Poem Detectives for Primary School

Name: Poem Detectives for Primary School
SKU: 5915
Price: 44.95 NZD
Availability: InStock
Author: Liz Breslin
ISBN: 9781776551859

Creative approaches for writing and editing poems

By
Liz Breslin

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

Series: Poem Detectives Series

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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
Introduction	4
Let's look at poems	5
A disobedient poem	5
Be a poem boss – set the rules	6
Past meetings with poems	7
Rev-ups	8
Rhyme wrong!	8
Row, row, row your words	9
Eggs and bacon	10
Free writing	11
Make your own tongue twister	12
The Minister's Cat: round the circle with adjectives	13
Going on holiday: round the circle with nouns	13
Examining the evidence	14
Mad lib poem	14
Rhyme time	17
Fun with form	19
Make your own form	21
Build-ups	23
Finding found poems	25
The sound poem band	29
The no-pen poem	32
Be your own editor	34
A poem to edit	34
Word up!	35
All breaking up!	37
Next-levelling	40
Feedback sandwiches	42
A class checklist	44
Taking it further	45
Why might you want to share your work?	45
How to hold an open mic	46
How to hold a poem slam	47
How to send written work away for competitions and publications	51
Poem detective certificate	52
Glossary	53
Selected answers	54