William Parker students get visitfrom world famous writer John
John, a playwright, poet, short-story and children’s writer was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) and has received many literary awards. He talked to students about the beauty of language and read poems from his books, including the poems ‘Half Caste’ and ‘Checking out me history’ which are studied at GCSE.
The event concluded with a question and answer session, when one student asked “What keeps your passion for poetry alive?”
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Hide AdJohn answered that it was his love of words and how they were arranged. He said he found it exciting getting the right words in the right order.
Another question led to John explaining that one of his teachers was his inspiration.
He gave students some interesting tips on how to answer exam questions and explained the sandwich effect - in other words, start and end with your best bits of work.
His poem ‘Google’, where he creates a living, breathing monster from the word especially hooked them.
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Hide AdJohn is a hero to many staff, having studied his poems themselves at school, or taught them often over the years.
John’s key message is that words are where everything else starts from and is how everything else is shared.
Love words, use words, play with words and create words, just make sure that the words you use turn the world on.
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