Carol Ann Duffy, Britain’s Poet Laureate, compared poetry to text messaging. According to Duffy, “The poem is a form of texting…it’s the original text…"
Do you agree? Are you good at texting, too?
im rlly gd @ txting
by Kenn Nesbitt
im rlly gd @ txting.
i do it all day lng.
im spedy on the keybrd
n my thms r supr strng.
i txt wth all my fmly.
i txt wth all my frnz.
n i rply 2 evry txt
tht nebdy senz.
id rthr keep on txting
thn go outsd n play.
i thnk i prbly snd abot
a thsnd txts a day.
im gld 2 no tht u cn
undrstnd me rlly wel.
4 if u cldnt rd my txts
id haf to lrn to spel.
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From www.poetry4kids.com
The teacher can divide the class in groups. Each group works with a verse and write the "original text" focusing on correctly spelt words.
They could create a new verse for the poem or add an extra verse. They might even create their own poems!
