Practicing Poetry: Teaching to Learn and Learning to Teach

Describes a successful approach to teaching poetry--teaching poems in pairs or other small groupings, putting them in conversation with one another so that their ideas resonate and illuminate the experience of being in the poem. Demonstrates how poetry can be woven into the the classroom and into th...

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Published in:English journal 2002-01, Vol.91 (3), p.44-50
Main Author: Moore, John Noell
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American literature
Classical poetry
Classroom Techniques
Conversation
Creative Writing
English language
English teachers
Fathers
Figurative Language
Frost, Robert (1874-1963)
Harlem Renaissance poetry
High School Students
Higher Education
Jewish literature
Johnson, James Weldon (1871-1938)
Learning
Literary criticism
Literary Devices
Love poetry
Methods
Methods Courses
Music
Narrative poetry
Nursery Rhymes
Oral Interpretation
Poetic themes
Poetry
Popular Culture
Popular songs
Public Speaking
Sandburg, Carl (1878-1967)
Secondary Education
Silverstein, Shel
Songs
Teacher Education Curriculum
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Tragedy
Undergraduate Study
Writing Assignments
Writing Exercises
Writing Instruction
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Summary:Describes a successful approach to teaching poetry--teaching poems in pairs or other small groupings, putting them in conversation with one another so that their ideas resonate and illuminate the experience of being in the poem. Demonstrates how poetry can be woven into the the classroom and into the lives of the students. (RS)
ISSN:0013-8274
2161-8895
DOI:10.2307/821511