Using poetry in the classroom : engaging students in learning by Burkhardt, Ross M instant download

Using poetry in the classroom : engaging students in learning by Burkhardt, Ross M instant download

xxi, 285 pages ; 23 cm, \"Drawing on the author's experience as a middle school language arts teacher, Using Poetry in the Classroom focuses on both the how and the why of teaching poetry and offers instructions for delivering specific poetry lessons that will develop such academic skills as reading, writing, and critical thinking. Divided into three sections, this book examines all aspects of poetry - composing, memorizing, reciting, interpreting, listening, reading, and publishing. This book is intended for teachers, teacher educators, and professors with an interest in language arts.\"--Jacket, \"Published in partnership with National Middle School Association.\", Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index, Foreword / Glenna Sloan -- Introduction -- pt. 1. Before class. -- Why poetry? -- Poetic interlude No. 1 : a poetic license -- The teacher as poet -- Poetic interlude No. 2 : invent a line -- pt. 2. In the classroom. -- Memorizing and reciting -- Poetic interlude No. 3 : Rothermel's reasons for memorizing and reciting -- Composing and publishing -- Poetic interlude No. 4 : poetic terms -- Discussing and interpreting -- Poetic interlude No. 5 : immerse / yourself in verse -- The process of student poetry -- Poetic interlude No. 6 : tips for writing poems -- Back to the beginning -- Poetic interlude No. 7 : overview--poetry activities for the year -- pt. 3. Beyond the classroom. -- Cross-curricular poetry -- Poetic interlude No. 8 : drafting and revising a couplet -- Poetry teachers at work -- Poetic interlude No. 9 : \"midlevel minds\" -- Reflections from the classroom -- \"An afterthought\" -- Appendix : Full text of classroom poems by Braley, Burkhardt, and Lazarus