Working with poetry offers a wealth of benefits for children. Some linguistic benefits were mentioned in my post: malusciamarelliblog.weebly.com/creative-writing/writing-poems-with-children
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From today on, I will share some activities I use when teaching children English. Mr Spider by Alan Maley
The primary focus of this activity is work with rhyme and writing. The secondary is reading and listening.
Video: Poem: Mr Spider 'Please, Mr Spider, climbing up the wall, Please don’t, please don’t, please, don’t fall!' 'Why are you so frightened? Why are you afraid?' 'Because I think you’ll poison The soup I’ve just made.' 'Oh Mr Spider, walking on the ceiling, You give my tummy such a funny feeling.' 'What makes you so frightened? What makes you afraid?' 'Because I think you’ll drop on me And bite me till I’m dead!' 'Please, little children, sitting down below, Please don’t run away. Please don’t go. You really mustn’t think that I Am poisonous or mean. Remember that I eat the flies And keep your houses clean.' (Alan Maley) 2. Talk about where each line of the poem ends and how it creates rhyme, affects the meaning of the poem, and might even make the poem look a particular way. 3. Read it again as a group. 4. Select some words that rhyme. In this case, I selected: wall / fall; afraid / made; mean / clean; below / go. 5. Help them write another poem individually, in pairs, or as a group using the words selected and about the same topic. Example: Seeing the spider climbing up the wall, My first thought was, 'it will fall!' I was also so afraid When I saw the web it's just made! Then I shouted, 'spiders are so mean!' But then I saw how the room was clean. I sat with all the children down below And said, 'little spider, please, don't go!' As a follow-up activity, you can ask them to read it aloud, and draw a picture of a spider.
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