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Throughout fifteen years of teaching poetry in schools I have found the most common immediate response from students regarding poetry is… ‘IT’S BORING’ or ‘IT’S TOO HARD TO WRITE’ or ‘WHAT’S THE POINT OF IT ANYWAY?’
In this session, through a humorous and passionate performance and then sharing THE SECRET TO WRITING POETRY, these negative presumptions are quickly smashed apart, paving a way forward for students to engage.
I then lead students through an easy process of how to enter in to the writing of their poetry in an engaging and fun way.
Throughout the session both the performance and the poetry writing activities focus on how young people see themselves and how creativity and writing can help their self perception.
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