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Activity title: Express yourself through poetry
Objectives and This is an indicative icebreaking activity that will help participants to
Learning learn each other’s names, feel more comfortable, start building a sense of
Outcome community belonging and break out from their comfort zone.
Preparation & Papers and pens
Materials
Recommended 30 minutes
Time
Participants are asked to write 2-4 lines of phrases, like a short poem,
giving them 5 to 10 minutes. A poem can include words that reflect their
personality or their feeling at that moment. For example, the poem can
be about their expectations about the upcoming experience of this
workshop.
Feel confortable,
Instructions
we all came here for the same reason,
we all want the best of us,
be patient and trust the process.
After that, they are asked to present themselves with their names and any
other details that they want to share with others, and they can read their
poems aloud if they wish.
Participants need to feel comfortable to express themselves. Listening to
Tips & the word “poetry” can be stressful, thinking that the requirements are
Recommendations
high, but make it clear that there is no wrong and right in this process.
Project 2019-1-BG01-KA204_062299
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