Jumpstart! Poetry

Freelance writer, poet and educational consultant. Pie was a primary head teacher, lecturer and English Inspector. Author and editor of over 250 books, he runs training and development projects for the national strategy, education authorities and schools.

'I am a fan of Pie Corbett and have not been disapponted with this excellent book. It is crammed full of writing and reading ideas for poetry learning with increased enjoyment and fun. I feel sure that using these activities will support the children's love for reading and writing of all genres. I also bought the Jumpstart storytelling and the Jumpstart creative writing books with this one and now I have a pocket full of teaching and learning diamonds to dip into for all sorts of learning objectives, but mostly to lead all the children to love language and stories. He suggests to achieve a poetry loving environment we begin staff meetings with a poem. There's a thought!' - Stella Sudds, review on amazon

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Ideas for developing a ‘poetry climate’ in schools and classrooms 2. Poetry reading games and activities 3. Poetry warm up games 4. Poetry writing games 5. Reading workshop ideas 6. Writing workshop ideas 7. Shakespeare rules 8. Poetry slams 9. Using the images 10. Ideas for publishing and performances Appendices