Creating Kites as an Ignition for Poetic Writing

To write about something well, it is important to have experience of the subject. Our senior ESOL group were asked to follow a set of instructions closely to make their own kite using supermarket shopping bags. Instructions came in the form of a video clip. Most ESOL students need to hear instructions repeatedly and to have them visually sequenced. The end result of their work would be used to inspire the writing of poetry.

First came the kites:

Here are some of the Haiku poems:

Ryan wrote:

Awesome kites flying

Winding rope around the stick

The kite goes up to sky

Miu wrote:

Spinning to the ground

Patterned blue and beautiful

Kites near the hilltop

Angel wrote

Twisting and turning

Striped colours of blue and pink

Meeting other kites

Anu

Flowing in the wind

Patterns of pink and purple

Passing a rainbow

Jessica

Soaring in the sky

Colourful twirling red kites

I watch my kite fly

Mannet

Circling in the wind

Desirous diamond patterns

My kite reaches clouds