Poetry Fun! G5-6 Booking form
Tired of your students exclaiming, “Poetry is boring!”?
Poetry Fun has been designed for students in Grades 5-6.
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:
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 or half-day program. 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 in the morning and a half-day session in the afternoon.
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.
