Ms Poulidou's presentation

1. Bringing poetry into classroom: embellishing the routine AsiminaPoulidou Proti High School

2. Motives Need to do something new with old students Love for poetry, literature and nature

3. Objectives To make students see English from a different point of view To use English in an non-linguistic environment To motivate students To make them realise the importance of the observation of nature To express themselves To have fun

4. Target group All classes of Junior and Senior High School Different approach according to age and level

5. Description Internet Personal academic references Selection of poems, proverbs, quotations Putting them on a corkboard decorated with pictures Music background (Vivaldi, Four seasons)

7. Step 1 - Autumn Poems - quotations John Donne, Robert Browning, Robert Frost, Albert Camus, Thomas Hood etc No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in an autumnal face. John Donne (1572-1631), England I saw old Autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like Silence, listening To Silence. Thomas Hood (1799-1845), England Autumn is a second spring When every leaf is a flower. Albert Camus (1913-1960), France I trust in nature for the stable laws Of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner To the end of time. Robert Browning (1812-1889), England

9. Step 2 - Winter Poems - quotations T.S. Elliot, Shakespeare, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Anton Chekhov, Victor Hugo, Albert Camus, Charlotte Bronte etc. In seed time learn, In harvest teach, In winter enjoy. William Blake (1757-1827), England People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy. Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), Russia Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. Victor Hugo (1802-1885), France Blow, blow thou winter wind Thou art not as unkind As man’s ingratitude. William Shakespeare, (1564-1616), England, ‘As you like it’ Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow, feeding A little life with dried tuber. T.S. Elliot, (1888-1965), USA, ‘The Waste Land’

13. Results Differentiation of teaching routine Nice and relaxed class atmosphere Students motivated and willing to express themselves Familiarity with poetry Another aspect of English culture Poems written by students

14. Conclusion Students are open to new things in language teaching A happy teacher Happy students Bringing poetry into classroom can be fun

15. Thank you