Preface
Introduction
Poetry and A Few Hot Topics
Part I: Reading Poems
A Creative Environment: What It Means and How To Get It
An Initial Classroom Activity: The Appointment Book
Lesson 1: Becoming an Active Reader
Lesson 2: Understanding the Central Metaphor
Lesson 3: Literary Terms and Devices
A Classroom Test
Lesson 4: Personification
- Personification
- More on Personification
Lesson 5: Standardized Testing
Lesson 6: Two Poems, Side By Side
Lesson 7: Other Poems
Lesson 8: One More Favorite…
Building Confidence: Homework and Feedback
Writing Assignments and Poet Project
Technology, Multimedia, and Teamwork
More on Student Assessments
Part II: Writing Poems
A Creative Environment for Writing
Writing Poems: An Initial Exercise
Week 1: Haiku
Week 2: Cinquain
Week 3: Tanka
Week 4: Event Poem
Week 5: List Poem
Week 6: Pastoral Poem
Week 7: Blues Poem
Week 8: Sestina
Week 9 and 10: Free Verse
Final Poetry Project, Class Anthology… and a Coffee House!
Other Considerations for Teachers
Conclusion
Selections Licensed
Acknowledgments
About the Author