Give Them Poetry! A Guide for Sharing Poetry with Children K-8 (Language and Literary Series) - Softcover

Glenna Davis Sloan

9780807743676: Give Them Poetry! A Guide for Sharing Poetry with Children K-8 (Language and Literary Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807743674 ISBN 13: 9780807743676

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2003

This lively book offers a host of ways for teachers to bring poetry and children together in their classrooms. Based on the premise that poetry and verse, properly presented, promote literacy, this practical handbook includes: introductions to children's poets and their poetry, advice on poetry writing from the poets themselves, examples of children's poetry writing, and methods of presenting poetry to students of any age.

Features:

* Rich examples of classroom poetry projects in elementary and middle school.
* Frequently asked questions about teaching poetry answered by educators from their own classroom experience.
* Successful strategies for encouraging new and veteran teachers to use -- and enjoy -- poetry study with their students.
* Accounts of poetry projects undertaken outside of classrooms, encouraging parents and caregivers to share poetry with children.
* Words of wisdom from children, teachers, and poets.
* Resources teachers will find useful, such as lists of noted children's poets and helpful reference material on teaching poetry.
* A foreword in verse by children's poet Douglas Florian.

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From the Publisher:

"A knowledgeable professor with a passion for poetry shows classroom teachers how to build a love of poetry in their students. Sloan says `Give Them Poetry' and indeed, she does exactly that."
-- Bernice E. Cullinan, Professor Emeritus, New York University

"Are you afraid of poetry? Have you been attacked by a terror dactyl?
Are you spooked by spores of spondee?
Then you've come to the write place!"
-- From the Foreword by Douglas Florian, children's author

About the Author:

Glenna Sloan teaches graduate courses in children's literature in the School of Education at Queens College of the City University of New York. Her publications include the classic The Child as Critic: Teaching Literature in Elementary and Middle Schools.

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