POETRY IN THE CLASSROOM: 10 FUN ACTIVITIES

Looking for fun activities to explore the art of poetry and use it to support language learning? Try these simple and fun activities.

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If you are thinking about using poetry in the classroom or looking for some fresh ideas, check out these resources:

  1.  Using poetry from the  TeachingEnglish British Council website

  2. Two great courses Poetry in ELT from Chuck Sandy

  3. Poetry and the ESL classroom: how rhyme can work for your students from the OUP blog

  4. 10 Ways to Use Poetry in your Classroom from readingrockets.org

  5. POETRY LESSON: WHAT DO YOU HEAR? from ELT Planning

And some more ideas in my previous posts on poetry:

ICE ICE, BABY: WRITING A CINQUAIN 
MAD LIBS
READING SHAKESPEARE: MAKING IT A LIVING EXPERIENCE
HOW TO TEACH SHAKESPEARE: WHAT DOES THE BARD SAY?
WHEN EMOTIONS FIND THEIR WORDS
WRITING POETRY: ACROSTICS
PASSING THE BARRIERS

Enjoy and happy teaching!

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