Steps to Poetry
Poetry Course for General Certificate for Secondary Education
Published on 1. April 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
143 pages
978-0-582-03059-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this book the authors attempt to unravel the mystery and complexity surrounding poetry so that all pupils can understand and enjoy reading it. A variety of types of poem are included - both new and old - which have been specially chosen for their relevance to teenage lives. The poems are divided into themes so that pupils can compare and contrast more easily. Such themes include taking an inside or sideways look at people, familiar sights or situations and prompting the reader to think again or include people looking back and contrasting past and present, the things that change and the things that stay the same. Pointers guide pupils through each poem to set them thinking and discussing. The emphasis is on encouraging pupils to explore their own thoughts and reactions and there are suggestions for writing. Also included are the authors' own responses to the poem, some of them deliberately provocative to encourage reaction and stimulate discussion.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Illustrations
b&w photographs and sketches
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
323 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-582-03059-6 (9780582030596)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part 1 I'd never thought of it like that: "Uncle Edward's Affliction", Vernon Scannell; "Emily Writes Such a Good Letter", Stevie Smith; "Stopping Places", Molly Holden; "Tenement", Olga Momcilovic. Part 2 Do you remember?: "Number 14", Keith Bosley; "By St Thomas Water", Charles Causley; "Another of those Bomb Stories", Anna Adams; "The Dare", Judith Nicholls. Part 3 I'm telling you: "Wart Bliggens the Toad", Don Marquis; "The Early Purges", Seamus Heaney; "The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping", Grace Nicholls; "Stereotype", John Agard. Part 4 I know just how you feel: "The Old Woman", George MacKay Brown; "Hugger Mugger", Kit Wright; "On a Portrait of a Deaf Man", John Betjeman; "Grandma's funeral", Alan Barratt. Part 5 Look at it again: "The Skip", James Fenton; "Toads Revisited", Philip Larking; "At Any Rate", James Mitchie; "Reading Scheme", Wendy Cope. Part 6 It's a shame: "Jock, Marjorie Appleby"; "Huntsman Blow Your Bloody Horn", Les Barker; "Miss Williams and the Death-Watch Beetle", Elizabeth Wills-Brown; "The Priest Speaks", Henrik Ibsen.