Poetry Pauses: Teaching With Poems to Elevate Student Writing in All Genres

Poetry can enhance all academic writing, and Brett Vogelsinger's book "Poetry Pauses" provides techniques to teach students how to use it effectively. By selecting poems from the online companion website and incorporating them into the writing process, students can develop their understanding of brainstorming, elaboration, paragraphing, argumentation, and more. Poetry is a gift that can help students reach a broad audience and engage the whole mind.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 14 May 2023
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc

Student writing outcomes will transform if we invest more time in the genre we too often ignore: poetry! With Poetry Pauses, Brett Vogelsinger asserts that all good writing takes us to deeper places, whether it's narrative, argument, informational, or verse. So why not use the palm-size examples of poems to develop students' skills? This book helps you to Teach techniques such as using sound, pattern, imagery, grammatical structures, and dialogue. Select poems from the online companion website for read-alouds and writing warm-ups. Reshape students' attitudes about verse with contemporary spoken word and poems by today's favorite poets. Know how to tuck specific poems into any part of the writing process to build your students' understanding of brainstorming, elaboration, paragraphing, argumentation, and more. No matter what students go on to do in life, being able to reach a broad audience with language that engages the whole mind is a gift. The resources here and online will stoke students' logic and creativity immeasurably.

Weight: 398g
Dimension: 179 x 254 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781071889022