Poetic e- learning

Attempts May 2015

Introduction

• The main aim of this poetic attempt is to assess the sustainability

and usability of the N2L8FES groups.

• As second main objective was to develop the language skills in

English of our target group: Migrants and vulnerable social groups.

• We developed a lesson plan according the needs of the same target

group in English between our conversation

• We gave some to our learners simple theoretical lessons about

Poetry and some guidelines for creating simple but real poems.

• We hope you will enjoy our poetic attempt!

Learning Activity

• Let’s write down some

characteristics of poetry. We have

to think of any nursery rhymes,

songs, hymns Greek, English,

German, French poems we know.

let’s share our ideas with the rest

of the group:

• The original doc online:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HUr65Si5USf

LqbAao8GkUY4W1nHPWYVzgGiXrFqfcb8/edit?us

p=sharing

Ideas :

• My ideas e.g. Poems are usually

written in separate lines organized as

stanzas instead of paragraphs

• the are different styles of poems, from

the simple free verse poems to the

most complicated !

• I can add some like acrostic poems,

Haiku, Limerick, theme poems etc.

Here I add the link with the products of

our learners.

• http://issuu.com/sarges16/docs/poems

_and_styles

• Greece had and still has a big past on

writing poems. Many of the Greek

poets were honored with the Nobel

price

Learning Activity 2

• Read texts (a) and (b) below.

Discuss in what ways they are

similar/different.

• (a) See you at 6pm by the clock at

the Tour Blanche in Thessaloniki.

• (b) I really hope you’ll be there. At

6, by the clock at Tour Blanche

Answers :

• The first (a) is more gentile ! more

words written with courteous

manner. the second (b) is short

and bluntness

• I have the same opinion. It’s the

way of communication nowadays !

quick answers with strict

meanings

Learning Activity 3

• For an ordinary meal you may just use a plastic bowl and cutlery but

for a special one you get out the best bowls and put a flower on the

table. When we want words to be special we decorate them in a

poetic way; we pay attention to the sounds and enjoy the language.

We can do this to express emotions like love, or to give pleasure to

someone (e.g. a birthday greeting), or to make our message more

attractive. When we add music the poem becomes a song.

• Read the message below:

Let’s go shopping in the central commercial street on Sunday

morning.

Come and join me in the tavern.

•

Try to re-write it as a little poem.

You might like to include some of the following in your poem:

• who you are and to whom you are writing (e.g. dad and daughter; best friends)

• why would you like to meet him/her (e.g. birthday celebration)

• whether there is anything special about the gathering (e.g. a reunion after a long

vacation)

• how you could make the message more special (e.g. using rhymes, images)!!!!!!!!!

• 1st attempt

Invitation for shopping

My dear friend, let’s go shopping!

It’s your birthday tomorrow and I’m happy !

Let’s walk together on the streets and have fun!

join me in the tavern and be happy!

let’s go shopping!

•

Haiku

• Haiku has 17 syllables in all

the first line has 5 syllables

• the 2nd line has 7 syllables

• and the 3rd line has 5 syllables

Com, join me my friend

Let’s shopping, let’s having

fun, lets walk

Com, it’s really beautiful

today

Learning Activity 4

• something about the

characteristics of the poems:

•

Poetry is characterized by the

following:

• Lines

• Syllables

• Rhythm (and beat)

• Rhyme

• Images

• Alliteration

Rhyme

• Two words rhyme when their final

syllables end with the same sound.

They are used to create sound effects

that may contribute to the mood or

tone of a poem. Read the following

pairs of rhyming words aloud. Can you

hear the rhymes?

chair/aware (sound = air)

• heat/feet (sound = eet)

• walk/talk (sound = orc)

• air/chair (sound = air)

• John/on (sound = on)

• wall/fall (sound = orl)

• men/again (sound = en)

Next Activity Put the following words into rhyming pairs:

desperation hate right dinner complete fry dies

• weather survivor street eyes site potato driver

• weight celebration altogether high Tokyo thinner

Tokyo / potato

• desperation / celebration

• weather / altogether

• Fry / high

• thinner / dinner

• street / complete

• hate /weight

• dies /eyes

• right /site

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Learning Activity 5

Images / terminology

• Poetry decorates language. One way it

does this is with images. There are

three main types:

• General images – e.g. spring can

make one think of being young;

autumn can make one think of old age

• Metaphors – e.g. you are the sunshine

in my life; he is the king of basketball

• Similes – e.g. as sweet as honey; run

like the wind

• the river flows without end

• the grey days are gone… a see the storm in

your eyes

• shiny like the sun. Glossy like a diamond

• the time is running fast each day of our lives

• hard his words, of stone ..

• you are the hell and the heaven together

• loyal and committed as a dog

Acrostic poem

Synergy

Sitting side by side

Yes, we can do it!

Never too late

Every step we make

Remember this poem

Go with it

Yes, we can do it!

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Literature

• http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/gamestation/poetrysplatter.htm

• http://www.cape.k12.mo.us/blanchard/hicks/Teacher%20Pages/Poetry%20Style

s_files/frame.htm

• http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/theme_poems/

• http://www.freeclubweb.com/powerpoints/languagearts/poetry.html

• http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Word_Mover/

• http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/flash_pie.htm

• http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/

• https://eltcation.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/when-emotions-find-their-words/

• http://www.rockinresources.com/2013/03/poetry-portfolio-with-adorable-

templates.html