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Teaching Poetry: Reading and responding to poetry in the secondary classroom book cover

1st Edition

Teaching Poetry Reading and responding to poetry in the secondary classroom

By Amanda Naylor, Audrey Wood Copyright 2012
160 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

160 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

160 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Teaching Poetry is an indispensible source of guidance, confidence and ideas for all those new to the secondary English classroom. Written by experienced teachers who have worked with the many secondary pupils who ‘don’t get’ poetry, this friendly guide will help you support pupils as they access, understand, discuss and enjoy classic and contemporary poetry. With an emphasis on active... Read more

Part I: Poetry in the curriculum  1. The development of the curriculum  2. Theoretical and pedagogical perspectives  Part II: Approaches to poetry in the classroom  3. Form  4. Words and Imagery  5. Voice  6. Setting  7. Character  8. Narrative  9. Conflict  10.Ways forward - multi-modality and the future of English

Biography

Amanda Naylor is Lecturer in English Education at Hull University, Lecturer in English at Selby College and visiting tutor at York University, UK.

Audrey B. Wood is Head of KS3 English at a mixed comprehensive school in South London, UK. She is also a teacher trainer and school-based tutor for in-service masters level accreditation.

"A marvelous complement for Albert Somers's Teaching Poetry in High School (1999) or Lucy Calkins's The Art of Teaching Reading (2000), the book has appeal to those interested in both the theoretical and the practical. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, undergraduate students, graduate students, and professionals." - S. T. Schroth, Knox College in CHOICE

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