Poetry in Literature for Youth (eBook)

Angela Leeper (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2006
316 Seiten
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-1-4616-7055-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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. 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. For anyone interested in knowing about poetry in literature, this is an indispensable guide.

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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.

Autor

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.

Inhalt

Part 1 ForewordPart 2 IntroductionChapter 3 1. General Poetry AnthologiesChapter 4 2. ClassicsChapter 5 3. Poetry FormatsChapter 6 4. Novels in VerseChapter 7 5. MulticulturalChapter 8 6. Curriculum Connections: The ArtsChapter 9 7. Curriculum Connections: English Language ArtsChapter 10 8. Curriculum Connections: HealthChapter 11 9. Curriculum Connections: MathematicsChapter 12 10. Curriculum Connections: ScienceChapter 13 11. Curriculum Connections: Social StudiesChapter 14 12. Curriculum Connections: Traditional LiteratureChapter 15 13. Performance Poetry and Poetry SlamsChapter 16 14. Poetry by Children and TeensChapter 17 15. Poet BiographiesChapter 18 16. Poetry Writing Guides for Children and TeensPart 19 Appendix A: Professional Resources for EducatorsPart 20 Appendix B: Electronic Poetry ResourcesPart 21 Appendix C: Building a Core Poetry Collection in Your School LibraryPart 22 Author IndexPart 23 Grade IndexPart 24 Subject IndexPart 25 Title IndexPart 26 About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.3.2006
• Reihe/Serie: Literature for Youth Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4616-7055-1 / 1461670551
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4616-7055-1 / 9781461670551