Well, a surprise was sprung this lesson. Our double was split asunder and we were privileged to have one half in the library with the poet, Mike Garry.
Let's let the pictures speak today:
Brain gym with Mike Garry
The man himself, mingling after the session
It was great fun. The man loves words - and 8CH felt that love by the end.
And we even managed to calm down and finish our group work in the last lesson. There was some intelligent analysis of each extract and we manged to nail down all the main features of the diary format (see detail below) and more besides.
So the groups did pretty well - on the surface. Just how well will be revealed next lesson when one student from each group feeds back on how well the group did. It's another cliffhanger...
la_spice
It's good to see that children are enjoying poetry. Please feel free to visit my blog and analyse any of my poems. I would love to share my rhymes (and reasons) with you.
I will watch your blog with interest to see how it develops.
Marian