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– www.etwinning.com
Our project motto: "A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom"
(Robert Frost )
Through the “Young Poets Society” project, a group of 14 students from Greece, Poland
and Romania will exchange poems of great poets of their countries, explore their
characteristics and finally, they will cooperate to write their own poems using various
structures and styles (haiku, cinquain, quatrain, sensory-emotion poems, couplets, diamonte
poems, limericks, shape poems, tanka, ballad, and free verse poems). All these poems will be
illustrated with the students own drawings and, finally, they will be included in an e-book under
the title “Young Poets Society: Collection of Poems”. Students will also use their poems
creatively to make their own video or audio files, dramatize them or make them into songs. All
this material will be hosted in this site, which is specially designed for this project.
Partners:
Zarkou School, Zarkou Trikala, Greece
„Saint Ana‟ School, Galati, Romania
„Fryderyk Chopin‟ Junior High School No 16, Lublin, Poland
Our goals
To underline the multicultural aspect of poetry and its power to cross boundaries and make
people realize that they share many of the same values and concerns.
To introduce students to the world of poetry and to familiarize them with poems of great
poets of the partner countries. To have students learn to read and appreciate classical and
modern styles of poetry.
To provide students with a glimpse of the values, lifestyles, customs and historical
traditions of all partner countries, as poetry also promotes cultural literacy.
To have students work collaboratively and communicate, share ideas and concerns, and
discover ways in which they are connected, since poetry is a means for self-expression and
self-realization.
To have students express themselves, their emotions and feelings and their way of looking
at the world.
To motivate students to improve their use of the English language through reading and writing
poetry. Poetry can inspire students to craft pieces of writing, assist them in learning how to
be concise and reinforce their grammar and vocabulary skills.
We have completed 3 of the activities planned so far: I am a .. POEM, the Christmas cinquaine
and the Haiku. 14 students from 3 different classes (6B, 7B and 7C) invite you to enjoy some
of their works and also visit the project blog: http://gym-zarkou.tri.sch.gr/blog
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