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     *OTUBOUQPFN

    

    (Write how you moved or travelled, e.g. walked


    hurriedly, wandered slowly, flew like a bird.)

    (Say where you went, e.g. down by the river, into


    class.)

    (Use the gerund form of a verb of seeing, e.g.


    glancing at, noticing, gazing at.)

    (Describe what you saw. Include at least one


    adjective and noun, e.g. scraps of old newspaper,
    some smartly-dressed teenagers.)

    (Use a gerund form to say more about what you


    saw, e.g. floating on the water, arguing loudly.)

    (Use a comparison to say what this looked or


    sounded like, e.g. It looked like the sky at night.
    Their voices echoed like an explosion.)

    (Say what you thought or how this made you feel,


    e.g. This made me think of my home town. I felt
    happy.)

    (Choose your own closing line.)

    (Now go back and give your poem a name.)

    )FSFJTBOFYBNQMFPGBQPFNGPMMPXJOHUIJTTUSVDUVSF

    At the zoo
    I wandered around the boating pool at the park
    Noticing
    the young children
    Queuing by the ice cream stall.
    They sounded like small birds fighting for food.
    Suddenly I thought of my own children far away.
    I ran to a bench and searched eagerly for my phone.

    Photocopiable Learning Teaching Copyright © Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2011. This page may be photocopied for use in class.

    Advanced Teacher's Notes.indd 24 11/16/10 1:02 PM


    12 Instant poem
    Activity
    Individual. Students do a guided-writing exercise to write
    a poem.

    Focus
    Vocabulary: descriptive verbs.

    Preparation
    Photocopy one worksheet for each student.

    Procedure
    • Ask students how they feel about writing poems. (Don’t
    worry if you get a number of negative or uninterested
    responses.) Explain that writing poetry can be very
    enjoyable and that you can help them to write one.
    • Hand out one worksheet to each student. Take some
    time to make sure they are clear how it works, i.e. each
    instruction guides them to write a part of the poem. You
    could do an example first line together. Make use of the
    example poem at the bottom of the page to show what a
    completed poem might look like.
    • While students work, monitor and help with language
    questions. Aim to be encouraging about their work. If
    possible, also write a poem yourself using the framework.
    (Students are likely to find this reassuring.)
    • When students have finished, allow them to share poems
    with others (if they want to). Some students will probably
    be keen to read theirs aloud to the class. (N.B. Some
    people may be embarrassed about others reading their
    ‘creative writing’.)

    Advanced Teacher's Notes.indd 25 11/16/10 1:02 PM

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