National Poetry Day and National Library Week resources

National Poetry Day Oct 5

Celebrating National Poetry Day during *National Library Week. Some of my own favourite poems put into play format – a narrative delivered by many speakers! Enjoy!
*indicates assemblies I have included relevant to National Library Week .. though arguably all scripts in the Literature section of the website could also be included!

• • •  *A Celebration of Books Assembly
    •  Classic Poetry Assembly
    •  *Favourite Books KS II Reading Assembly
    • *Take a Book: Different Genres of Writing Assembly
    •  *Great British Writers Assembly
    • If
    •  Smugglers Song
    • The Owl and the Pussycat
    • The Listeners
    • The Highway Man.
    • The Pied Piper of Hamelin
    • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The following are taken from the Classic Poetry Assembly:
Poems:

• • • If – Rudyard Kipling
    • Smugglers Song – Rudyard Kipling
    • The Listeners – Walter de la Mare
    • The Highwayman – Alfred Noyes
    • The Owl and the Pussycat – by Edward Lear
    • Macavity the Mystery Cat – T.S. Elliot
    • The Pied Piper of Hamelin – Robert Downing
    • Night Mail – W.H. Auden
    • Monday’s Child – Anon
    • Waltzing Matilda – A.B. (Banjo) Paterson