Reading and Writing Poetry with Teenagers

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Walch Publishing, 1996 - 172 páginas
This versatile volume combines examples of poetry from historical and contemporary masters with high school writing. Each chapter contains poems for reading aloud, poems for discussion, models for writing exercises, samples of student poems, and a bibliography for extended reading. Many teachers use Reading and Writing Poetry with Teenagers across disciplines.

Writing exercises include:

  • Animals as Symbols
  • Family Portraits in Words
  • Of War and Peace
  • Writing Song Lyrics as an Expression of Social Protest

Dentro del libro

Contenido

Nature and the Environment
1
Animals
13
Sports
31
Childhood Adolescence and Growing Up
41
Notes
66
Social and Global Issues
95
Sonnets Villanelles and Sestinas
115
Praise Poems and Odes
141
Appendices
153
About the Authors
165
Credits
171
Derechos de autor

Términos y frases comunes

Información bibliográfica