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9 AUGUST 2017
Elementary Poem
Note to the teacher
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Weaving words HAVE you wished that you could write a poem of your own instead of just reading the ones written by other people? Or maybe you have written your own poems! There are many kinds of poems and almost anyone can write a poem if they want to. Some poems rhyme, some don’t. Some are short while some are long. Here, you will find a few types of poems that you can try writing by yourself.
a word poem A. Repeat You can create this kind of poem by repeating a chosen word
or phrase. The word that is repeated can be in the beginning, middle or end of the poem. Here’s a poem where the word “friends” is at the beginning of every line.
learning skills
OUR children are riding the great wave of technology today. They now have facts and procedures at their fingertips. Teachers have to equip their students with new skills that allow them to thrive in today’s global economy. The activities in The Star’s Newspaper-in-Education pullout combine literacy skills with current content to build this set of skills. The key below indicates the skills integrated into the activities in this pullout.
Friends
you need it Friends tell you the truth when es Friends stick up for you at all tim are not watching you en Friends watch out for you wh ind your back Friends never talk about you beh s and ice cream cones Friends let you share their burger ys Friends never forget your birthda star k roc Friends make you feel like a your friends Friends always know they are
NiE Activity 1 Critical thinking
Creative thinking
● Identify ● Organise
Problem solving
● Brainstorm ● Connect ● Invent
● Recreate ● Present
In groups of four, choose a word or phrase to be repeated in a poem that you are going to write. Then, write your poem comprising at least eight lines (each person in the group has to write two lines). Your poem must contain at least 10 words from The Star. Illustrate your poem with relevant pictures. Use a sheet of A4 paper to work on this activity. Finally, take turns to read it out in class after you are done.
Critical thinking ● Identify
Communicating ● Oral ● Written ● Aural
Collaborating ● Listen
● Contribute respectfully ● Attain goal
● Reason ● Measure ● Organise
Creative thinking ● Imagine ● Brainstorm
B.
Question poem
Another poem that you can try writing is the question poem. Question poems are made up of a series of questions and may all be related to one theme. Here’s an example of a question poem.
● Connect ● Invent
Problem solving ● Question ● Research ● Recreate ● Present
Communicating ● Oral ● Non-verbal ● Written
Holidays
Do you like riding a bicycle in the park? Do you like ghost stories told in the dark ? Do you like hot cocoa steaming in your cup? Do you like the smell of pancakes when you wake up? Do you like spending time with your best friend? Do you like listening to your favourite boyband? Do you like sitting down with nothing to do but dream? Do you like holidays where you may feel like a queen?
NiE Activity 2 Critical thinking
Creative thinking
● Identify ● Organise
Problem solving
● Imagine ● Brainstorm ● Invent
● Question ● Recreate ● Present
In groups of four, choose a picture from The Star. Cut it out and paste it on a sheet of A4 paper. Based on the picture, write the first two lines of a question poem. You may start with “Have you”, “Will you”, “Did you”, “Do you” or “Are you” (change the pronoun “you” to “he”, “she”, “they” or “I”, if you want). Then, pass the paper to another group who will add two more lines to your poem before they pass it to another group. Take turns to read your poem out in class at the end of the activity. Your poem should comprise at least 10 lines.
● Listen ● Contribute respectfully
● Oral ● Written ● Aural
Collaborating ● Listen
● Contribute respectfully ● Attain goal
DID YOU KNOW? ●
The oldest surviving great work of literature is the Epic of Gilgamesh from Babylon. The poem is about 4,000 years old and tells the story of a king, Gilgamesh, who was half-man, half-god.
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The oldest poem in English is Beowulf, written in the 8th century AD. This 3,000-line epic is about a Scandinavian hero, Beowulf. He saves the Danes from three monsters – Grendel, its mother and a firebreathing dragon. (Adapted from factmonster.com)
● Aural
Collaborating
Communicating
● Compromise ● Attain goal nie editorial manager: SHARON OVINIS senior nie executive: ROWENA CHUA writer: DR MALLIKA VASUGI layout designer: SHOBA illustrator: HASSAN BAHRI To order The Star for NiE lessons, call: Sundarrajan 03-7967 1388 ext 1437 or 016-288 3682 We welcome feedback; write to: Star-NiE, Star Media Group, 15 Jalan 16/11, 46350 Petaling Jaya or e-mail us at: starnie@thestar.com.my