LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN INANIMATE OBJECTS - Key Stage 3-5 - An activity by First Story for National Poetry Day 2016

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活动引导Key Stage 3-5学生在日常物品之间写“爱的书信”诗歌。学生选择每天会进行的两项活动，列出完成活动所需的物品，再从每个活动中各挑选一个对象进行“审问”：颜色、触感、味道想象、使用时的声音与早晨起床的不满等。诗歌以约10行的形式呈现为一段对象到对象的情感告白，并思考可否发展成十四行诗或相互回应的俳句，鼓励朗读并在线分享。

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages2

Reading Time3 min

AccessFree to download

LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN INANIMATE OBJECTS

活动目标与写作主题

选择每日活动与对应物品

“审问”物品：感官与想象

诗歌结构：约10行与诗体选择

朗读与分享

[www.national poetryday.co.uk](www.national poetryday.co.uk) \#national poetryday Key Stage 3-5 An activity by First Story In collaboration with First Story alumnus and poet Lewis Buxton for National Poetry Day 2016 [www.firststory.org.uk](www.firststory.org.uk) LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN INANIMATE OBJECTS Create poems about everyday objects. Here is a chance to interrogate the miscellaneous, normal things that surround us. It is an exercise invoice, surprising language and characterisation in poetry. The Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire They told me that I was meant for the cleaner life; that you would drag me through the mud. They said that you would tread all over me, that they could see right through you, that you were full of hot air; that I would always be chasing, always watching you disappear after sleeker models– that it would be a vicious cycle. But I know better. I know about your rough edgesand I have seen your perfect curves. I will fit into whatever spaces you let me. If loving you means getting dirty, bring on the grime. I will leave this porcelain home behind. I’m used to twice-a-day relationships, but with you I’ll take all the time. And I know we live in different worlds, and we’re always really busy, but in my dreams you spin around me so fast, I always wake up dizzy. So maybe one day you’ll grow tired of the road and roll on back to me. And when I blink my eyes into morning, your smile will be the only one I see. by Sarah Kay from No Matter The Wreckage (Write Bloody Publishing, 2014) Reprinted with permission of the publisher Choose two activities you do every day, such as: Cycling to school Brushing your teeth Queuing for lunch Going to the shop List all the objects you need to do these activities and then choose one object from each activity, for example: Bicycle light Toothbrush Interrogate the objects What colours are the object? What do they feel like? What might they taste like, how do they sound when in use? What do the objects hate about getting up in the morning? What do the objects have in common? What would they say to one another? The answers should form around 10 lines of a poem which is a love message from one object to another. Think carefully about the form the poem takes. Could it be developed into a sonnet? Or haikus that answer one another? Read aloud. Share online. Reference: Watch Sarah Kay read her poem The Toothbrush to the Bicycle Tire [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIAQENsqcuM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIAQENsqcuM)

FAQs

这项活动要求学生做什么样的诗歌？

学生需要写一首以“日常无生命物体之间的爱书信”为主题的诗，形式约为10行，表达一个物体对另一个物体的情感告白。

学生如何选择写作对象？

先选择每天要做的两项活动（如上学骑行、刷牙等），列出完成每项活动需要的物品，然后从每项活动中各挑一个物品作为写作对象。

写作时需要从哪些角度“审问”物品？

可以围绕颜色、触感、可能的味道、使用时的声音、物品对早晨起床的厌烦，以及它们之间的共同点来展开想象。

诗歌完成后如何呈现与交流？

朗读作品并分享在线，文中也鼓励把诗歌形式仔细思考，例如尝试改写成十四行诗或写成彼此回应的俳句结构。

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