Make a List Poem

Learning Objective: To discuss where your heritage comes from.
Ask children to complete the template.
Use the answers as a way to introduce different types of heritage to discussion – we are our memories, books, traditions and more.

Sensory Poem
Choose a photo from the website.
Imagine you are in the location.
Write down what you smell, see, taste, touch, hear

Question Poem
Make a poem of questions about things you’d like to find out about one of the stories / photos.
Need a prompt to start?
Look at your source material and complete the following:

I see …
I think …
I wonder…

Build your wonder up and see how many questions you can add.

DADA Inspired Poetry
Print out a memory.
Cut it up into words or sentences.
Put the words into a bag.
Shake.
Sprinkle onto paper and read your poem.

Poems from Photos
Make a word bank from looking at a photo on the website.
Use the words as stimulus to make a poem in a style of your choosing.

Team Poem
Choose a memory or photo.
Write down as many words as possible that come to mind in response to it.
Use the words and develop one line of a poem.
Order the group to offer their lines.
Read the poem together.

I AM POEM

Describe yourself as you are today.
I am …
Describe Tooting and its relationship with clothes.
I am …
Have you always lived here? Do you have connections in other parts of the world?
I have …
Describe a person who influences how you dress.
I am …
Describe your favourite clothes to wear and how they make you feel.
I am …
Describe your favourite outfit and where you wore it.
I am …
Describe any traditions around the way you dress.

I am …
Do you have a favourite set of outfits for different occasions?
I am …
Describe where you like to buy your clothes from?
I am …
Describe three things about you that make you proud.
I am …

Describe something that you are grateful for

I am grateful for …
Describe something that you are hopeful for.

I am hopeful for …