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Welcome to Poetryland [electronic resource] : Teaching Poetry Writing to Young Children

Shelley Savren2016
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"I wish Shelley would teach the whole world poetry." - 1st grade student. "I want to be a poetry writer when I grow up." - 2nd grade student. "What I found out about myself was that I have an imagination. And a good one." - 6th grade student. Welcome to Poetryland: Teaching Poetry Writing to Young Children documents 40 years of teaching poetry writing in grades PreK - 6 and to focus populations, including in gifted and special education classrooms, in after school programs, at art museums and at schools with homeless, abused or neglected children. Each chapter begins with a student quote and an original poem, followed by heart-felt stories of working with that particular group and concludes with lesson plans, complete with introductions of poetic concepts, model poems by professionals, open-ended writing assignments, methods for sharing and critiquing, and one or two student poems. Designed for use in a classroom, this book features 38 lesson plans and 23 more p...
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Imprint:
United States : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781475825244
Language:
English
BRN:
428845
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