Yesterday Alice worked with the children to help them discover different ways of writing poetry down and we particularly focussed on story poems, creating a very imaginative, fun, collaborative poem that followed the children's own ideas.
The idea of developing a story verbally really makes the children use their imagination and articulate their ideas. Questions that enable the children to go deeper and take their idea further can be really effective and children who may be more hesitant to say anything at first are soon drawn into the story and can contribute on an equal footing with more confident children.
Could this be used in smaller group work to encourage speaking and listening skills, or to act as a stimulus for written work?
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