Ideas for approaching a poem

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Beryl Whincup
Ideas for approaching a poem
Main Subject
Key stage
Category
Poetry: Understanding a poem
Resource type
Student activity

A number of questions and activities for students to complete when studying a new poem.

The prompts support students in accessing poetry, and helps to develop confidence in responding to unseen or unfamiliar poems. 

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12/04/2021

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14/01/2021

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31/05/2020

I'm using this with a small group who find poetry a bit of a challenge. It's good to have some visual stimulus for discussion and analysis that's not PowerPoint. It's relaxing and reassuring for students who get anxious about lots of text, to have something like this in front of them. It also prevents the spoon-feeding, fill-in-the-gap option that they get to depend on. It doesn't affect their quality of work, either, just makes it easier for them to access the topic. Thanks.

Karen Stromberg

09/01/2019

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12/04/2021

5

14/01/2021

5

31/05/2020

I'm using this with a small group who find poetry a bit of a challenge. It's good to have some visual stimulus for discussion and analysis that's not PowerPoint. It's relaxing and reassuring for students who get anxious about lots of text, to have something like this in front of them. It also prevents the spoon-feeding, fill-in-the-gap option that they get to depend on. It doesn't affect their quality of work, either, just makes it easier for them to access the topic. Thanks.

Karen Stromberg

09/01/2019

5

09/01/2019

5

26/10/2018

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Denise Ryan

03/09/2016

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