Les 1 flexuren

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b
• Leerjaar 1

What are we going to do?

- We are going to talk about expressing yourself.

- What is poetry?

- Read a poem. 

- Writing your own poem. 

How can you express yourself ?

- What do you think is important?

- How can you share this?

- What is poetry?

- Can anybody write poetry?

Caged Bird - Maya Angelou

A free bird leaps

on the back of the wind

and floats downstream

till the current ends

and dips his wing

in the orange sun rays

and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage

can seldom see through

his bars of rage

his wings are clipped and

his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing

The caged bird sings

with a fearful trill

of things unknown

but longed for still

and his tune is heard

on the distant hill

for the caged bird

sings of freedom.

What do you think the poem is about?
Something other than birds...

Exercise:

Write down English words connected to 

FREEDOM.

If you don't know the English word, write down the word in Dutch. We can translate it later. 

Freedom

Look at your words.

Can you write a poem with those words?

Do words need to rhyme for a poem?

How many words do you need for a poem?

Is a song also a poem?

Exercise: Write a poem

Use your words to write a poem about FREEDOM.

The poem needs to be at least 4 lines .

At the end of the lesson, you hand in your poems.