Poetry Fun! G1-6 - Booking form
Tired of your students exclaiming, “Poetry is boring!”?
Poetry Fun has been designed for students in Grades 1 - 6.
Help your students understand and love poetry.
Students will discover how to write their own poetry while exploring all kinds of wordplay and styles, using these as a jumping-off point to learn and explore literary terms, vocabulary, and descriptive expression. Depending on the amount of time booked, poetry explored can include:
- Concrete poetry
- Senses and Emotions poetry
- Collaborative poetry
- Spoken Word and Slam poetry
- Structured Rule-Based Poetry (ie. Limerick, Haiku/Tanka, Acrostic)
Outcomes:
Students will
- learn and utilize literary terms
- understand the history and significance of different styles of poetry through examples and analysis
- practice descriptive expression and wordplay
Curriculum Touch Points:
Kindergarten - Grade 2
- Practice listening and speaking by sharing poems
- Explore and build vocabulary and learn new words, literary terminology, grammar, spelling, and writing conventions.
- Express through rhymes, and structures how poetry can be used to explore ideas and feelings.
Grades 3-4
- Learn to both read and write different poetic structures and types of poems,
- Explore and use figurative language, personal experiences, knowledge, and senses.
- Practice using writing conventions to effectively present both written and orally.
- Practice being a good audience member, as well as give and receive feedback.
- Think critically about the creative process including why authors write, their writing processes, and their audiences.
Grades 5-6
- Use strategies to interpret poetry, make inferences, learn about various poetic forms and structures, figurative language, and meaning.
- Practice communication skills to give an oral poetry presentation.
- Use poetry to communicate ideas using planning, organization, editing, and a variety of forms and structures for different audiences and purposes.
- Develop a distinctive personal writing style and utilize language effectively for different creative purposes.
Cost for schools
This program is best taught as a single session (K-1) or half-day program (G2-3). Multiple classes can experience this workshop over a day.
- $350.00 a session (60-90 minutes)
- $650.00 half-day session (morning or afternoon)
- $1200.00 for a full day
Save money by booking multiple classes!
For example: For the single full-day fee, you can book two single sessions for Kindergarten - Grade 1 in the morning and a half-day session in the afternoon for Grades 2-3.
Not in the Calgary area? Contact us about getting a remote instructor.
School on a tight budget. Let's chat. We may be able to work something out.
