I invite you to enter the magic world of poets and poetry. Let me introduce two contemporary poets: Eloise Greenfield and Roger McGough. The former was born in the US and the latter is from the UK.
YOU CAN WORK IN GROUPS of 3 or 4 students all throughout this project.
STEP 1: POETS´ BIOGRAPHIES.
- Eloise Greenfield
- Roger McGough
DEADLINE: May 16th (YES, it's Saturday. I simply want to ORGANIZE your tasks.)
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STEP 2: LET´S READ SOME POETRY!
POEM #1: "By Myself" by Eloise Greenfield.
POEM #1: "By Myself" by Eloise Greenfield.
STEP 3: POETIC DEVICES:
Presentation; Shaun_Charles
DEADLINE: May 20th.
STEP 4: POETRY IN ACTION
. You will become teachers and here we can see how a teacher is using this poem at school. Pay attention to the following characteristics (to be discussed in class >> CHAT MAY 14th):
- Are they sitting at their tables/desks? Why?
- Do they use body language?
- What happens if they forget the poem? Have they learnt it by heart?
- Why
- Is this kind of task related to attainment/ fluency/ community management /collaboration...(others)?
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STEP 5: ANOTHER POEM!
Let´s learn something else from Roger McGough.
Roger McGough is a laureate British poet. He writes, among others, poems for children. Let's know something else about him through a COLLABORATIVE WRITING TASK.
- divide yourselves into groups.
- choose one video and write a summary of key concepts
- discuss in small groups BEFORE handing in the assignment
- GO HERE for more instructions & the document to write your assignment.
DEADLINE: May 23rd
STEP 6: ANALYSING THE POEM!
POEM #2: "The Sound Collector" by Roger McGough.
Now the poet himself (!!!) reads the poem to us. ENJOY!
- read the poem and RECORD it with your cellphone or computer (if you do NOT have any device, NO PROBLEM!). Use the poet's reading and copy his rhythm, pronunciation, pauses...!!
- look up NEW WORDS (in English and in SPANISH)
STEP 7 : TIME TO ANALYSE THE POEM.
- repeat the analysis (as in "By Myself")
- copy this table and complete it with NOUNS, ADJECTIVES and VERBS from the original poem
STEP 8: TIME TO BECOME POETS - INDIVIDUAL TASK.
- REWRITE THE POEM in 4 or 5 stanzas:
- stanzas 1 & last (identical to the original!)
- other stanzas: YOUR SOUNDS from your childhood/adolescenthood.
DEADLINE: May 30th.
stella :-)
Biographies:
ResponderEliminarEloise Greenfield was born in Parmele, North Carolina, on May 17, 1929. Her family moved to Washington DC when she was a child. She still lives there. She always loved art, such as music, movies, books, even she studied piano since she was a child to her adolescence.
In spite of the fact she was married and she was mother of two children, called Monica and Steve, she never left her dream about being writer. Her purpose was telling the truth about African-American people, because there were a few numbers of books about it. Before achieve her dream, Greenfield attended to the Miner Teacher´s College and was employed in the US Patent Office. Later, tired about her monotonous jobs she decided to show her African-American point of view, so she began to write.
The first Eloise Greenfield´s work appeared as a poem, in 1962, in the Hartford Times. Since that moment, she never stopped publishing. Between her successfully books we can mention some of them, such as “Rosa Parks” (1973), “Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems” (1978), “Africa Dream” (1977), “Childtimes: A Three Generation Memoir” (1993), “For The Love of The Game: Michael Jordan and me” (1997), “The Great Migration: Journey to the North” (2011). Their great works about African-American Community, Adult Fiction and Children´s Literature, including works of poetry, biography, picture books and chapter books, made her winner of many awards.
Nowadays, Greenfield is a member of the African-American Writers Guild, where she enjoys working with and for young people. Her message to them is “words to love, to grow on.”
Roger McGough is a British poet. He was born on 9 November 1937 in Liverpool. McGough was educated at St. Mary’s College and later at the University of Hull.
Through his varied carrier, he developed himself as a poet, teacher, musician, Fellow of Poetry at the University of Loughborough (1973-5), Professor at Tames Valley University (1933). Also he was a member of the group “The Scaffold”, being number one in the UK Singles Chart, in 1968, with their version of “Lily the Pink”. To continue with his musical career, he wrote successful lyrics to many musical groups. Later he recorded the musical/comedy/poetry album McGough and McGear.
An interesting fact was his unusual composition about an “electronic poem”, called “Now Press Return” and created in 1981 which he wrote in company of the programmer Richard Warner for the welcome tape of the BBC.
By another hand, some of his poems were published in a best-selling paper back entitled The Mersey Sound (1967). He was awarded numerous times because of his job as poet in titles such as Sky in the Pie (1984), Bad, Bad Cats (1999). In addition to, he is the author of a number of plays including All the Trimmings (1980), and The Mouthtrap in cooperation with Brian Patten to the Edinburgh’s festival (1982)
In opportunities, Mc Gough took part in different TV’s shows such as an episode of the BBC television quiz show, a mockumentary about a group called The Rutles and his science programme “The Elements”.
Nowadays he is a member of the executive Council of the Poetry Society.
Carla Daniela Herrera.
Thnk you for sharing your biography. However, there's NO NEED TO POST IT HERE. These tasks go DIRECTLY to your portfolio.
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