The Opening Line is a compendium of poetry reading, writing and performing activities educators can use when working with young poets. It brings together expertise from experienced poets and teachers, as well as recommendations from former winners of the Foyle Young Poets Award. In these pages, there are reflective pieces that help you get into a poetic mindset, quick-fire activities to find that initial spark, longer exercises to deepen students’ writing practice, tips for approaching reading creatively and curiously, and ideas for bringing out the best in poetry performance.
If your students are keen poets, encourage them to explore The Poetry Society’s free resources and talent development programmes, the
Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award and Young Poets Network. You will also find lots more support for teachers, including CPD and teaching resources at poetrysociety.org.uk/education
