Poetry in Spanish for Primary Education: some practical tips to work with poetical texts

Abstract

The work and analysis of poems for children and youth in Spanish is a teaching proposal carried out in a school context. Focused on Primary Education students, it aimed at developing good reading, writing and literary abilities of this poetic genre at this stage of mandatory education. For that, a set of poems based on their shape and structure is selected and an analysis and work method is proposed in order to develop the skills mentioned. The evaluation of this work plan was undertaken based on two important aspects: rhythmic reading and the correct understanding of the chosen poems and the writing of small literary compositions from selected poetic texts.