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How to Teach Poetry ­Writing
Workshops for Ages 5-9 (Writers' Workshop)
By Morgan, Michaela (Poet, Children's Author and Writer, UK)

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Paperback : HK$243.00

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United Kingdom, 1 January 2011

Now in a fully revised and extended second edition, How to Teach Poetry Writing: Workshops for Ages 5-9 is a practical, activity based resource of poetry writing workshops for teachers of primary age children. Each workshop provides enjoyable activities for pupils aimed at building a thorough understanding of what poetry is and how to write it. Aiming to encourage speaking and listening skills, this book includes: three new workshops - Feelings, Licensed to Thrill and The Jumblies redrafting and revising activities poetry writing frames traditional and contemporary poems from varied cultures children's' own poems on their favourite subjects guidance on how to write poems word games and notes on performing poetry an A-Z Guide to Poetry. Updated to include cross-curricular links and a new expansive bibliography, this book provides teachers with a wealth of material andall the necessary skills to create a class of enthusiastic poetry writers.


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Now in a fully revised and extended second edition, How to Teach Poetry Writing: Workshops for Ages 5-9 is a practical, activity based resource of poetry writing workshops for teachers of primary age children. Each workshop provides enjoyable activities for pupils aimed at building a thorough understanding of what poetry is and how to write it. Aiming to encourage speaking and listening skills, this book includes: three new workshops - Feelings, Licensed to Thrill and The Jumblies redrafting and revising activities poetry writing frames traditional and contemporary poems from varied cultures children's' own poems on their favourite subjects guidance on how to write poems word games and notes on performing poetry an A-Z Guide to Poetry. Updated to include cross-curricular links and a new expansive bibliography, this book provides teachers with a wealth of material andall the necessary skills to create a class of enthusiastic poetry writers.

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EAN
9780415590136
ISBN
0415590132
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32 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
21 x 29.5 x 0.7 centimeters (0.26 kg)

Table of Contents

Introduction. Writers’ Workshop  Almost Everything You’ll Need to Know About Poetry Workshops A-Z  Workshop 1. Rhyme Time – traditional rhymes to enjoy  Workshop 2. Action Time – action poetry  Workshop 3. Pussycat, Pussycat – nursery rhymes  Workshop 4. Can You Do The Kangaroo? – ‘nonsense’ words  Workshop 5. Mrs Brown – extending a pattern, rhyming  Workshop 6. All Join In – onomatopoeia  Workshop 7. Monster Meals – alliteration  Workshop 8. Chips – shape/concrete poetry  Workshop 9. The Robin – writing a non-rhyming poem  Workshop 10. The Poem Hunt – using the senses, writing poetic sentences, making revisions  Workshop 11. Feelings  Workshop 12. Word Hoard – collecting interesting words  Workshop 13. Playing Around – word play, tongue-twisters, riddles, puns  Workshop 14. Licensed to Thrill  Workshop 15. The Jumblies

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Poet, Children's Author and Writer, UK

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