Using Poetry in the English Classroom

Using Poetry in the English Classroom

‘Poetry is memorable speech’
WH Auden (1935)

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

Acrostic poems

Acrostic poems J A C Q U E S

Acrostic poems Jaded A C Q U E S

Acrostic poems Jaded Anti-war C Q U E S

Acrostic poems Jaded Anti-war Calm during a crisis Q U E S

Acrostic poems Jaded Anti-war Calm during a crisis
Quite extreme in his views U E S

Quite extreme in his views Uninhibited E S

Quite extreme in his views Uninhibited Eloquent S

Quite extreme in his views Uninhibited Eloquent Shady

Acrostic poems C H R I S

Acrostic poems Charismatic H R I S

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky R I S

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny I S

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny Inspirational S

Acrostic poems Charismatic Happy-go-lucky Really funny Inspirational
Stylish

Stylish T O P H E R

Stylish Tiresome O P H E R

Stylish Tiresome Over-confident P H E R

Stylish Tiresome Over-confident Petulant H E R

Stylish Tiresome Over-confident Petulant Horribly conceited E R

Stylish Tiresome Over-confident Petulant Horribly conceited Egotistical R

Stylish Tiresome Over-confident Petulant Horribly conceited Egotistical Rather childish

Acrostic poems T R A N S P O

Acrostic poems Taxis take people across the city R A N S P O T

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

Rain causes many people to go by bus Airports are exciting places N S P O R T

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

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

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

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

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

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 10am

Acrostic poems G H O S T

Acrostic poems Go slowly up the stairs of the ancient H O S T

Acrostic poems Go slowly up the stairs of the ancient
House in the middle of the night, where an O S T

House in the middle of the night, where an Old man used to live until he died. The dark S T

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

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!

Acrostic poems – your turn!
W E L C O M E

We love Europe and the world! E L C O M E

We love Europe and the world! Everyone is welcome on our shores! L C O M E

We love Europe and the world! Everyone is welcome on our shores! Love is always stronger than hate! C O M E

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

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

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

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!

Jigsaw Beguiling by Roger McGough that when she beckons
in twenty seconds I can run a mile she is so beguiling

Quick poems Beguiling by Roger McGough that when she beckons
She is so beguiling in twenty seconds I can run a mile

Quick poems Beguiling by Roger McGough She is so beguiling
that when she beckons in twenty seconds I can run a mile

Quick poems Beguiling by Roger McGough She is so beguiling
that when she beckons I can run a mile in twenty seconds.

An extra Roger McGough poem…
Let me die a young man's death 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.

Gap fill What is “hope”? Emily Dickinson

Gap fill "Hope" is the thing with _____ That perches in the _____ And sings the tune without the ____ And never ____ at all.

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.

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.

Gap fill Questions What creature is Emily Dickinson comparing “hope” to? Why? Is this a positive or negative poem?

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.

Using a classic I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth

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.

Using a classic cloud hills crowd daffodils trees breeze
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

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

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

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 _________.

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 _________.

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.

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.

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. oO oO oO oO

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. oO oO oO oO

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.

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?”

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.

Poems to make you think Simon Armitage

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?

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

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.

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?

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?

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.

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 U.K. decided to vote on a bridge or to dig a deep moat. As mad as a hatter we plumped for the latter and now we’re adrift in a boat. 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.

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