Poet in Residence
We were visited by the poet Emma McGordon who worked with us for a whole day! We played games to help us with rhyme and listening skills then we worked together to think about what a good poem should include. Our list was:
- imagination
- inspiration
- magic
- silence
- space
- being proud of it
- practice
- confidence
- movement
- expression
- rhyme
- interesting
- words
- paper
- pencil
- concentration
- a loud voice
- memory
- be a poet
We used all of these ideas to create a poem called 'What you need for the poetry pot.'
What you need for the poetry pot
Things we need for the poetry pot
to keep it interesting and keep it hot
first of all we need to find
some little words that all rhyme
imagination in our mind
for special words that we need to find
you give the words lots of space
and they will solve the rhyming case
you need concentration
to tap into your imagination
then the magic will appear
and the poetry will be in your ear
A piece of paper you will need
to grow the poem from a seed.
your pencil needs to be sharp
just like the teeth of a poerty shark
……..
if you want to leave a good impression
you must use good expression
you will need a loud voice
don’t be as quiet as a tortoise
when your voice is nice and loud
you will feel very proud
your memory you will have to use
and your poetry will be a cruise
you will be an inspiration
to every child across the nation
your poem will need lots of movement
if you want to see an improvement
and confidence will surely climb
up your spine with the perfect rhyme
now you can see that we have cracked this
we have done so much practice
Everyone here is a poet
listen carefully and you will know it.