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Write yourself: Poetry assignment
Students create a self through the well-known elf and the selfie in words. An exercise in concise, but feasible writing through the challenge of the form.
No specific initial situation is required.
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Staff rhyme: Lesson idea
A short nice introduction to the staff rhyme through a Saint poem. Through a group discussion and a few specific questions, students explore the phenomenon in poetry and beyond, such as in advertising and comics.
A short writing assignment is also …
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Verses for Valentine: Two love verses
On the occasion of Valentine's Day and on the occasion of two love verses (for a boy and a girl) you can have a conversation about poems. What is the point of poetry? When will it show up? Should it rhyme? What can it be about?
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Left Heart: Audio recording of a poem
An own poem (author and reader Joris Denoo) about writing poems.
The content of this poem can spark a conversation about writing (specifically of poems). Pupils often write poems (cf. submissions to poetry competitions), and everyone hopes to write …
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Stories from no man's land, WWI in 25 lectures: Author lecture
Fascinating literary readings about stories from the First World War
Stories from no man's land - WWI in 25 lectures aims to inspire schools to approach the Great War from a literary perspective.
The brochure presents 25 authors with their own view on …
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NRC: Book blog
Very complete informative site about books. The site is part of the Dutch newspaper NRC and provides news about literature in the form of blog posts. Here you will find information about new books as well as awards, for youth, adolescent and adult …
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