|
| A Surge of Language: Teaching Poetry Day by Day | 
| Authors: Baron Wormser, David Cappella
Publisher: Heinemann
Category: Book
Buy New: $25.00
New (7) from $25.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 724015
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0325006067
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780325006062
ASIN: 0325006067
Publication Date: February 10, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks
|
| Customer Reviews:
A Wonderful Book for Poets and Nonpoets Both January 1, 2008
As a fiction writer, poetry has always seemed somehow mystical to me. This wonderful book makes it as accessible and understandable as my own stories. Bless the authors for so wonderful a resource!
Must-Reading for All English Teachers March 27, 2004
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
In this highly readable text, Wormser and Cappella pose as "Mr. P.," a veteran English teacher who puts poetry at the center of his teaching. The text itself poses as Mr. P.'s journal and is reminiscent of Thoreau's Walden Pond. Taking us through a single school year, Mr. P. records in an engaging, unprofessorial manner both a philosophy of teaching and a rationale for making poetry an integral and daily part of the English curriculum. In separate entries, he describes his interactions with poems and with students. Woven throughout these entries are poems, teaching strategies, poetry prompts, and tips on guiding students through analysis of poems--their own and others'. Teachers who are already committed to poetry will find much here to re-energize their teaching; teachers who are not fully comfortable with poetry will gain confidence and may well find their teaching of poetry revolutionized.
|
|
|
Wildlife, nature and the Environment
Sponsored Links
Learn how to get your own Amazon Book shop | |
