Using Poems to Develop Productive Skills

Activities using Poems
1. Communicative speaking
  1. strategies
    1. pre-reading activities
    2. use music and images to create the atmosphere
    3. allow students to talk in small groups
    4. encourage students to predict ending
    5. Role plays
2. Working on pronunciation
  1. strategies
    1. recite poem rhythmically
    2. do intensive phoneme work centred on the rhyming patterns in the poem
3. Writing
  1. A poem can spark off some wonderful creative writing
    1. Students can write what happened before the beginning or after the ending
    2. collaborative writing
    3. students can switch between formal and informal language.
    4. summarize poems
    5. transform content poems using synonyms and antonyms
Cons
1. spend a bit of time finding a poem that links thematically with your scheme of work
2. Teacher needs to do extra-effort in order to motivate students who dislike literature
Pros
1. poems can foster a love of English, and they are so versatile
2. Poems can work with all level´s english students.
3. Poems can be involving, motivating and memorable, and they can supplement and enrich just about any lesson

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