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Grammar Poems. Using Poetry in Class

Some other resources below. Also, see these websites for source materials as well as our own video directory of poetry and poetry in the classroom video page. Also now available - Billy Collins video poem and ebook.

 

Spoken Verse youtube channel.

Billy Collins channel of animated poems.

Poem Hunter:  Get poems on a particular subject / topic (click them on the left). Print and use in class. 

PBS Favorite poem. Regular people read a poem.

Poetry workshop handout / ideas

Love That Dog: a great book introducing poetry, with audio

 

These grammar poems are great for getting students to practice vocabulary, write and present.

First do one on the board together for whatever topic. Then distribute the worksheets.

The students make a rough copy. Once edited and checked - give them another copy (or just print the handout double sided) and they can make a final copy and decorate.

Finally, have them read and present the best ones. Hang them on the class/school walls!




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SupporterPermalink Reply by ddeubel on January 28, 2010 at 1:23am
Using poetry in class really works! Andrea Honigsfeld has a nice article of many techniques for doing this with ELLs (see attached.). Also, I've added another document outlining poetry options for teachers.

Also, diamante poems (Read Write Think has a great description) are also good to use. Much like Grammar poems, they are more focused, consisting of seven lines. Like the following...

Fireball Noun
Brilliant, beautiful 2 Adjectives
Flashing, shining, dashing 3 Verbs
Bright, wondrous, black, nothing 4 words
Staring, hoping, missing 3 Verbs
Deep, quiet 2 Adjectives
Darkness. Noun

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One other very simple technique is word association.

1. Give students slips of paper
2. Ask them to finish a sentence and write it on the slip of paper (or just a word they think of in relation to a word you give)
3. Collect the slips and read them as a poem!
4. After, write out on chart paper or hang from string and display!

Give different groups different sentence starters or Topic words.
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SupporterPermalink Reply by ddeubel on April 15, 2011 at 3:02pm

Here is one for W.H.Auden's Funeral blues. 

 

Students watch the video. Study the poem. Then make their own using Auden's structure. Recite for the class. 

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SupporterPermalink Reply by ddeubel on December 6, 2011 at 2:26pm

Love grammar poem

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SupporterPermalink Reply by ddeubel on February 3, 2012 at 3:03pm

Here are some resources for using Billy Collins poems. See Dharma here.

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SupporterPermalink Reply by ddeubel on February 3, 2012 at 3:04pm

Some more general resources for teaching poetry and some ideas...

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SupporterPermalink Reply by ddeubel on February 3, 2012 at 7:02pm

Here is a nice ebook for video poems by Billy Collins    HERE. 

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SupporterPermalink Reply by ddeubel on November 30, 2012 at 12:36pm

This Bukowski poem is great for listening practice and discussion about writing. You might get students to write their own poem rewrite called "So You Want To Be A _____________."   They write in statements like Bukowski's about a career/job. 

 

 
Find more videos like this on EFL CLASSROOM 2.0

 

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