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This is a practical guide for teachers of middle-school students that provides clear and fully-developed lesson plans and activities that use the teaching of poetry reading and writing as a vehicle for developing students' own creativity and appreciation for diversity.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
Poetry and A Few Hot Topics
Part I: Reading Poems
A Creative Environment: What It Means and How To Get It
An Initial Classroom Activity: The Appointment Book
Lesson 1: Becoming an Active Reader
Lesson 2: Understanding the Central Metaphor
Lesson 3: Literary Terms and Devices
a.Irony
b.Tone
A Classroom Test
Lesson 4: Personification
a.Personification
b.More on Personification
Lesson 5: Standardized Testing
Lesson 6: Two Poems, Side By Side
Lesson 7: Other Poems
Lesson 8: One More Favorite¿
Building Confidence: Homework and Feedback
Writing Assignments and Poet Project
Technology, Multimedia, and Teamwork
More on Student Assessments
Part II: Writing Poems
A Creative Environment for Writing
Writing Poems: An Initial Exercise
Week 1: Haiku
Week 2: Cinquain
Week 3: Tanka
Week 4: Event Poem
Week 5: List Poem
Week 6: Pastoral Poem
Week 7: Blues Poem
Week 8: Sestina
Week 9 and 10: Free Verse
Final Poetry Project, Class Anthology¿ and a Coffee House!
Other Considerations for Teachers
Conclusion
Selections Licensed
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the author
Sharon Discorfano has been a writer and educator for more than 20 years, with a M.A. in Literature from Georgetown University and years spent teaching at prestigious schools in Austin, Houston, and New York. She currently resides in New York with her husband and their dog Galileo, where she continues to engage with students ranging from elementary school to university level, in the context of humane education and animal advocacy.
Summary
This is a practical guide for teachers of middle-school students that provides clear and fully-developed lesson plans and activities that use the teaching of poetry reading and writing as a vehicle for developing students' own creativity and appreciation for diversity.
