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Poetry Slam Part 3

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After the poetry slam, my learners wrote group poems as a follow up activity. Here are the simple guidelines they had for creating their poem:

  • Create a team name
  • Phonetically write the word "home" in your language
  • Include images from your home country
  • Include images from Canada

Here are the two amazing poems that they created: 

We Are

We are Rhythm

We are beteseb

We are gander

We are pach

We are quri

We are people pulling coffee beans

We are birdsong in the morning

We are hot rice and goat

We are the smell that comes from trees and flowers

We are the December snow

We are "O Canada"

We are pizza that is everywhere

We are perfume that everyone likes to smell

We are home 

 

We Are

We are mixed elements

We are ghar

We are nha

We are hoh

We are bate

We are may zon

We are people celebrating for four days

We are the whispering wind

We are the taste of hot biryani in the large pan

We are the smell of noon

We are the stars who shine at night

We are sound of music that keeps us going

We are the joyful taste that keeps us wanting more

We are the fresh smell of warm Tim Horton's on a cold day

We are home 

Comments

Poetry

Wow. You should see if those can be published in some kind of learner newsletter. Those poems are so inspirational.

Poetry Slam 3

Hi Heidi,

Thanks for sharing this amazing experience you had with our Bridge learners. It it so great to have guest speakers and get students to produce/ create something with them or after them. Isn't it incredible to see, given the opportunity, how our learners can express themselves in a different way or in a way that they are not so familiar with? I have done something similar with my learners where they had to write an acrostic poem about Canada. It was very touching to witness how our learners perceive Canadians and Canada. They all have very positive things to say. They were very glad to be given the opportunity to voice their opinions, just like in the example you have given here.

Our learners are hidden gems, just waiting to be discovered ....

Nilay