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The Adventures of Dr. Alphabet: 104 Unusual Ways to Write Poetry in the Classroom and the Community, This resource includes 104 poetry writing methods used by the author to encourage children’s poetry writing efforts. Readers will learn how to invite students to make poetry mobiles, postage poems, chopstick quatrains, and poetry balloons. ------------------------------------------------------- Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry Heard offers ideas for teaching students to develop an interest in writing poetry. ------------------------------------------------------- Beyond Roses are Red, Violets are Blue: A Practical Guide for Helping Students Write Free Verse, Written for teachers of fifth grade and up, this book suggests 26 exercises for helping students create high-quality poetry. The process begins with word gathering and concludes with revision. ------------------------------------------------------- Favorite Poetry Lessons, Janeczko suggests a wealth of ideas for teaching poetry and integrating it throughout the curriculum. ------------------------------------------------------- A Garden of Poets, This book offers ideas for creating an atmosphere that encourages children to express themselves by writing poetry. The bibliography section includes children’s poetry books, music for inspiring poetry, and poetry for adults. ------------------------------------------------------- How to Write Poetry, Janeczko offers a nuts-and-bolts guide on how to craft poetry. Chapters include ideas on getting ready to write and writing rhyming poems and free verse. You will also find "Try This" suggestions and a "Poet Craft" corner with ideas for creating good poems. ------------------------------------------------------- A Jar of Tiny Stars: Poems by Ten poets—all winners of the NCTE’s Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children—are featured in this collection. For each poet, there are five poems selected by children across the country as their favorites. ------------------------------------------------------- Listener in the Snow, Mark Statman shares personal anecdotes of lessons learned and insights gained through many years of teaching children. Readers can try out his ideas in their own classrooms. ------------------------------------------------------- Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry, Written for teachers of third through sixth grade, this book shows educators how to introduce poetry, teach poetry construction, and how to help students compose their own poetry. ------------------------------------------------------- Pass the Poetry, Please, Hopkins suggests ways for teachers to use nursery rhymes, jump-rope jingles, and songs as springboards to enjoying poetry. ------------------------------------------------------- Poetry from A to Z: A Guide for Young Writer, Janeczko uses the alphabet to introduce poems as well as topics—M for memory poems and poems on manners, meals, and music; H for how-to poems or haiku and poems on horses. ------------------------------------------------------- Poem-Making: Ways to Begin Writing Poetry, Using examples from a diverse collection of poetry, Livingston shows teachers of 9- to 12-year-olds how to explain the mechanics of writing poetry in a manner that inspires students to compose interesting poetry. ------------------------------------------------------- Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry This book provides detailed instructions for ushering beginners into the world of writing poetry. It also includes examples of poems written by famous poets and student authors. ------------------------------------------------------- Poetry: Starting from Scratch: A Two Week Carey shows teachers how to inspire in students an interest in writing poetry through the use of similes and metaphors. ------------------------------------------------------- Rose, Where Did You Get That Red? Originally published in 1973, this book provides lessons for teaching children about 10 poems by a variety of authors from William Blake to Federico Garcia Lorca. ------------------------------------------------------- Using Poetry Across the Curriculum: Written for elementary-level teachers, this book suggests methods for integrating poetry into all subjects. The author says poetry should be treated as a natural part of classroom life rather than as a separate subject to be studied. ------------------------------------------------------- Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Kenneth Koch, poet and professor, brought his enthusiasm for writing poetry to public school classrooms in New York City. His 30-year-old classic text shares what happened when he used a variety of creative strategies to teach children how to create poems. Numerous examples of children's poetry bring his suggestions to life.
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