Making Poetry Happen Transforming the Poetry Classroom

by Dymoke, Sue; Barrs, Myra; Lambirth, Andrew; Wilson, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9781472512383
• ISBN10: 1472512383
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-03-26
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Making Poetry Happen provides a valuable resource for trainee and practicing teachers, enabling them to become more confident and creative in teaching what is recognized as a very challenging aspect of the English curriculum. The volume editors draw together a wide-range of perspectives to provide support for development of creative practices across the age phases, drawing on learners' and teachers' perceptions of what poetry teaching is like in all its forms and within a variety of contexts, including:
- inspiring young people to write poems
- engaging invisible pupils (especially boys)
- listening to poetry
- performing poetry
Throughout, the contributors include practical, tried-and-tested materials, including activities, and draw on case studies. This approach ensures that the theory is clearly linked to practice as they consider teaching and learning poetry to those aged between 5 and 19 from different perspectives, looking at reading; writing; speaking and listening; and transformative poetry cultures. Each of the four parts includes teacher commentaries on how they have adapted and developed the poetry activities for use in their own classroom.

Author Biography

Sue Dymoke is Reader in Education and Secondary PGCE Course Leader in the School of Education at the University of Leicester, UK

Myra Barrs is a freelance writer and researcher working in education. She was formerly Director of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, UK.

Andrew Lambirth is Professor of Education in the Faculty of Education and Health at the University of Greenwich, UK.

Anthony Wilson is Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Exeter, UK, where he is Subject Leader for PCGE Primary English.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Sue Dymoke (University of Leicester, UK), Andrew Lambirth (University of Greenwich, UK), Anthony Wilson (University of Exeter, UK) and Myra Barrs (University of East London, UK)
Part I: Reading (section editor: Andrew Lambirth)
1. Engaging with Poetry: Challenges and Opportunities. I Don’t Know What an Anodyne Is, Nicholas McGuinn (University of York, UK)
2. Lifting Poetry off the Page, Susanna Steele (University of Greenwich, UK)
3. Case Study I, Critical Reading and Enjoyment of Poetry, Daniel Xerri (Sixth College, Malta)
4. Learning to Love Teaching Poetry: Not "Puppets on a String", Andrew Lambirth (University of Greenwich, UK)
5. Part I Commentary and Practical Implications, Andrew Lambirth (University of Greenwich, UK)
Part II: Writing (section editor: Myra Barrs)
6. Knowing Where to Start: Inspiring Young People to Write Poems, Cliff Yates (poet, UK)
7. Beyond Words: Teaching Poetry Based on Actual Writing Practices, Mandy Coe (poet, UK)
8. Case Study III. Becoming a Poetry School, Jennie Clark (Churchfields Infants School, London Borough of Redbridge) with Myra Barrs (University of East London, UK)
9. Case Study IV, Poetry is Primary, Sue Ellis (Institute of Education, University of London, UK)
10. Case Study V, Making Poetry Happen in a Sixth Form Environment, Jane Bluett (Bilborough Sixth Form College, UK)
11. Part II Commentary and Practical Implications, Myra Barrs (University of East London, UK)
Part III: Speaking and Listening (section editor: Sue Dymoke)
12. Poetry, Listening and Learning, Julie Blake (Poetry Archive, UK)
13. Rhyme Workshops, Andy Craven-Griffiths (poet, UK)
14. Slam Poetry, Joelle Taylor (SLAMbassadors UK, UK)
15. Case Study VII, How English Teachers Make Use of Slam Poetry in a Secondary School Setting, Chris Parton (Robert Sutton Catholic Specialist Sports College, UK)
16. Case Study VI, Gothic Poetry, Brenda Ainsley (Kibworth High School, UK)
17. Part III Commentary and Practical Implications, Sue Dymoke (University of Leicester, UK)
Part IV: Transformative Poetry Cultures (section editor: Anthony Wilson)
18. Building Children's and Teachers' Interest and Confidence in Poetry, Michael Rosen (poet and former Children's Laureate, UK) and Jenny Vernon (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), UK)
19. Engaging Invisible Pupils through Creative Writing, Emma Metcalfe (freelance creative practitioner currently running opengroundwriting.co.uk)
20. Case Study VIII: Effective Practices with English as an Additional Language (EAL) Learners, Vicky Macleroy (Goldsmith's College, University of London, UK)
21. Case Study IX: Digital Literacy, Janette Hughes (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada)
22. Part IV Commentary and Practical Implications, Anthony Wilson (University of Exeter, UK)
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