Poetry

The Creativity of Poetry

In the past few weeks I have began to teach poetry lessons. I have really enjoyed planning and implementing these lessons as I find that poetry allows you to explore teaching and learning in a variety of different creative ways. Poetry itself is a form of expression and it can be looked at and interpreted in a number of different ways.

 One of the most enjoyable things about teaching poetry is the ideas and aspects of a poem that pupils come up with; in particular the thoughts that you yourself might not have considered before. One pupil in particular in my year 11 class has a so many different interpretations when she looks at a poem. She clearly enjoys studying poetry and is extremely inventive when analysing any poem. It is pupils like her that really help lessons to progress and have an impact.

I find that teaching poetry also help me to develop my creative abilities. There are so many different ways in which a poem can be taught. I try to use a variety of visual, audio and kinaesthetic learning styles when teaching poetry to help the pupils understand the poem fully and to develop my own skills when teaching and encouraging pupils.

This week I have been involved in a team teaching poetry lesson. This has helped me to gain new ideas and techniques to use when teaching poetry as I have been able to see how others approach poetry and the way in which they teach it.

Poetry is a form of expression and creative ability and it is important that when teaching it that the lesson fits in with these aspects.