Thinking
about interesting ways to get students to write poetry never crossed my mind
but the “Poetry Gallery” opening activity was
certainly amazing. This activity served not only as a stimulation for us where the
words of poets were examined but it also served as period of review and
reflection which served as a guide activity as seeing various pieces of poetry exhibited,
prepared us for the task ahead. Poetry is often used to express thoughts, feeling
and ideas in creative ways. The use of song and rhyme also helped us an adult
learner to connect with the world of poetry. We were also given the chance to
examine the structures and rhyming patterns to help us to get a clearer
understanding of what poetry writing entailed. There is no doubt that these
strategies will become instrumental in assist the emergent poets within the literature
classroom.
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Hi Ashel, what I particularity loved about this session is that before we delve into the content of poetry we were exposed to many different pieces conveying different messages and arousing different emotions as we went on our poetry gallery walk around the class. This was an excellent strategy used by our lecturer to help us view the different ways we can write and how to go about creating a vivid picture in the mind of our readers. On returning to the classroom this I would love to try with my students as they are able to view multiple style of writing while arousing their level of creativity.
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