Sharon Discorfano

Teaching Poetry, Embracing Perspectives (eBook, PDF)

A Guide for Middle School Teachers

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book serves as a practical guide, for teachers of middle-school students as well as higher grade levels, that provides clear and fully-developed lesson plans and activities that use the teaching of poetry reading and writing as a vehicle for developing students' own creativity and appreciation for diversity. The combination of theory and practice sets this book apart from other books, in addition to an original four-step method of making sense of poems. The book is divided into two parts: the first focuses on the critical reading of poems; the second focuses on the writing of poems, using different forms. Both work towards "the bigger picture" of developing students' ability to engage in respectful discourse and to view multiple perspectives as enriching rather than competing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216289654
• Artikelnr.: 74832081

Autorenporträt

Sharon Discorfano has been a writer and educator for more than 20 years, with a M.A. in Literature from Georgetown University and years spent teaching at prestigious schools in Austin, Houston, and New York. She currently resides in New York with her husband and their dog Galileo, where she continues to engage with students ranging from elementary school to university level, in the context of humane education and animal advocacy.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Poetry and A Few Hot Topics
Part I: Reading Poems
A Creative Environment: What It Means and How To Get It
An Initial Classroom Activity: The Appointment Book
Lesson 1: Becoming an Active Reader
Lesson 2: Understanding the Central Metaphor
Lesson 3: Literary Terms and Devices
IronyToneA Classroom Test
Lesson 4: Personification
PersonificationMore on PersonificationLesson 5: Standardized Testing
Lesson 6: Two Poems, Side By Side
Lesson 7: Other Poems
Lesson 8: One More Favorite.
Building Confidence: Homework and Feedback
Writing Assignments and Poet Project
Technology, Multimedia, and Teamwork
More on Student Assessments
Part II: Writing Poems
A Creative Environment for Writing
Writing Poems: An Initial Exercise
Week 1: Haiku
Week 2: Cinquain
Week 3: Tanka
Week 4: Event Poem
Week 5: List Poem
Week 6: Pastoral Poem
Week 7: Blues Poem
Week 8: Sestina
Week 9 and 10: Free Verse
Final Poetry Project, Class Anthology. and a Coffee House!
Other Considerations for Teachers
Conclusion
Selections Licensed
Acknowledgments
About the Author