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      Take a peek inside Joshua Seigal’s fun and thought-provoking collection about emotions, ‘I Am’.
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      Preach it before you teach it! Blogs to support your poetry teaching

      Teaching poetry beyond the classics

      Teaching poetry beyond the classics

      When we think of poetry in schools, the first things that often come to mind are the classics: Shakespeare, Keats, Wordsworth – stalwarts of the literary canon whose work has been admired for centuries. But while these poets undeniably offer...

      6 min

      Martin Luther King Jr: How the Boy at the Back of the Bus Changed the World

      Martin Luther King Jr: How the Boy at the Back of the Bus Changed the World

      Poet Antoinette Brooks, author and illustrator of story in verse ‘The Boy at the Back of the Bus’, delves into how Martin Luther King Jr’s teenage stand helped him change history.

      4 min

      The Goldilocks test: getting our poetry teaching ‘just right’

      The Goldilocks test: getting our poetry teaching ‘just right’

      It was a lively and energetic time in the Year 4 classroom. Towards the end of a unit on poetry, we had explored a huge variety of poetic devices and strategies. The working wall was plastered with the words SIMILE,...

      6 min