Poetry Lessons to Meet the Common Core State Standards: Exemplar Poems With Engaging Lessons and Response Activities That Help Students Read, Understand, and Appreciate Poetry

Heard, Georgia

ISBN 10: 0545374901 / ISBN 13: 9780545374903

Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poetry Lessons to Meet the Common Core State Standards: Exemplar Poems With Engaging Lessons and Response Activities That Help Students Read, Understand, and Appreciate Poetry
• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0545374901
• ISBN 13: 9780545374903
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 10 ounces

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Synopsis

Simply put, this resource will serve as your road map to understanding the poetry component of the CCSS―from favorite poet and author, Georgia Heard!

Favorite poet and author Georgia Heard shares step-by-step poetry lessons that guide students to identify figurative language, hear rhyme, rhythm, and other poetic conventions, and explore imagery and theme―and then determine how these elements deepen their understanding of the poem. Students gain a thorough knowledge of poetic elements, which helps them meet Common Core State Standards in literature and language. Includes model poems, response activities, and performance tasks!

About the Author

Georgia Heard is a founding member of The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project in New York City. She is the author of six professional books on the teaching of writing and several children's poetry books, including her most recent anthology The Arrow Finds Its Mark: A Book of Found Poems. This is her first book for Scholastic.