Ted Hughes

Author Study Activities for Key Stage 2/3/Scottish P6-7/S1-2
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-84312-078-0
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 64 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 280 g

Inspirational and challenging, the writing of Ted Hughes will fire children's enjoyment of reading and writing poetry. With particular attention paid to the importance of nature in his work, these activities enable children to: present biographical information in a variety of exciting formats such as CVs and fact files; write about poems and discuss how and why poems affect them; identify and make connections between language and themes; compare and contrast poems; and plan and write their own poems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Owen, Jane

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Unterrichtsmaterialien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Biographical information: Quick quiz on Ted Hughes top facts; Hot-seat teacher and pupils as Ted Hughes; Investiage writing styles: biographical blurb, CV, webpage, fact-file; Write and present in chosen style; Subject matter: Use drawing to understand the poems; Drama activities to inspire spoken and written responses to poems; Mood: Thought and speech bubbles; Symbolic freeze frames; Brownjohn's drama game; Improvisations; Sounds and music of the poems; Chart of emotional highs and lows; Style: Identify features of style; Investigate form and meaning; Themes: Baldwins's Create a scene activity; Conscience alley; Collaborative discussion on message and themes; Spider web diagram to link themes and ideas; Writing your own poem inspired by Ted Hughes: Ideas to inspire poetry writing; Using poems as models; Writing and sharing poems; In close: comparing and contrasting 2 or 3 poems: Using comparison words, sentences and paragraphs; Writing a comparison.