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Poem Detectives for Primary School

Creative approaches for writing and editing poems

Poem Detectives is for anyone who knows some poem basics and wants to further explore this world of words. Although it's primarily written for primary students in Years 4–6, many of the activities have been used with younger and older groups as well. As poem detectives, students will focus on poems or pieces of poems, discovering and deciphering patterns and tricks to help them in their own writing.

This book:

  • inspires students' curiosity about the process of creating and editing poems while also building their confidence to tackle it
  • includes a wide selection of class warm-ups to mix and match with the lesson-length activities
  • introduces some unusual but easy poem forms to motivate students to build their own work
  • encourages free play with words and experimentation with language
  • offers practical guidance on how to present poems. li>

Ages: 8-11 | Pages: 56 | Code: 5915 | ISBN: 9781776551859

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Liz Breslin

Liz Breslin is a poet, playwright, columnist, editor and teacher. From slams to galloping iambs, she enjoys bringing words alive with students of all ages, gifted and talented classes and workshop groups. Liz has performed around New Zealand and the United Kingdom and came second runner-up in the 2014 New Zealand National Poetry Slam. Her work has been published at home, overseas and online.

Contents

Introduction4
Let's look at poems5
A disobedient poem5
Be a poem boss – set the rules6
Past meetings with poems7
Rev-ups8
Rhyme wrong!8
Row, row, row your words9
Eggs and bacon10
Free writing11
Make your own tongue twister12
The Minister's Cat: round the circle with adjectives13
Going on holiday: round the circle with nouns13
Examining the evidence14
Mad lib poem14
Rhyme time17
Fun with form19
Make your own form21
Build-ups23
Finding found poems25
The sound poem band29
The no-pen poem32
Be your own editor34
A poem to edit34
Word up!35
All breaking up!37
Next-levelling40
Feedback sandwiches42
A class checklist44
Taking it further45
Why might you want to share your work?45
How to hold an open mic46
How to hold a poem slam47
How to send written work away for competitions and publications51
Poem detective certificate52
Glossary53
Selected answers54