Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry Writing in School and in the Community

Jack Collom

ISBN 10: 0915924692 / ISBN 13: 9780915924691

Published by Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 2005

About this Item

The dazzling new edition of this tremendously valuable resource (Kliatt) contains 65 writing exercises and more than 400 example poems. It also discusses how to integrate poetry writing into the English class and essential topics such as sound and rhythm, traditional poetic forms, inventing and adapting exercises, revision, and publishing. The lessons are presented with clarity, common sense, and sophisticated artistic sensibilities.-Missoula Independent Poetry Everywhere will ease any trepidation about writing poetry].-English Journal.

Seller Inventory # CIN0915924692G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry Writing in School and in the Community
• Publisher: Teachers & Writers Collaborative
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0915924692
• ISBN 13: 9780915924691
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Sixty five alphabetically ordered entries on poetry, each more than two pages, offering exercises, examples and student samples. Also includes seven essays pertaining to teaching poetry, several suggestions on how to use the book, and an appendix showing exercises by school subjectA collection of entries pertaining to virtually all the different forms of poetry. Includes entries on acrostics, definition poems, list poems, odes, “used to/but now” poems, and other innovative forms designed to bolster creative writing.Collom and Noethe truly understand their audience, for they have also addressed the need for ideas on how to integrate poetry into the English core curriculum in a section at the back of the book, filled with essays that guide you through the entire poetry teaching process. There are 11 essays in all, in addition to an appendix of exercises arranged by school subject.