Written by Brian Moses and Roger Stevens, ex-teachers who
now visit primary schools to perform poetry and lead workshops, this book is
packed full of imagination-stretching ideas to ignite the spark in all
children, whether they be more able or less able writers.
The book includes over 70 poems to inspire pupils, written
by children who've taken part in the author's workshops along with examples of
work by the authors and other professional writers. These poems act as stimuli to demonstrate to pupils what good looks like and will inspire
them to create their best writing.
With activities to develop both poetry and prose, this book
is an essential toolkit for primary school teachers. The prose activities
explore character-building, adding conflict and suspense and creative ways of developing
dialogue. The poetry activities not only teach pupils poetry techniques such as
similes, metaphors and personification - they also show them that any subject
can be explored through poetry.
With this book on your bookshelf, you will never be short of
ideas.