PLAN FOR WORKSHOP 1
This is Me! – My Object-My Story
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INTRODUCTION
Registration Form
Have participants complete the registration form as they arrive.
Welcome participants to the first This is Me! Workshop and read out the Privacy Notice on
the back of the Registration form to the group.
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“No one has to share but you will be invited to share.”
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“At the end of any workshop if you need to talk to someone about the
workshop, or anything else, Salvation Army workers are available.”
Exercise 1 – Expectations
Write participants expectations of the workshop onto a whiteboard or large sheet of
paper attached to the wall. (Save the paper or note down the expectations on a piece of
paper for reflection in Workshop 6)
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“What are your expectations of these workshops? Include something
wild or humorous.”
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“Expectations are powerful, especially for adults.”
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“People will attend for different reasons, have different expectations,
and have different experiences. We will look at this a little bit more in
the next workshop.”
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“In these workshops we will have some discussion and exercises to help
us tap into our ability to imagine, and create, and be inspired – wherever
you are at. We can all use inspiration to learn new things.”
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Exercise 2 – 3 Statements – 2 True, 1 False
Ask participants to share two true statements and one false statement about themselves,
and then have everyone else guess which statement is false. (Requires imagination and
helps participants to get to know each other.)
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LOOKING AT POETRY
Share experiences of poetry over “coffee” – positive or negative experiences
Share your own experience and ask others for their experiences.
Share PowerPoint presentation – Poetry
Read the presentation as you go and discuss the poetry, particularly pointing out the
poems that don’t rhyme and have few words.
Look at poetry books
Pass some poetry books around. Read some poetry and ask others if they would like to
read some.
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WRITING POETRY
Introduce poetry writing
 “Poetry is YOUR UNIQUE WORLD EXPERIENCE. If you write it – it is
your own unique experience. If someone else reads it they will often
read or understand it differently.”
 “We are going to write some poetry”
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no poetry rules required
creative writing or thoughts
one idea on a line
sentences or just words
help if needed or wanted
spelling doesn’t matter
dictionaries/thesauruses if wanted
 “This is not about how well you write.”
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Look at personal objects
Encourage!
Worksheets – My object–My Story
Have participants answer questions on worksheet, brainstorming feelings associated
with objects.
Write poetry about your personal object as described above
Share poetry
Remind participants that it means more when read by the person who wrote it.
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CONCLUSION
Copy participants’ poetry
Explain that it will be used again later in the workshops.
Thank participants for coming!
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REGISTRATION FORM
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GROUP
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EMERGENCY CONTACT (Next of kin)
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Privacy Notice
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unincorporated religious and charitable association), The Salvation Army (New South Wales) Property
Trust, The Salvation Army (Queensland) Property Trust and any organisations or bodies corporate
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to us at PO Box A435, Sydney South NSW 1235. Our privacy policy includes information about how you
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You have the option of not identifying yourself or using a pseudonym when dealing with us in relation
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practicable.
The personal information that we collect about you is deemed reasonably necessary for the primary
purpose of facilitating your current and continuing participation in workshops run by The Salvation
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By not collecting this personal information we may be unable to assist you to maximise your
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Poetry
This is Just to
Say
by William Carlos Williams
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Prayer for friends
by Michael Leunig
We give thanks for our friends.
Our dear friends.
We anger each other;
We fail each other.
We share this sad earth, this tender life,
this precious time.
Such richness. Such wildness.
Together we are blown about.
Together we are dragged along.
All this delight.
All this suffering.
All this forgiving life.
We hold it together.
Love and fear
by Michael Leunig
There are only two feelings, Love and fear:
There are only two languages, Love and fear:
There are only two activities, Love and fear:
There are only two motives, two procedures,
two frameworks, two results, Love and fear,
Love and fear.
funny... but not
by arianna loshnowsky
it's funny how hello is always accompanied with goodbye
it's funny how good memories can start to make you cry
it's funny how forever never seems to last
it's funny how much you'd lose if you forgot about your past
it's funny how “friends” can just leave when you are down
it's funny how when you need someone they never are around
it's funny how people change and think they're so much better
it's funny how many lies are packed into one “love letter”
it's funny how one night can contain so much regret
it's funny how you can forgive but not forget
it's funny how ironic life turns out to be
but the funniest part of all, is none of thats funny to me
By Cameron M Semmens
By Cameron M Semmens
References
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-lundberg/why-dont-poems-rhymeanym_b_97489.html
• http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-is-just-to-say/
• http://spiritedwritings.blogspot.com.au/2007/08/prayer-for-friends.html
• http://spiritedwritings.blogspot.com.au/2007/10/love-and-fear-michaelleunig.html
• http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/funny-but-not/
• Splat (Scintillating Poetry Laughable And Torturous)
written & illustrated by Cameron M Semmens
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LIST OF POSSIBLE POETRY BOOKS TO SHARE
CAN BE BORROWED FROM THE LINC (STATE LIBRARY)
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Title:
Selected poems / Edward Lear
Creator:
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888
Publisher:
London : Bloomsbury, 1997
Brief description:
Offers a selection of poetry.
http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?q=selected+poems&i=32&id=108335
Call Number: 821. LEA
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Title:
Little book of cats / [compiled by Maree Bentley and Jo Karmel; designed by
Amy Cullen]
Publisher: Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2009
Brief
Australians have strong feelings for the cats in their lives - love for their
description: elegance and poise, appreciation for their soothing presence, respect for their
independence and aloofness, enjoyment of their antics, and reluctant
acceptance of their 'gifts'. The Little Book of Cats celebrates the close
relationship between Australians and their cats.
http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?q=Little+book+of+cats&i=14&id=962278
Call Number: 821.0080362 LIT
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Title:
Creator:
Publisher:
Brief
description:
Just a saying: a final personal anthology / Catherine Cookson
Cookson, Catherine
London : Bantam Books, 2002
This collection of poems draws on many themes that should be familiar to the
readers of Catherine Cookson's novels: love, work, class and the beauty of
nature. She also shares more personal thoughts, reflections on her own
writing, marriage to her beloved Tom and life in the north of England.
http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?q=Just+a+saying+a+final+personal+anthology&
i=1&id=674497
Call Number: 821.91 COO
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Title:
Publisher:
Brief
description:
The Oxford book of war poetry / chosen and edited by Jon Stallworthy
Oxford, [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1984
This selection covers all ages and countries. The poems are arranged
chronologically, forming as it were a history of warfare seen through poets'
eyes.
http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?q=The+Oxford+book+of+war+poetry&i=4&id=
252184
Call Number: 821.91 OXF
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Title:
Creator:
Publisher:
Subjects:
My people
Oodgeroo Noonuccal, 1920-1993
1970
Australian literature
http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?q=My+people&audience=Children&i=6&id=36
0391
Call Number: JUNIOR 820.A WAL
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Title:
Publisher:
Brief
description:
Green Poetry / selected by Robert Hull; illustrated by Annabel Spencely
Hove, England : Wayland, 1991
A paperback edition of a title from the THEMATIC POETRY series, first
published in 1991. A selection of poems from all over the world on
environmental themes. Illustrated with colour photographs and artwork,
suitable for National Curriculum English Key Stage 2.
http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?q=Green+Poetry&i=5&id=312756
Call Number: JUNIOR 821 HUL
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Title:
Publisher:
Brief
description:
Little book of weather / National Library of Australia
Canberra : National Library of Australia, c2011
Little Book of Weather reflects Australians' fascination with the weather of
their arid continent: watching for stormy skies to relieve the parched ground;
hoping for clear skies on the day of the grand final; basking in the summer sun
or snuggling under the doona on cold winter nights.
http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?q=little+book+of+weather&i=4&id=1010779
Call Number: 821.008A LIT
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Title:
Creator:
Publisher:
Brief
description:
Days that we couldn't rehearse / Peter Bakowski
Bakowski, Peter
Alexandria, N.S.W. : Hale & Iremonger, 2002
Bakowski continues to explore the substrata of ordinary life in his poems of
crystalline beauty. His concerns: the human heart, unsung lives.
http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?q=Days+that+we+couldn't+rehearse&i=1&id=6
94272
Call Number: 821.3A BAK
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Title:
Dorothea MacKellar's My country: a centenary celebration 1908-2008 /
photographed by Peter Luck
Creator:
Luck, Peter, 1944Publisher: Millers Point, N.S.W. : Pier 9, 2008
Brief
Dorothea Mackellar's anthemic poem My Country captured the heart of the
description: Australian nation when it was first published in 1908, and the love affair has
continued for a hundred years. To celebrate the poem's centenary, Luck
presents this superb photographic homage to Dorothea and her country, in all
of its beguiling moods.
http://catalogue.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/item/?q=Dorothea+MacKellar's+My+country+a+cente
nary+celebration+1908+2008&i=1&id=894589
Call Number: 821.2A MAC
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My object – My story
What is your object?
Where does it come from?
What connection does the object have to ‘place’: your home, or another important
part of your life?
What does the object mean to you personally?