A reading of the poem 'Clever Trevor' by Benjamin Zephaniah
Description
The poet Benjamin Zephaniah describes how he used to think nurses were women, police were men and poets were boring, until he became one of them! He then performs his humorous poem 鈥楥lever Trevor鈥, which describes how a footballer scores and celebrates a goal. It also expresses confusion about how the footballer acts and what he does.
Classroom Ideas
Students could each write down one thing that, in their opinion, makes a poetry recital work. Students could brainstorm ways in which a poem could be made funny, and when and why you would want to make a poem humorous. Students could have a 鈥榝unny poem鈥 competition and try to write poems which will elicit laughs from the other students. Ask students to use the techniques from the brainstorm to do this, for example using opposites, exaggeration, or including a 鈥榮urprise ending鈥. Students could also consider using puns and funny-sounding words.
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