Using Poetry in the Classroom: Engaging Students in Learning - Softcover

Burkhardt, Ross M.

 
9781578863396: Using Poetry in the Classroom: Engaging Students in Learning

Synopsis

Here, Ross Burkhardt explains how to reach students through poetry and how to help them develop their own appreciation for it. Drawing on the author's rich experience as a middle school language arts teacher, Using Poetry in the Classroom presents a comprehensive approach that focuses on both the how and the why of teaching poetry. 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, this book teaches all aspects of poetrycomposing, memorizing, reciting, interpreting, listening, reading, and publishing. Includes:

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About the Author

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).

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ISBN 10:  1578863414 ISBN 13:  9781578863419
Publisher: R&L Education (UK), 2006
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