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Writing Poetry Workshops at Trowbridge Museum: Workshop One – Carol Ann Duffy and other poets, March 1st 2012

Aims of the workshop to introduce new poetry to the group to encourage new writing Participants were varied in age and experience of reading and writing poetry. The workshops were organised around reading/ listening to a poem and then following a writing prompt loosely structured on its subject matter and/or technique. I introduced two quotes…… Read more

March 20, 2012
Writer in school: My School Jumper – a writing exercise using all five senses

June 2011 This writing exercise worked well with mixed aged children (5 and 6 year olds with 9 and 10 year olds). Older children supported the younger ones (‘Shall I start that off for you?’ ‘Shall I write that for you?’), younger children often had a wider variety of ideas! We started by talking about…… Read more

June 26, 2011