{"id":10077,"date":"2020-06-22T08:49:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T07:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/?p=10077"},"modified":"2025-06-09T16:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:37:11","slug":"poetry-week-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stgabrielsns.ie\/?p=10077","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Week 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the last week of school and it\u2019s Poetry <\/strong>Week! You all did an amazing job last week showing your creativity through your artwork.<\/p>\n

This week, we want you to get creative with your writing and feel inspired by your reading – and any other place you can find inspiration.<\/p>\n

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Here is a grid of suggested activities to try out during the week:<\/p>\n

Poetry Week Grid<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

You will have no books to read this week, only poems that your teacher puts on Seesaw for you each day. There will be lots of different types of poems for you to enjoy – verse, rhyming poems, nonsense poems, haiku, cinquain, funny poems, shape poems, Irish poems. You don\u2019t have to do anything other than listen to the poems, read them and enjoy them. Of course if you feel like drawing a picture to illustrate a poem, or recording yourself reading a poem, we would love to see your pictures and hear your recordings!<\/p>\n

There will also be animated videos of poems for you to enjoy.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d also love you to try writing some poems yourself. Your teacher will give you activities to try out during the week on Seesaw, but you can write any sort of poem about anything you like – we\u2019d love to read them all! You\u2019ll find some ideas in the Poetry week grid above.<\/p>\n

One of the ideas you\u2019ll find is about keeping an inspiration journal – a journal where you write down your ideas. This is what all the best writers do, and it would be a great week to start doing this.<\/p>\n

Watch this video of famous poet Roger McGough talking about how he writes his poems and how his funny ideas sometimes come together.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=byZznvMT2vw&feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/p>\n

Some of your poems will even be featured on the school website – so keep an eye on that too!<\/p>\n

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Useful links to Poetry Videos:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

John Hegley on poems: Guardian children’s books podcast | Children’s books | The Guardian<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/childrens-books-site\/audio\/2014\/feb\/27\/john-hegley-poems-imagine-festival-podcast<\/a><\/p>\n

Celebrate Poetry Day with Joseph Coelho – children’s books podcast | Children’s books | The Guardian<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/childrens-books-site\/audio\/2015\/oct\/08\/joseph-coelho-national-poetry-day-werewolf-rules<\/a><\/p>\n

Roger McGough reads ‘The Sound Collector\u2019<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/cIL0kgnxJIo<\/a><\/p>\n

Roger McGough – How do you go about writing your poetry<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/byZznvMT2vw<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Seuss Green Eggs And Ham<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/2KRkR8HaR9c<\/a><\/p>\n

Chocolate Cake | POEM | Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/7BxQLITdOOc<\/a><\/p>\n

Silly Old Baboon<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/pKq4Xnf5e-U<\/a><\/p>\n

A poem is….<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oYqfKqVZmG4<\/a><\/p>\n

How to write an acrostic poem:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MfLTzCAuIv8<\/a><\/p>\n

How to write Limericks:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WfmTrw3X8-w<\/a><\/p>\n

How to write haiku:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tb6RC0zB_-4<\/a><\/p>\n

Spike Milligan – The Car Trip<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tb6RC0zB_-4<\/a><\/p>\n

Once I laughed my socks off<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TRuz6fadjEw<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fish that couldn’t climb trees<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=csbban5TtQk<\/a><\/p>\n

The Jaberwocky<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iBFSiGDZC-Y<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s a crocodile in my lunchbox<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wWuf0YHoYgo<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Ning Nang Nong<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3SUU1f3Mgpc<\/a><\/p>\n

The Worm that wouldn’t wiggle<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iDG2-bxpno0<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s a crocodile in my lunchbox<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wWuf0YHoYgo<\/a><\/p>\n

Ears and Things<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JgvERlbR8K4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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