Use poetry slams inspired by Spanish poet Oscar Martin Centeno to encourage students to speak creatively in the target language. Centeno is a multimedia artist who combines poetry with the use of digital technologies.
Bring his ideas into the classroom by cutting up a photo into fragments and writing one line of poetry on the back, and then ask your students to write a second line. Once complete, ask the students to piece the ‘poem’ back together by placing the fragments back in order. Finally, ask the students to perform the poem orally.
This is a great interactive starter activity for a lesson to get students energised about poetry and speaking in the target language.
School Programme members can download the resources from the event in the PTI Staffroom.
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