What happiness when everything falls into place and students can see possible rewards to be reaped!
Every year, our students can participate in an international poetry competition - we have taken part 2 other times, and just submitted poems this year. The poems have to be original pieces, in French, a maximum of 30 lines long - and I tell them a minimum of 10 lines. The poems are all free-form and follow one of the categories. This year's options were 1) no theme imposed , 2) "living with", 3) childrens' rights, 4) tell me 10 words (and they give you 10 specific words to use in the poem, or 5) esperanto. It was a quick effort but these students amaze me with their ability to create in such a short time, even if poetry is not really their thing. Both classes participated. From those who participated last year, 2 students one prizes and just received their published poems in an anthology sent to them from France! Motivation for this year's students, I think!
Every year, our students can participate in an international poetry competition - we have taken part 2 other times, and just submitted poems this year. The poems have to be original pieces, in French, a maximum of 30 lines long - and I tell them a minimum of 10 lines. The poems are all free-form and follow one of the categories. This year's options were 1) no theme imposed , 2) "living with", 3) childrens' rights, 4) tell me 10 words (and they give you 10 specific words to use in the poem, or 5) esperanto. It was a quick effort but these students amaze me with their ability to create in such a short time, even if poetry is not really their thing. Both classes participated. From those who participated last year, 2 students one prizes and just received their published poems in an anthology sent to them from France! Motivation for this year's students, I think!