POETIC E- LEARNING ATTEMPS FOR N2L84ES PROJECT 2013 -2015

1. Poetic e- learning
Attempts
May 2015

2. Introduction
• The main aim of this poetic attempt is to assess the sustainability
and usability of the N2L8FES groups.
• As second main objective was to develop the language skills in
English of our target group: Migrants and vulnerable social groups.
• We developed a lesson plan according the needs of the same target
group in English between our conversation
• We gave some to our learners simple theoretical lessons about
Poetry and some guidelines for creating simple but real poems.
• We hope you will enjoy our poetic attempt!

3. Learning Activity
• Let’s write down some
characteristics of poetry. We have
to think of any nursery rhymes,
songs, hymns Greek, English,
German, French poems we know.
let’s share our ideas with the rest
of the group:
• The original doc online:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HUr65Si5USf
LqbAao8GkUY4W1nHPWYVzgGiXrFqfcb8/edit?us
p=sharing
Ideas :
• My ideas e.g. Poems are usually
written in separate lines organized as
stanzas instead of paragraphs
• the are different styles of poems, from
the simple free verse poems to the
most complicated !
• I can add some like acrostic poems,
Haiku, Limerick, theme poems etc.
Here I add the link with the products of
our learners.
• http://issuu.com/sarges16/docs/poems
_and_styles
• Greece had and still has a big past on
writing poems. Many of the Greek
poets were honored with the Nobel
price

4. Learning Activity 2
• Read texts (a) and (b) below.
Discuss in what ways they are
similar/different.
• (a) See you at 6pm by the clock at
the Tour Blanche in Thessaloniki.
• (b) I really hope you’ll be there. At
6, by the clock at Tour Blanche
Answers :
• The first (a) is more gentile ! more
words written with courteous
manner. the second (b) is short
and bluntness
• I have the same opinion. It’s the
way of communication nowadays !
quick answers with strict
meanings

5. Learning Activity 3
• For an ordinary meal you may just use a plastic bowl and cutlery but
for a special one you get out the best bowls and put a flower on the
table. When we want words to be special we decorate them in a
poetic way; we pay attention to the sounds and enjoy the language.
We can do this to express emotions like love, or to give pleasure to
someone (e.g. a birthday greeting), or to make our message more
attractive. When we add music the poem becomes a song.
• Read the message below:
Let’s go shopping in the central commercial street on Sunday
morning.
Come and join me in the tavern.
•

6. Try to re-write it as a little poem.
You might like to include some of the following in your poem:
• who you are and to whom you are writing (e.g. dad and daughter; best friends)
• why would you like to meet him/her (e.g. birthday celebration)
• whether there is anything special about the gathering (e.g. a reunion after a long
vacation)
• how you could make the message more special (e.g. using rhymes, images)!!!!!!!!!
• 1st attempt
Invitation for shopping
My dear friend, let’s go shopping!
It’s your birthday tomorrow and I’m happy !
Let’s walk together on the streets and have fun!
join me in the tavern and be happy!
let’s go shopping!
•

7. Haiku
• Haiku has 17 syllables in all
the first line has 5 syllables
• the 2nd line has 7 syllables
• and the 3rd line has 5 syllables
Com, join me my friend
Let’s shopping, let’s having
fun, lets walk
Com, it’s really beautiful
today

8. Learning Activity 4
• something about the
characteristics of the poems:
•
Poetry is characterized by the
following:
• Lines
• Syllables
• Rhythm (and beat)
• Rhyme
• Images
• Alliteration
Rhyme
• Two words rhyme when their final
syllables end with the same sound.
They are used to create sound effects
that may contribute to the mood or
tone of a poem. Read the following
pairs of rhyming words aloud. Can you
hear the rhymes?
chair/aware (sound = air)
• heat/feet (sound = eet)
• walk/talk (sound = orc)
• air/chair (sound = air)
• John/on (sound = on)
• wall/fall (sound = orl)
• men/again (sound = en)

9. Next Activity
Put the following words into rhyming pairs:
desperation hate right dinner complete fry dies
• weather survivor street eyes site potato driver
• weight celebration altogether high Tokyo thinner
Tokyo / potato
• desperation / celebration
• weather / altogether
• Fry / high
• thinner / dinner
• street / complete
• hate /weight
• dies /eyes
• right /site
•

10. Learning Activity 5
Images / terminology
• Poetry decorates language. One way it
does this is with images. There are
three main types:
• General images – e.g. spring can
make one think of being young;
autumn can make one think of old age
• Metaphors – e.g. you are the sunshine
in my life; he is the king of basketball
• Similes – e.g. as sweet as honey; run
like the wind
• the river flows without end
• the grey days are gone… a see the storm in
your eyes
• shiny like the sun. Glossy like a diamond
• the time is running fast each day of our lives
• hard his words, of stone ..
• you are the hell and the heaven together
• loyal and committed as a dog

11. Acrostic poem
Synergy
Sitting side by side
Yes, we can do it!
Never too late
Every step we make
Remember this poem
Go with it
Yes, we can do it!
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13. Literature
• http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/gamestation/poetrysplatter.htm
• http://www.cape.k12.mo.us/blanchard/hicks/Teacher%20Pages/Poetry%20Style
s_files/frame.htm
• http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/theme_poems/
• http://www.freeclubweb.com/powerpoints/languagearts/poetry.html
• http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Word_Mover/
• http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/flash_pie.htm
• http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/
• https://eltcation.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/when-emotions-find-their-words/
• http://www.rockinresources.com/2013/03/poetry-portfolio-with-adorable-
templates.html