Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, k, p, e, i, t.

Describes the different resources that can be used to teach high school students about poetry.

Grade level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, p, e, i, s, t.

Teachers know that poetry is a great deal more than just an add-on or an "enrichment" to be fitted into the curriculum at a spare moment. And they are aware of how positively children respond to and learn from reading and writing poetry. The key is to know where to start and how to develop teaching ideas that make poetry a natural and enjoyable part of classroom work. The text is organized around strategies for using poetry. There are thirty-three detailed strategies spelled out and nearly three hundred brief suggestions. Sidebars contain information on such topics as criteria and a checklist for selecting the kinds of poetry children like, and descriptions of poetry forms.

This comprehensive listing and discussion of poetic works supports the standards of all areas of the curriculum, helping librarians and teachers working with kindergarten through middle school students. This second edition of Using Poetry Across the Curriculum: Learning to Love Language offers a comprehensive list of poetry anthologies, poetic picture books, and poetic prose works in a wide variety of subject areas. While it maintains the original edition's focus on ideas and resource lists for integration of poetry into all areas of the curriculum, it is thoroughly revised to cover current issues in education and the wealth of new poetry books available. The book is organized by subject areas commonly taught in elementary and middle schools, and, within these, by the national standards in each area. Numerous examples of poetry and poetic prose that can be used to help students understand and appreciate aspects of the standard are listed. A sampling of units that arise from groups of works, writing and performance ideas, and links across the curriculum is also included. While many teaching ideas and topics provide references to the standards they meet, this title is unique in starting with those standards and making links across them.

An essential reading for all those, who are interested in studies about and experiences with the use of poetry as a writing intensive pedagogy in a US community college or on a general undergraduate education level.

Filled with dozens of ready-to-use lesson plans spanning the entire standard elementary curriculum, this resource offers imaginative writing exercises matched to content area and grade level. Each content-area chapter clearly defines the purpose of the material and provides step-by-step instructions for using the lesson plans to achieve the purpose. From art and music to science and math, each content area receives thoughtful coverage with clear explanations of the instructional goals behind each writing exercise. Touching on a variety of poetry forms and formats, this guide provides teachers and their students with a broader view of poetry than is usually seen in educational books at this level.