ABSTRACT

A good poetry idea should help the children feel excited about writing and enable them to think of what to write - developing their imagination, creativity and writing skills.

Jumpstart! Poetry is about involving children as creative writers through writing poems. The book contains a bank of ideas that can be drawn upon when teaching poetry but also at other times to provide a source for creative writing that children relish. There are more than 100 quick warm-ups to fire the brain into a creative mood and to ‘jumpstart’ reading, writing and performing poetry in any key stage 1 or 2 classroom.

Practical, easy-to-do and vastly entertaining, this new ‘jumpstarts’ will appeal to busy teachers in any primary classroom.

chapter 2|19 pages

Poetry reading games and activities

chapter 3|19 pages

Poetry warm-up games

chapter 4|47 pages

Poetry writing games

chapter 5|10 pages

Reading workshop ideas

chapter 6|55 pages

Writing workshop ideas

chapter 7|9 pages

Shakespeare rules

chapter 8|3 pages

Poetry slams

chapter 9|6 pages

Using the images

chapter 10|2 pages

Ideas for publishing and performances