The Poetry Society’s Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious literary competitions and the 2016 competition is open for entries from 11 to 17-year-olds.
We asked three teachers to offer their tips for teaching poetry and inspiring and encouraging talented students to write poetry.
Allan Crosbie
Curriculum leader of English and literacy, James Gillespie’s High School, Edinburgh
In the English department at James Gillespie’s High, we try to embed poetry writing workshops into all courses from the start of secondary school.
If reading and analysis don’t lead on to creation and production, poetry too easily becomes a chore. Pupils also end up reading far too few poems when analysis is the only game in town.
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