Poetry Workshop Notes
You will find weekly notes and student creations on this page, specifically related to the Poety Workshop.
Weekly Notes
Our focus POEM for week 8: I am by Karl Nova – Watch him read his poem here: ‘I am’ by Karl Nova from CLPE on Vimeo. Words and their meanings: After listening to the poem “I am” we discussed the presenting techniques Karl uses when sharing his poem. We also looked at the following […]
Our focus POEM for week 7: Waltzing Matilda by Banjo Patterson Read HERE… What a classic Australian poem, come song, written by Banjo Patterson in 1895. Here’s ‘Waltzing Matilda’ in song with the lyrics. Words and their meanings: After reading the ‘Waltzing Matilda’ poem we discussed what vocabulary might be unusual or unknown. Some of […]
Our focus POEM for week 6: Can you see the wind? (author unknown) Read HERE… Annotation … Last week the students learnt about some of the ways in which we can annotate poems. We reviewed this and together worked through annotating the poem ‘Can you see the wind?’ The four key activities for annotation we […]
Our focus POEMS for week 4 and 5 were: ‘The Slow Man’ by Allan Ahlberg. Go HERE to read this fun poem about the slow man. ‘When I blew the golden trumpet‘ by Pie Corbet (adapted). Personification … For week 4, the class explored a poetry tool, personification, where inanimate objects take on human/living qualities. To begin […]
Our POEM OF THE DAY was ‘Mulga Bill’s Bicycle’ by A. B. Patterson who turned away his good old horse for a shining new machine. Go HERE to read this fun poem about Mulga Bill and his adventure on a penny farthing. You can also view it being read HERE. Reading a poem out loud … […]
Our POEM OF THE DAY was ‘Bradley Bentley Baxter Bloome’ by Kenn Nesbit and is about a boy who would never clean his room. It follows on from Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore, our featured poem from last week. Go HERE to read this fun poem about Bradley Bentley Baxter Bloome, a boy who wouldn’t clean […]
Today’s workshop featured a young man who struggled to shut doors. This young man, named Godfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore, was causing quite a stir and nearly got himself shipped off to Singapore. William Brighty Rand was the English poet born in London in 1823 who wrote about the infamous Godfrey. Here is the poem for […]
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