Poetry Month in Young Learners 3
Young Learners 3 experienced with writing some poems in their English classes in April. They looked at some examples and then wrote their own poems following the model.
For the first poem, the students brainstormed ideas about things they can and can't do. They used picture dictionaries to help them with more varied ideas. Then they chose at least five sentences to include in their poems. Putting the positive ideas last in each sentence. 
Finally, they illustrated their poems at home.
The second poem was an acrostic poem, with the theme of Earth Day, which was April 22nd. The class did some reading and discussion about Earth Day, as well as an activity about the Air Quality Index. Then each student chose one aspect of nature or conservation to write their acrostic poem about. 
They wrote the main word down the left-hand side of the page, using the first letter to start sentences about that word. Again, the students illustrated their work at home. Didn't they do a fantastic job?
For now their poems are on display in the Institute Library for all to see.
These activities were based on ideas in Writing With Children, by Jackie and Vanessa Reilly.
The Young Learners 3 English class made their first attempts at writing poetry in English in April. They studied various examples and then wrote original poems with their own ideas.
For the first, they made lists of activities that they knew and did not know how to do using the structures can and can't. They looked at some picture dictionaries to help them. Then they chose at least 5 ideas from their list to make sentences, always putting the positive idea last to finish optimistically!
After editing and correcting their poems, they cleaned it up and illustrated it at home.
For the second poem, which coincided with Earth Day, April 22, each student chose a word that had to do with the Earth or ecology. They wrote these words vertically to the left, using the first letter of each line to start a sentence that had to do with the main word.
Again, they edited and illustrated their works at home. What did they do great?
The poems are exposed in the Library, if you want to come and see them up close.
These activities were adapted from the book Writing With Children, Jackie and Vanessa Reilly.
