old. But what of young folk who escaped Europe’s yoke and now find that they’re out in the cold? A learning partner throughout your career

Limericks A tight referendum we ran to split with the Europe-wide clan. But it would have been smart if right from the start we’d worked out a post-Brexit plan. Said Nigel Farage, “Hip, Hooray! We gained independence this day. But the end of the story is my friends now ignore me and hope that I’m fading away. ” The vote for the Brexit was bold, and gained much support from the old. But what of young folk who escaped Europe’s yoke and now find that they’re out in the cold? A learning partner throughout your career

Limericks A tight referendum we ran to split with the Europe-wide clan. But it would have been smart if right from the start we’d worked out a post-Brexit plan. Said Nigel Farage, “Hip, Hooray! We gained independence this day. But the end of the story is my friends now ignore me and hope that I’m fading away. ” The vote for the Brexit was bold, and gained much support from the old. But what of young folk who escaped Europe’s yoke and now find that they’re out in the cold? Could this be the start of the end? Will the EU’s peeved members unfriend? Whate’er may transpire the fat’s in the fire with plenty of fences to mend. A learning partner throughout your career

Limericks A tight referendum we ran to split with the Europe-wide clan. But it would have been smart if right from the start The U. K. we’d worked out a post-Brexit plan. Said Nigel Farage, “Hip, Hooray! We gained independence this day. But the end of the story myvote friends now ignore me decidedisto and hope that I’m fading away. ” on a bridge or to dig a deep moat. As mad as a hatter plumped for. Could the latter The vote for the Brexit waswe bold, this be the start of the end? and gained much support and from the old. we’re adrift Will the in EU’s now a peeved boat. members unfriend? But what of young folk who escaped Europe’s yoke and now find that they’re out in the cold? Whate’er may transpire the fat’s in the fire with plenty of fences to mend. A learning partner throughout your career

Limericks A tight referendum we ran to split with the Europe-wide clan. But it would have been smart if right from the start The U. K. we’d worked out a post-Brexit plan. Said Nigel Farage, “Hip, Hooray! We gained independence this day. But the end of the story myvote friends now ignore me decidedisto and hope that I’m fading away. ” on a bridge or to dig a deep moat. As mad as a hatter plumped for. Could the latter The vote for the Brexit waswe bold, this be the start of the end? and gained much support and from the old. we’re adrift Will the in EU’s now a peeved boat. members unfriend? But what of young folk who escaped Europe’s yoke and now find that they’re out in the cold? Whate’er may transpire the fat’s in the fire with plenty of fences to mend. www. paulfreeman. weebly. com A learning partner throughout your career

Free verse A learning partner throughout your career

Free verse A learning partner throughout your career

Free verse A learning partner throughout your career

Free verse A learning partner throughout your career

Free verse A learning partner throughout your career

Free verse A learning partner throughout your career

Free verse A learning partner throughout your career

Free verse A learning partner throughout your career