Poetry in Literature for Youth
Poetry in Literature for Youth offers teachers, librarians, parents, and students with an instrumental guide for incorporating all forms of poetry into the curriculum. More than 900 annotated entries provide descriptions of books and other resources, including anthologies, classics, various poetry formats, poetry novels, multicultural poetry, performance poetry, teen poetry, poet biographies, and curriculum connections. Educators, who are often unaware of the poetry resources available-particularly for young adults-will welcome this book with open arms. Lists for building a core poetry collection, along with resources for teaching poetry criticism and writing, electronic poetry resources, booktalks, classroom activities, and lesson plans complement this guide. Author, Geographic, Grade, Subject, and Title indexes are also included. For anyone interested in knowing more about poetry in literature, this is an indispensable guide.
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Poetry in Literature for Youth
Poetry in Literature for Youth offers teachers, librarians, parents, and students with an instrumental guide for incorporating all forms of poetry into the curriculum. More than 900 annotated entries provide descriptions of books and other resources, including anthologies, classics, various poetry formats, poetry novels, multicultural poetry, performance poetry, teen poetry, poet biographies, and curriculum connections. Educators, who are often unaware of the poetry resources available-particularly for young adults-will welcome this book with open arms. Lists for building a core poetry collection, along with resources for teaching poetry criticism and writing, electronic poetry resources, booktalks, classroom activities, and lesson plans complement this guide. Author, Geographic, Grade, Subject, and Title indexes are also included. For anyone interested in knowing more about poetry in literature, this is an indispensable guide.
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Poetry in Literature for Youth

Poetry in Literature for Youth

by Angela Leeper
Poetry in Literature for Youth

Poetry in Literature for Youth

by Angela Leeper

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Poetry in Literature for Youth offers teachers, librarians, parents, and students with an instrumental guide for incorporating all forms of poetry into the curriculum. More than 900 annotated entries provide descriptions of books and other resources, including anthologies, classics, various poetry formats, poetry novels, multicultural poetry, performance poetry, teen poetry, poet biographies, and curriculum connections. Educators, who are often unaware of the poetry resources available-particularly for young adults-will welcome this book with open arms. Lists for building a core poetry collection, along with resources for teaching poetry criticism and writing, electronic poetry resources, booktalks, classroom activities, and lesson plans complement this guide. Author, Geographic, Grade, Subject, and Title indexes are also included. For anyone interested in knowing more about poetry in literature, this is an indispensable guide.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781461670551
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 03/28/2006
Series: Literature for Youth Series , #8
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 316
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Angela Leeper is an independent educational consultant and freelance writer and editor. She has worked as a teacher, librarian, and as an educational consultant in Evaluation Services at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. In Evaluation Services, she facilitated the review of print materials to be used in North Carolina's public schools; edited and contributed to InfoTech, NCDPI's journal of recommended reviews; and worked with educators across the state via one-on-one interactions, workshops, conferences, and telecasts. She is a regular reviewer of children's and young adult books for Kirkus Reviews and Multicultural Review, and a contributor to Multicultural Review, The Book Report, American Careers, Succeed, The Bark, Dream/Girl, and North Carolina Libraries. She is the author of Juneteenth: Celebrating African-American Freedom (2004). She serves on the Association for Library Service to Children's Publications Committee and the Young Adult Library Services Association's Alex Award Committee.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Foreword
Part 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1. General Poetry Anthologies
Chapter 4 2. Classics
Chapter 5 3. Poetry Formats
Chapter 6 4. Novels in Verse
Chapter 7 5. Multicultural
Chapter 8 6. Curriculum Connections: The Arts
Chapter 9 7. Curriculum Connections: English Language Arts
Chapter 10 8. Curriculum Connections: Health
Chapter 11 9. Curriculum Connections: Mathematics
Chapter 12 10. Curriculum Connections: Science
Chapter 13 11. Curriculum Connections: Social Studies
Chapter 14 12. Curriculum Connections: Traditional Literature
Chapter 15 13. Performance Poetry and Poetry Slams
Chapter 16 14. Poetry by Children and Teens
Chapter 17 15. Poet Biographies
Chapter 18 16. Poetry Writing Guides for Children and Teens
Part 19 Appendix A: Professional Resources for Educators
Part 20 Appendix B: Electronic Poetry Resources
Part 21 Appendix C: Building a Core Poetry Collection in Your School Library
Part 22 Author Index
Part 23 Grade Index
Part 24 Subject Index
Part 25 Title Index
Part 26 About the Author
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