Our Earth is a Poem ~ Class Sets
This is a beautiful poetry anthology perfect for sharing in LKS2. Inside is a treasure trove of writing celebrating the natural world.
This beautifully illustrated collection features powerful poems written by a wide range of contemporary voices. They share their unique perspectives on the topic of nature, from a dreaming forest and bouquets of buried stars to rivers that dance with rocks and the brushed lava fur of the mountain gorilla.
Showcasing original poems alongside existing works, this is a book to share and treasure forever. Featuring brilliant poetry by: Margarita Engle, Diana Hendry, Grace Nichols, Robert Macfarlane, Ruth Awolola, Naomi Shihab, NyeZaro Weil, Rachel Plummer, Joyce Sidman, Carol Ann Duffy, Jack Prelutsky, Mary Anne Hoberman, Nikki Giovanni, Jan Dean, Rebecca Perry & Tom Denbig.
This is a beautiful poetry anthology perfect for sharing in LKS2. Inside is a treasure trove of writing celebrating the natural world.
This beautifully illustrated collection features powerful poems written by a wide range of contemporary voices. They share their unique perspectives on the topic of nature, from a dreaming forest and bouquets of buried stars to rivers that dance with rocks and the brushed lava fur of the mountain gorilla.
Showcasing original poems alongside existing works, this is a book to share and treasure forever. Featuring brilliant poetry by: Margarita Engle, Diana Hendry, Grace Nichols, Robert Macfarlane, Ruth Awolola, Naomi Shihab, NyeZaro Weil, Rachel Plummer, Joyce Sidman, Carol Ann Duffy, Jack Prelutsky, Mary Anne Hoberman, Nikki Giovanni, Jan Dean, Rebecca Perry & Tom Denbig.
This is a beautiful poetry anthology perfect for sharing in LKS2. Inside is a treasure trove of writing celebrating the natural world.
This beautifully illustrated collection features powerful poems written by a wide range of contemporary voices. They share their unique perspectives on the topic of nature, from a dreaming forest and bouquets of buried stars to rivers that dance with rocks and the brushed lava fur of the mountain gorilla.
Showcasing original poems alongside existing works, this is a book to share and treasure forever. Featuring brilliant poetry by: Margarita Engle, Diana Hendry, Grace Nichols, Robert Macfarlane, Ruth Awolola, Naomi Shihab, NyeZaro Weil, Rachel Plummer, Joyce Sidman, Carol Ann Duffy, Jack Prelutsky, Mary Anne Hoberman, Nikki Giovanni, Jan Dean, Rebecca Perry & Tom Denbig.
We love this anthology because it is:
a beautifully illustrated anthology of poems that promote a respect and love for nature
includes a wide variety of styles of poetry in differing lengths
lots of curriculum links: growing, plants, weather, rivers, animal, forest school.
Learning opportunities:
Reading ~ use of metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, personification, repetition, and rhyme
Reading ~ choose two poems from the anthology about a similar theme and compare their style
Speaking ~ performance poetry
Otter by Robert Macfarlane: Do you dream of being an animal? Choose a wild animal, research its habitat and movement and create a poem following the same structure.
What is the Pond Doing? by Diana Hendry: look at the use of alliteration, personification and onomatopoeia. Write a poem inspired by Hendry about another natural feature such as a mountain, jungle, river or volcano.
Your Dresses by Carol Ann Duffy: discuss the description of weather as items of clothing. Create you own poem about weatherising colours and clothing to create an atmosphere.
To Make a Garden by Mary Ann Hoberman and I Wonder by Margarita Engle: these poets take great joy in the excitement of growing a new plant. Plant a seed and watch it grow. Take a daily diary of the changes. Write a poem about the development from seed to flower.
Mud by Ruth Awolola: What is mud? How is it important? Look at the use of rhyming couplets. Create your own rhyming poem about something you think is useful and important but grown-ups might not like you to do like playing in the mud.
Art: choose a poem to read to the class. Ask them to illustrate what they see before showing them the anthology. Compare the children’s work to the illustrators and look for similarities and differences.
