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36%OFFSuzanne Keyworth - Writing and Understanding Poetry for Teachers and Students: A Heart´s Craft - 9781475814064 - V9781475814064
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Writing and Understanding Poetry for Teachers and Students: A Heart´s Craft

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Description for Writing and Understanding Poetry for Teachers and Students: A Heart´s Craft Hardback. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; JNU; YQCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
Grounded in craft, this book was composed on three premises: That the study and modeling of great poems is integral to understanding poetry and learning to write poems, that scaffolded learning builds a writer’s and a reader’s confidence and knowledge base and increases learning, and that teachers and facilitators of poetry can and should build learning environments we call “our hearts in a safe place.” Each chapter contains an introduction to a main focus, new terms, a model poem, an explication, short prompts heuristic to each chapter’s focus, and a model exercise. Student poem samples are included in each ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
449g
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781475814064
SKU
V9781475814064
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About Suzanne Keyworth
Suzanne Keyworth was the advisor for an award winning student magazine at State College of Florida for nearly two decades, and obtained her MA from Hollins University and her MFA from Warren Wilson College. A 6th generation Floridian, she has a chapbook titled When the Distance Closes In as well as a book of poetry, Markers. Cassandra Robison, Ph.D., now ... Read more

Reviews for Writing and Understanding Poetry for Teachers and Students: A Heart´s Craft
I find this text smart in three important ways. First, since many young people think they can write poems worth hearing in spite of the fact they've never listened themselves, it stresses reading from the get-go. Second, it provides poems written by peers of the book's target audience in response to the authors' craft suggestions so students can model on ... Read more

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