Shape, edit and present. Children will develop their own poetry, drawings, and copies of poems they have collected and create their own anthologies. A classroom anthology will also be developed where we can all enjoy endless poems. Children together identify the criteria for their poems, and compose their own poems. These are presented in their own way - use of computer, handwriting, read or recite.
Children share and respond to each other's poems in groups.
Teacher notes student's responses and subsequent reworking of their writing. Students use these skills for developing further poems in other forms. Sea Poetry . Shades of Green . Secret Places .