Fred Sedgwick argues that through poetry, children can learn about the whole curriculum, including history and science. The book discusses poetry in terms of children's learning and the imagination. Case studies are used to show how children learn about themselves - first, their bodies, and second, their thoughts and emotions - through the writing of poetry. It then considers how children learn about their environment and the relationship between themselves and their environment. Finally, he discusses his techniques for getting children to write and provides recommendations for further reading.
Long the classic anthology of poetry in English, The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Fifth Edition, adds to its wealth of known and loved poems a rich gathering of new poetry. Beginning with Beowulf, newly represented by selections from Seamus Heaney's dazzling translation, and continuing to the present day, The Norton Anthology of Poetry includes over 1,700 poems by 340 poets in the Regular Edition.
This lively book offers a host of ways for teachers to bring poetry
and children together in their classrooms. Based on the premise that
poetry and verse, properly presented, promote literacy, this practical
handbook includes: introductions to children's poets and their poetry,
advice on poetry writing from the poets themselves, examples of
children's poetry writing, and methods of presenting poetry to students
of any age.
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Poets will build their poetry-writing skills with help from past and
contemporary masters--everything from generating ideas to examining the
finished poem.
They'll learn how to:
* Use journals to develop their
observational skills and turn life experiences into ideas for poems
*
Master the tools of the trade--voice, line, stanza, title, meter and
rhyme
* Acquire fluency in a variety of poetry formats and forms,
everything from narrative, lyric and dramatic verse (traditional
formats) to fixed, free and sequence styles (traditional forms)
* Fine
tune their work Exercises, assignments and sample work from more than
100 standout poets--everyone from Louise Glück to Walt Whitman--ensure
that every reader, whether poet, student or bibliophile, discovers just
how extraordinary poetry can be.
