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The Teachers’ Notes have been compiled by Dianne (Di) Bates. Di co-judged the 2004 Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards with her children’s poet husband Bill Condon. A section dealing wtih the 2007 theme of colour has been written by poet and 2005-06 judge Lorraine Marwood.
To download the full document in PDF format please click here.
The Teachers’ Notes covers topics such as:
- frequently asked questions
- the judging criteria
- feedback from previous judges
- overcoming potential problems
- what is a poet's purpose?
- creating young poets
- choosing a topic
- creating poems: writing and editing activities
- creating an oral poem
- creating metaphors
- creating richer language
- dealing with a specific topic - 2006 theme 'backyard'
- opening lines
- writing and editing a free form poem
- crafting free verse.
Also available for download is "Poetry Wordgames", by Di Bates - from her book Wordgames: Activities for Creative Thinking and Writing © Dianne Bates (Longman, 1993). To download Poetry Wordgames click here.
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