World Poetry Day 2012

1. World Poetry Day 2012 Let’s get writing!

2. A quick poetry rap by Michael Rosen! • http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=michael+rosen+rap&pq=michael+rosen+&sc=8-14&sp=1&sk=&mid=465A0C44B361B9C18B31465A0C44B361B9C18B31&FORM=LKVR2#

3. Quick quiz: Famous lines from poems • Tiger! Tiger! burning brightIn the forests of the ______ (William Blake) • I wandered lonely as a ________ (William Wordsworth) • Shall I compare thee to a ____________ ____? (William Shakespeare) • The Owl and the Pussycat went to seaIn a beautiful pea-green ________ (Edward Lear)

4. Poetry anagrams – can you solve them? All jumbled up The answers Haiku Sonnet Ode Acrostic Limerick Rap • uhkia • nnteso • edo • sacrtoci • mrckliei • apr

5. Is this a poem? If so, who wrote it? Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunityTo seize everything you ever wanted in one momentWould you capture it or just let it slip? Lose Yourself by Eminem

6. Making poetry fun! With John Agard, Performance Poet • http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/102382918

7. Let’s get reading poetry! • My poetry readers please!

8. Little Red Riding Hood retold As soon as Wolf began to feelThat he would like a decent meal,He went and knocked on Grandma's door.When Grandma opened it, she sawThe sharp white teeth, the horrid grin,And Wolfie said, 'May I come in?'Poor Grandmamma was terrified,'He's going to eat me up!' she cried. And she was absolutely right.He ate her up in one big bite. But Grandmamma was small and tough,And Wolfie wailed, 'That's not enough!I haven't yet begun to feelThat I have had a decent meal!'He ran around the kitchen yelping,'I've got to have a second helping!'

9. Then added with a frightful leer,'I'm therefore going to wait right hereTill Little Miss Red Riding HoodComes home from walking in the wood.'He quickly put on Grandma's clothes,(Of course he hadn't eaten those).He dressed himself in coat and hat.He put on shoes, and after that,He even brushed and curled his hair,Then sat himself in Grandma's chair.

10. In came the little girl in red.She stopped. She stared. And then she said,'What great big ears you have, Grandma.''All the better to hear you with,'the Wolf replied.'What great big eyes you have, Grandma.'said Little Red Riding Hood.'All the better to see you with,'the Wolf replied. He sat there watching her and smiled.He thought, I'm going to eat this child.Compared with her old Grandmamma,She's going to taste like caviar.

11. Then Little Red Riding Hood said, 'But Grandma, what a lovely great bigfurry coat you have on.''That's wrong!' cried Wolf.'Have you forgotTo tell me what BIG TEETH I've got?Ah well, no matter what you say,I'm going to eat you anyway.'

12. The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.She whips a pistol from her knickers.She aims it at the creature's head,And bang bangbang, she shoots him dead.A few weeks later, in the wood,I came across Miss Riding Hood.But what a change! No cloak of red,No silly hood upon her head.She said, 'Hello, and do please noteMy lovely furry wolfskin coat.' Roald Dahl

13. Now it’s your turn! • The competition: Write a haiku based on industry and enterprise and entrepreneurs • Line 1 = 5 syllables • Line 2 = 7 syllables • Line 3 = 5 syllables Alan Sugar is (5) Rich and famous; he is a (7) Clever businessman! (5)

14. Closing date… Friday 23rd March Entry forms in the library and Room 7