Wordplaygrounds: Reading, Writing, and Performing Poetry in the English Classroom,Used

Wordplaygrounds: Reading, Writing, and Performing Poetry in the English Classroom,Used

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O'Connor offers new approaches to teaching poetry in middle and high school with more than 25 writing activities that can constitute an entire course or work as individual lessons.John S. OConnor offers exciting new approaches to teaching poetry in middle school and high school classrooms with more than 25 highinterest activities designed to sharpen students writing and selfunderstanding and heighten their awareness of the world around them. In the process, he demystifies poetry for teachers and students by using students own life experiences as the basis for all student writing. The activities can constitute an entire course in poetry writing or work as individual lessons, depending on the teachers classroom goals. Early lessons start out with simple lists and wordplay; later lessons involve more complicated forms and subjects. Throughout the book, however, the emphasis is on fun and making sure that every student succeeds. In all, OConnor provides an impressive number of poetry modelsmore than 30 professional models and more than 80 models from students in his own classroom. Students will also learn how to dramatize poems, creating special effects in performance, both in the classroom and beyond the walls of the school. Wordplaygrounds shows how students can move beyond the traditional boundaries of English curricula, interpreting poetry through a variety of media, including music, art, and dancewithout special talent and training in these areas.

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