Checking Out Me History by Katie https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze LO: TO UNDERSTAND HOW AGARD USES LANGUAGE AND STRUCTURE TO PRESENT THE THEME OF ‘IDENTITY’ en-us 2017-12-12 06:02:27 UTC 2025-10-17 18:41:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 🐔 Fei Lyn deh CHICKEN 🐔 https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290105 🐾   John Agard :
-BBC first poet. 
-Arrived ( born ) in guyana ready for the poetry.
-Lives in united Kindom
-Student in international school.
- One day started to loves poet ❤️ 
- * when u put the right words on the page  than it starts to fly *
-A gift.🎁 
-He says he is a half caste.
-He heard a song that he loves (withering hights ).🔮
-Met a English teacher.
 -Than one day Agard and the English teacher saw this person singing and Agard thinks it is spiritual. 🎹   🎧   🎤
-The song is one of his good memories.
-It depends on the teacher if they really understand and have a feeling of the poem. 🌹
-The next song he likes is called Maria Rodrigue.
-Like this song because the singer is portuguese and he listens to portuguese songs because his mom is from there. 🚀  
-The song is dramatic. 💦 💦 💦
-Agard is the only child 😓 
-He made is first poetry when when he was younger around the age where he is at school.
-Next fav song is.......?
- Agard has a wife 
- ☾ Agard dreams of becoming a writer when he was younger.☾
- Grace Nicols id Agard's partner.🙃

]]> 2017-12-12 06:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290105 Jay https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290122 John Agard

- Born (arrived) in Guyana.
- He was a student in international school.
- BBC -first poet.
- He lives in United Kingdom.
- He arrived inUK in70s.
- He met a English teacher when he arrived in UK.
-Than one day, Agard and the English teacher saw this person singing andJohn Agard thinks it is spiritual.
- He thinks himself that he is half-caste.
- He loves poem.
- He chose his first song (withering heights).
-  John Agard likes a song call 'Maria Rodrigue'.
- It is depends on teachers if they really understand and have a feeling of the poem.
- Her mum is Portuguese.
- The song is very dramatic.
- He made his first poetry when he was younger around the  age where he is at school.
John Agard married and has a wife.
- John Agard even dreamed of becoming a writer when he was young.
-John Agard was only child.
-Grace Nichols were John Agard friend.]]> 2017-12-12 06:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290122 🦄 Fatima🦄 https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290146
      
      About John Agard

He was the first ever poet to appear on bbc. John Agard also achieved a queens gold medal 
born in guyana
he went to international school
they arrived england 1970s
he lived with his friend for 3 years
he met an ng teacher they watched a tv show and saw women singing and thought she was wild and this was one of his memories.(the song was called 'Withering heights'.
john agard is half-caste
his mother was portuguese
he liked a song sung by maria rodriguez.he grew up listening to portuguese songs because his mother was portuguese
he liked famous five series and read books by nancy drew
he spend his teenage and primary years only with his mother.
he was an only child
agard is married


 ]]> 2017-12-12 06:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290146 Tomasz https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290191 John Agard :

1) He was student in International school

2) BBC-It was his first poem

3) He was born in Guyana

4) He is living in United Kingdom

5) He thinks that he is half-caste

6) He arrived to UK in the 70's

7) He listened to song and he thought that it was spiritual

8) He loves poems

9) His mother is Portuguese 

10) He likes song '' Maria Rodriguez '' because it is Portuguese song and his mum is Portuguese

11) This song is dramatic  

12) In his school there wasn't any book  

13) Agard don't have any brother and sister

14)  There was no tables and chairs in his school

15) His first poem he made in classroom 

16) He likes many different types of songs

17) Grace Nicols is his wife 

18) When he was young he wanted to be poems writer]]> 2017-12-12 06:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290191 sachin https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290192 John Agard born in gianer he studied in British international school.He was the first poet to be in BBC news.he lived in the United Kingdom now now, arrived in the 70s
and he feels like he is Half---Caste
when he went to UK he saw a teacher
and went to a show and saw 
a singer which was very 
wild and thought that 
the song was very spiritual for
him and the song is called checkin 
out his historey.
the teacher need to understand 
the poem very well and need to 
teach the children well his mother is potruguese .the song is very dromatik in a way and very imotunal and the song is called 
Maria Rodrigues .His mother is protective because he is the only child
this song is very jazey .
his teacher said you wont pass the exam if you sckribal poem 
on the back of your work book ...this song is called Bob dylan and shelter
from the home and also the song was very tuching for him.
He has never seen his father for about 16 to 17 years af
but his father saw his first book he published .When he was in his 
A levels instead of awnsering the 
question he was reading a poem 
 






















]]> 2017-12-12 06:42:04 UTC https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290192 Noe https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290242 John Agard is the first poet in BBC.
He was born in Guyana.
He is living in united kingdom now.
He thinks he is half caste.
He was a student in international school.
He loved the poet when he was young. 
He listen to the song that the woman was singing and thought it was really spiritual.
GCSE tests has John Agard's poem and he thinks it depends how teacher are teaching the students because some teacher reads the poem from the heart, but some people does not read by heart and teach by heart.
He picked the Portuguese song because his mother was from Portuguese and he was listening Portuguese song for a long time.
He thought the song is really dramatic.
Agard was the only child in his family.
Agard's mother was really protective because he was the only child in his family.
He made the first poem about him in the classroom when he was young.
Agard's teacher said if you scribble something behind the test paper you will fail.
He likes lots of different types of songs.
All of the songs is in his memory for a long time.
He dreamed of being a writer.
Grace Nicols is Agard's partner.
Agard has never seen his father for about 16-17 years but his father saw his first book that he published.
When he was doing a test instead of answering the question he wrote a poem.
There were no tables and chairs in his classroom.





















 



]]> 2017-12-12 06:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290242 Da real Samuel https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290301 da John Agard:

poet keeps us in touch

BBC first poet

arrived in the uk in 1997

He is half caste (i think)

second song is dramatic 

He grew up listening to Portuguese music 

Grace Nicholes is is John Agard's partner

Message from sam: please don't copy me thannnk you!!!!!!!




]]> 2017-12-12 06:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290301 Grant Justin Dionido https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290485 John Agard: John Agard study in the British school. He born in Guyana and his a hard worker, the people talk to each other and he said that to be improve. He arrive in UK 1970's. And he pick his first song and the song of the title banshee. And the song is a love song, and Maria Rodriguez and there from Portuguese. The mother was a Portuguese and when he was small he always listen to Portuguese music. At school when he was a child there no table and chairs. And he listen to other music. When he was siting in the test and he wrote a poem. And his friend said he like's it. He like's music and he listen to Bob Dylien this song is in 90's. And his wife is Grace Nichols and they work together. And his father died. And back to 70's. And he always listen to the 90's, 80's and 70's songs. 
: ) ; ) = )
    ]]> 2017-12-12 06:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290485 Shyen Yii derrrr AWSOME :)+{= https://padlet.com/khumphrey1/p7yqed7paoze/wish/215290878 1.John Agard
2.Born in Guyana 
3.Lives in United Kingdom 
4.Arrived in England in 1997 
5.Went to an international school 
6.Lived with his friend for 3 years  
7.Met a teacher 
8.First poem: BBC
9.Mother is a portuguese
10.Grew up listening to portuguese          songs
11.Picked his first song 'Banshee
12.Agard is the only child
13.There were no tables and chairs          in  his classroom
14.Thinks he is half caste 
15.

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