Reading and Writing Poetry with TeenagersThis 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:
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Well, we were looking forward to this then we were very disappointed w/ this bk. As home schoolers we wanted a book geared toward a 9th gr."home schooler" learning about poetry and how to analyze ... Read full review
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Great book to use as a springboard to a poetry study. We are using this in our home school next year. Read full review
Contents
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 |
Common terms and phrases
American animal beautiful begin bird blue Books breaks Chapter child choose color Copyright create culture Dance dark death Discussion dream Elizabeth Barrett Browning English Exercise experience expression eyes face father feel final girl give hands hear heart human ideas images June Jordan language leave light lives look meaning memories metaphor mother move nature never night once peace permission person play poem poet poetry Poetry Exercise Publishing questions reader remember Reprinted rhyme rhythm Robert sense sing song sonnet sound speak stand stanza stay stories Student Examples symbol talk tell thee things thought traditional turn verse voice walk wind wings woman writing young
Bibliographic information
| Title | Reading and Writing Poetry with Teenagers |
| Authors | Fredric Lown, Judith W. Steinbergh |
| Publisher | Walch Publishing, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0825127939, 9780825127939 |
| Length | 172 pages |
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