USING POETRY TO TEACH ENGLISH Why Poetry Practice

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USING POETRY TO TEACH ENGLISH

USING POETRY TO TEACH ENGLISH

Why Poetry? Practice vocabulary or grammar Teach pronunciation, stress and rhythm Short and structured

Why Poetry? Practice vocabulary or grammar Teach pronunciation, stress and rhythm Short and structured form of creative writing Creativity Think about the language in a different way Lots of grammar and vocabulary to try and express themselves

Poetry in the ESL Classroom Stand alone creative writing exercise Practice new vocabulary (chunks)

Poetry in the ESL Classroom Stand alone creative writing exercise Practice new vocabulary (chunks) Practice new grammatical structures Practice phonemes with rhyming Short, structured exercises Clear guidelines Examples Time limits

Execise 1 – 2 lines, 2 words Goodbye city Hello beach

Execise 1 – 2 lines, 2 words Goodbye city Hello beach

Exercise 2 - Acrostics RAIN Running home After school In a dream Noisy teacher

Exercise 2 - Acrostics RAIN Running home After school In a dream Noisy teacher is gone HOPE

Exercise 3 - NOUN – VERB – ADVERB Sandwiches sit silently Crows consider cunningly

Exercise 3 - NOUN – VERB – ADVERB Sandwiches sit silently Crows consider cunningly Mice meander merrily Cats crawl carnivorously

Exercise 4 - Stems Loneliness is my father’s voice Loneliness is my mother’s grave

Exercise 4 - Stems Loneliness is my father’s voice Loneliness is my mother’s grave Loneliness is a word she left Loneliness is the last thing she gave Happiness is. . .

Exercise 5 - Haiku A haiku is a Japanese syllabic poem. The first line

Exercise 5 - Haiku A haiku is a Japanese syllabic poem. The first line has five syllables. The second line has seven syllables. The third line has five syllables. You can give students the first two lines. Finish this haiku. Waiting in darkness An aged blind man sitting … Waiting in darkness An aged blind man sitting Where is my whiskey? Teaching is my life

Exercise 7 – Word play “Nobody knows the woman he loves. ” Nobody knows

Exercise 7 – Word play “Nobody knows the woman he loves. ” Nobody knows the woman he loves The woman he loves knows nobody He loves the woman nobody knows He knows the woman loves nobody David hopes Mary will love his family

Adapting to your students Challenging but not frustrating Start simple Do not over complicate

Adapting to your students Challenging but not frustrating Start simple Do not over complicate – one point at a time Interpretation and comprehension only for very high levels

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