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Bringing Poetry Alive

A Guide to Classroom Practice

By: Michael Lockwood

This book offers a wealth of ideas and support for ways to bring poetry alive, drawing on what is known to work, and exploring exciting fresh ideas. It will help you to teach poetry with imagination and confidence, so that you can try new things whilst still meeting national curriculum requirements. An enjoyable and uplifting book, it is a must for anyone working with children aged 5 to 14 who is looking for inspiration for their poetry teaching.

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Grade Level: PreK-12, Elementary, Secondary
ISBN: 9780857020741
Published By: Sage UK
Year: 2011
Page Count: 160
Publication date: July 18, 2012

Price: $59

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Description

Are you looking for ways to get your students and yourself excited about poetry again? Are you tired of teaching the same old poems in the same old way?

This book offers a wealth of ideas and support for ways to really bring poetry alive, drawing on what is known to work, and exploring exciting fresh ideas. It will help you to teach poetry with imagination and confidence, so that you can try new things while still meeting national curriculum requirements.

Written by people who have taught poetry in different settings for many years, and with contributions from poets Michael Rosen and James Carter, this book offers ideas on:

Using drama
Cross-curricular working
What to do with younger learners
Inspiring children to write their own poems
And much more!

An enjoyable and uplifting book, it is a must for anyone working with children aged 5 to 14 who is looking for inspiration for their poetry teaching.

Author(s)

Michael Lockwood

Name: Dr Michael Lockwood Job Title: Senior Lecturer in English and Education/Cp-Director BE Ed Responsibilities: University responsibilities: Organiser of the annual University-wide Raymond Wilson Children's Poetry Competition. Main responsibilities at the Institute of Education: Co-Director of BA(Ed) Programme; Course Leader of the BAEd English Subject Specialism course; Convenor of the First Language and Literacy Research Group. Teaching: Lecturing on undergraduate courses in the four-year BA(Ed) programme. My undergraduate teaching spans subject specialist modules in English Literature and Language at the students' own level and professional modules dealing with the teaching of English in the primary school Supervision of school experiences for BA(Ed) students Lecturing on modules in English in Education for the Institute MA programme Supervision of dissertations for students in the Institute MA programme Supervision of Higher Degree by Research students Areas of Interest: Research interests: Areas of expertise and research interest (able to supervise at Masters level): All areas of primary school English/Literacy Areas of expertise and research interest (able to supervise at PhD level): Children's knowledge about language at KS2 Poetry for children Reading for pleasure in the primary school

Table of Contents

Introduction

Reflections on Being Children's Laureate

Teaching Poetry in the Early Years

Teaching Poetry in the Later Primary Years: Response

Teaching Poetry in the Later Primary Years: Writing

'Look Children - a Real Live Poet!': The Role of the Poet in Primary Schools

Cross-Curricular Approaches to Poetry

Teaching Poetry to Teenagers

Poetry Teaching and Drama

'Literary Reading': The Challenge of Getting Young People to Experience Poetry

Reviews

'Although written from a wide range of perspectives, each chapter is crammed with ideas as to how to invigorate children's enthusiasm for the poetic beats which might be lurking, tucked away and hidden, in every corner of their everyday lives and dreams. The message of the book is clear: don't just bring poetry alive, keep it alive' -
Tracy Parvin, Senior Lecturer CCCU

'The title says it all. Enthusiasts show how to promote poetry joyfully in the classroom and beyond. The perspectives of poets, teachers, teacher educators and a Children's Laureate combine to offer the reader a whole range of practical ideas for making poetry an enjoyable and satisfying experience. Put one in every staffroom!' -
Morag Styles, Reader in Children's Literature and Education, University of Cambridge

Other Titles in: English | Elementary Teaching Methods | High School Teaching Methods

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