As an English teacher of our school, I
am very pleased to present some concrete poems written by my 3rd
ESO students. Concrete or shape poems take the form of the subject of
the poem, it consists in drawing and shaping a picture with your
words. Words that communicate a message in both, a lyrical and a
quite critical way.
I think they are very special poems
because they deal with a controversial topic, Ecology and because
they are the result of boosting our students´ imagination and
creativity. The aim of the activity was
to improve my students´ writing and approaching them to literature.
As we were working on ecology we used it as the leading topic of the
poems. Students reflected on the importance of having an ecological
active attitude and wrote these artistic poems, they prove that
whatever moves your heart will make a wonderful poem. Literature has
the power of making us be more sensible and open to ideas and
feelings just with the magic words.
It is most
remarkable the way all learners got involved in the topic, they
observed their reality and became well aware of the benefits of
being environmentally friendly.
I believe as David
Orr said, all education is environmental education. That is the path
we all have to follow in order to preserve our wonderful fragile
world.
Teresa Huerta
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