How to Teach Poetry Writing: Workshops for Ages 8-13 - Couverture souple

Morgan, Michaela

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1138023698 ISBN 13 : 9781138023697

Editeur : Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

This fully revised and extended third edition of How to Teach Poetry Writing: Workshops for Ages 8-13 is a practical and activity-based resource of writing workshops to help you teach poetry. Designed to build writing, reading, speaking and listening skills, this new edition contains a widened selection of workshops exemplifying a variety of poetry styles, both classic and contemporary.

Highlighting how the unique features of poetry can be used to teach literary skills, this book:

• includes new workshops which introduce, or consolidate, spelling, punctuation and grammar skills;
• encourages debate, discussion, performance and empathy;
• offers a new focus on confidence building and creativity using performance, rhythm, rhyme and rap;
• explores the use of poetry for vocabulary enhancement;
• encourages reading for pleasure;
• provides an A to Z guide to poetry and poetry terminology plus a very extensive bibliography enabling you to keep up to date with poetry and poetry resources;
• represents diverse cultures;
• highlights cross-curricular links.

Promoting creativity, achievement, mastery and enjoyment, How to Teach Poetry Writing: Workshops for Ages 8-13 provides teachers with a wealth of material and the inspiration to create a class of enthusiastic and skilled readers, writers, listeners and performers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Michaela Morgan is an award-winning poet, children's author, writer and former teacher, and runs workshops and courses both in the UK and internationally. She is also a National Poetry Day Ambassador, has been published in numerous poetry anthologies, and has edited and authored multiple books including Words to Whisper, Words to Shout, Wonderland: Alice in Poetry and Reaching the Stars. Her website is www.michaelamorgan.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138023698
• ISBN 13: 9781138023697
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible