Poetry

Diarmid will share how his pupils have narrated poetry using iMovie and Lucy will show how to narrate a poem in PowerPoint.


At Sciennes in P6, our pupils focus on Performance poetry as part of our school-wide Language Programme of Study. You might consider using YouTube to source some multimedia versions of poems.

WH Auden "The Night Mail"
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dYtgmLdDkg0&feature=related

Alfred Noyes "The Highwayman"
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1OVqAANwJE&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dYtgmLdDkg0&feature=related


Performance Poetry
Pupils could create an additional verse, changing font to follow on in the style of Roger Stevens' calligram poem "Louder."

Louder !

Okay, Andrew, nice and clearly
off you go

Welcome everybody to our school concert...

Louder, please, Andrew. Mums and dads won't hear you at the back, will they?

Welcome everybody to our school concert...

Louder, Andrew. You're not trying.
Pro -
ject -
your -
voice.

Take a b i g b r e a t h and

louder !

Welcome everybody to our school concert...

For goodness sake, Andrew. LOUDER ! LOUDER !

Welcome everybody to our school concert
Now, Andrew, there's no need to be silly.

http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/howto.htm