Teaching Poetry in the Primary Classroom

Informationen zum Autor Professor Gervase Phinn taught in a range of schools for fourteen years before becoming an education adviser and school inspector. He is now a freelance lecturer, broadcaster, writer, and a consultant for the Open University. He is President of The School Library Association. Klappentext When asked by the school inspector what he thought of poetry, an eleven year old replied that 'it's all la-di-da and daffodils, isn't it?' In his primary school the boy had come across very little poetry apart from nursery rhymes, snatches of rhyming verse and a few comic pieces and nonsense poems. Zusammenfassung When asked by the school inspector what he thought of poetry! an eleven year old replied that 'it's all la-di-da and daffodils! isn't it?' In his primary school the boy had come across very little poetry apart from nursery rhymes! snatches of rhyming verse and a few comic pieces and nonsense poems.

Product details

• Authors: Gervase Phinn, Phinn Gervase
• Publisher: Crown House Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.2009
• EAN: 9781845901301
• ISBN: 978-1-84590-130-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / General, English, Teaching skills & techniques, Teaching of a specific subject, Primary and middle schools, Educational: First / native language: Literature studies, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Science & Technology