For teachers · before students start
Explanatory slides
One deck per form, made for classroom projection: large type, one idea per slide, a worked example with original classroom material, and the common traps named before they happen. Move with the arrow keys or the slide links, and print any deck to get every slide on its own page. Australian year levels are the frame wherever levels appear.
- Acrostic — Accessible. 5 slides: What is an acrostic? · How it works · Worked example — spine word RAIN (original) · Common traps · Before you start.
- Blackout poem — Accessible. 5 slides: What is a blackout poem? · How it works · Worked example — from an original page about a lighthouse keeper · Common traps · Before you start.
- Haiku sequence — Building. 5 slides: What is a haiku sequence? · How it works · Worked example — one haiku from a sequence (original) · Common traps · Before you start.
- Found poem — Building. 5 slides: What is a found poem? · How it works · Worked example — lifted from an original paragraph about a night train · Common traps · Before you start.
- Renga links — Stretch. 5 slides: What is a renga links? · How it works · Worked example — opening and first answer (original) · Common traps · Before you start.
Pair a deck with a move from the technique repertoire, or go back to difficulty, poems and year levels.