Welcome to Trevor's poetry place. It's Summer - time for poetry!
The aim of the Poetry Place is to help with the teaching, understanding and enjoyment of poetry. 'Anything, however small, may make a poem. Nothing, however great, is certain to.' So said Edward Thomas.
The BBC Poetry Season - thoughts...
Any comments or suggestions are always welcome at poet@teachit.co.uk.
WHAT'S NEW: For Y9s perhaps: Reading and
writing about animals. Beginnings and endings. (In the Workshop) What does it MEAN???? and Personal Response - What's that all about? 'Miss, Miss, what does it MEAN?' Here are some thoughts about Meaning. Don't rush for Meaning. Slow down, breathe deeply. Take a look here, it might help.
What kind of 'personal response' is useful? Some thoughts on how to guide students.
TOUCHSTONES NOW: TOUCHSTONES@Teachit is a steadily growing area, aiming to help you make the most of the new anthology.
Advice to pupils on tapping in to creativity from YG&T, though it applies to everyone, I think.
HAIKU! Guidance on teaching about haiku can be found on this very helpful site. And be sure to visit the other BHS: the British Haiku Society. The creativity of teachers is still highlighted here: Earthworks.
TECHNIQUES Different ways of approaching poems, including 'immersed poems', found poems and hidden words. Go to the Workshop and follow the link.
WORKSHOP
Some help teaching W H Auden at A level has just been added to the other resources, ideas and tools to help you. Plus ideas for poetry writing at KS3 including something new on CONCRETE POETRY. and on Highwaymen and Robbers. Plus....
- Help with GCSE poetry
- Advice for A level teachers
- Creative Writing Ideas
- Some resources on poems and poets requested by you
- Resources on poets who are personal favourites
OPEN STUDIO
Writer at work. Drop in to see what he's up to at the moment and you can take a look at previous blogs on topics as varied as villanelles to poems in the style of... Duffy, Armitage, Heaney etc. The aim is to help you help your students by trying to make the writing process more transparent.
STREET CORNER
FAQs and FEGs (frequently expressed gripes). How to react when students just 'don't get it'? How important are terms like 'enjambment'? Is it really important to distinguish between similes and metaphors? And so on...
POETRY PUB
General thoughts on poems and poetry. Sophie Hannah compares poetry to crime fiction. Why is poetry special? Books for younger readers. And more...
VERSE SURGERY
A place to share your poems and students’ poems. Our Poetry Doctor and Verse Nurse will help out with advice and comments. Send your pupils' poetry, please - to poet@teachit.co.uk
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Trevor Millum's Poetry Collections
Exploding Heads - Comic Strip Poems
Warning - Too Much Schooling Can Damage Your Health
(both available from NATE)
A Stegosaurus is for Life and other animal poems
(available from HandsUp Books or Amazon) www.trevormillum.co.uk |
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