Using Poetry in the Classroom - Engaging Students in Learning

Informationen zum Autor Ross M. Burkhardt, a consultant in writing and middle level education, taught English and social studies in New York State for 32 years. Inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame in 1998, Ross is a past president of National Middle School Association and the author of Writing for Real: Strategies for Engaging Adolescent Writers (Stenhouse, 2003). Klappentext This book offers explicit descriptions on how to deliver specific poetry lessons that will develop academic skills such as reading, writing, and critical thinking. Divided into three sections, it teaches all aspects of poetry_composing, memorizing, reciting, interpreting, listening, reading, and publishing. Zusammenfassung This book offers explicit descriptions on how to deliver specific poetry lessons that will develop academic skills such as reading! writing! and critical thinking. Divided into three sections! it teaches all aspects of poetry_composing! memorizing! reciting! interpreting! listening! reading! and publishing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Part 4 Part I: Before Class Chapter 5 Why Poetry? Chapter 6 The Teacher as Poet Part 7 Part II: In the Classroom Chapter 8 Memorizing and Reciting Chapter 9 Composing and Publishing Chapter 10 Discussing and Interpreting Chapter 11 The Process of Student Poetry Chapter 12 Back to the Beginning Part 13 Part III: Beyond the Classroom Chapter 14 Cross-Curricular Poetry Chapter 15 Poetry Teachers at Work Chapter 16 Reflections from the Classroom Chapter 17 Appendix: Full Text of Classroom Poems by Braley, Burkhardt, and Lazarus

Product details

• Authors: Ross M. Burkhardt, Ross M./ Sloan Burkhardt, Burkhardt Ross M., Glenna Sloan
• Assisted by: Glenna Sloan (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2006
• EAN: 9781578863419
• ISBN: 978-1-57886-341-9
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; English, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: English Literature, Educational: First / native language: Literature studies, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General