| Text Structures from Poetry, Grades 4-12: Lessons to Help Students Read, Analyze, and Create Poems They Will Remember Contributor(s): Bernabei, Gretchen (Author), Van Prooyen, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 1544384858 ISBN-13: 9781544384856 Publisher: Corwin Publishers OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Elementary - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts |
| Dewey: 372.640 |
| LCCN: 2019040860 |
| Series: Corwin Literacy |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.4" W x 10.8" (1.60 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ignite a love of poetry in students using the magic of poems themselves Pop the hood on a poem to discover what makes it work by using text structures to unlock the engine of a poem. Fifty unique and engaging lessons each include a mentor poem that serves as an excellent model for young writers, a diagram that illustrates the text structure of the poem, and inspiring examples of student poems written to emulate the mentor poem. Identify how the parts of a poem relate to each other to create movement and soon your students will be writing their own evocative poems. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bernabei, Gretchen S.: - A popular workshop presenter and winner of NCTE's James Moffett Award in 2010, Gretchen Bernabei has been teaching kids to write in middle school and high school classrooms for more than thirty years. In addition to four other professional books and numerous articles for NCTE journals, she is the author of National Geographic School Publications' The Good Writer's Kit, as well as Lightning in a Bottle, a CD of visual writing prompts.Van Prooyen-Clyne, Laura: - Laura Van Prooyen is author of two collections of poetry, Our House Was on Fire (Ashland Poetry Press 2015) and Inkblot and Altar (Pecan Grove Press 2006). She has more than 20 years experience teaching poetry and writing in a variety of academic settings including: Dominican University, Chicago Public Schools, Del Valle High School, and Henry Ford Academy: The Alameda School for Art + Design. Presently, Van Prooyen teaches in the Low-Res MFA Creative Writing Program at Miami University in Oxford, OH and lives in San Antonio, TX. You can find more of her work at www.lauravanprooyen.com. |