Stepping Sideways Into Poetry Writing: Practical Lessons Teaching Students the How-to?and the Heart of?Writing Poetry

by Winograd, Kathryn

• ISBN13: 9780439597302
• ISBN10: 0439597307
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Teaching Strategies

Summary

Poet and teacher Kathryn Winograd believes that to bring out the best poetry-writing in students, teachers should offer fun, multi-stepped writing exercises that allow students' real voices to emerge. That's just what you'll find in this book. The motivating exercises are carefully designed to introduce students to many poetic forms and techniques, including: Types of Poems, Found poem, Haiku, Picture poem, Science-based poem, Riddle poem, Collage poem, Praise poem, Fairy tale poem, Poetic Techniques, Dramatic monologue, Metaphor and simile, Imagery, Personification, Refrain, Rhythm, Sensory language, Using facts.

Author Biography

Kathryn Winograd is a poet and teacher in Littleton, Colorado. She has taught poetry, literature, creative writing, and composition at various higher education institutions for 18 years, and she regularly works in elementary and middle schools. She was Recipient of a 1998 Artist Fellowship in Literature for Poetry. Her wide range of publications include poetry, creative nonfiction, and children’s poetry, as well as stories in numerous journals and magazines including The Colorado Review, TriQuarterly, Cricket Magazine, and Mountain Living.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 5
Poem Play: Finding the Words and the Places	p. 13
Puzzle Poetry: Exploring Line Breaks and White Spaces With Found Poems	p. 14
Leaves and Sticks: Working With Specific, Concrete Details and Sensory Language	p. 20
Stones and Owl Hoots: Appreciating the Soul of Haiku	p. 27
Like and As Poems: Exploring Simile and Metaphor	p. 33
Who Am I? A Fresh Look at Riddle Poems	p. 39
A Thousand Words: Writing Poems About Pictures	p. 46
The "Un-Poem": Writing Prose Poems That Play With Sound and Rhythm	p. 51
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire: Writing List Poems	p. 56
Blue Gills and Red-Tailed Hawks: Using the Names of Things in Nature Poems	p. 60
The Truth of the Matter: Creating Image From Fact in Science-Based Poems	p. 65
Inward Journeys: Helping Students Embrace Poetry Writing as a Means of Self-Expression	p. 71
Questions and Answers: Discovering the Elasticity of Language I	p. 72
The Collage Poem: Discovering the Elasticity of Language II	p. 78
Paring Knives and Freckled Hands: Exploring the Metaphorical Weight of Words	p. 82
Bush Souls and Animals R Us: Poems That Involve Personification and Metaphor	p. 88
Fairy Tales Aloud: Exploring Voice With the Dramatic Monologue	p. 94
The Vegetable and Me: Discovering the Self Through Extended Metaphor	p. 100
Operating Instructions: Discovering Voice and Audience With How-to Poems	p. 107
Needle Moons and Jelly Fish: Introducing the Elements of the Formal Poem	p. 113
Outward Bound: Revision Ideas and Poetry Resources
The Art of Revision: Celebrating-and Articulating-What's Working	p. 118
The Poem Cool Down: Checklist for Revision	p. 124
What Makes a Poem? Some Techniques to Try As You Write Your Poem	p. 125
On the Icebox: Display and Performance Ideas	p. 126
Peer-Review Checklists	p. 128
Anchoring Poetry Into the Curriculum: Meeting the Standards for English Language Arts	p. 136
Books for Teachers	p. 139
Poetry Collections to Share With Students	p. 140
Poetry Resources on the Internet	p. 141
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