Are you searching for instruction that reinforces standards-based content in language arts, math, science, or social studies? <ul>That generates student interest? <ul>That promotes critical thinking? <ul>That doesn't sacrifice time in your curriculum? </ul>
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Then it's time for a new approach. In Practical Poetry, Sara Holbrook shows you how the precise language and keen observations of poems can be used as nuts-and-bolts tools for addressing content and language standards in four key subject areas. Whether you teach one or several subjects, Practical Poetry includes chapters specially written to show you how to promote content understanding and meaning-making in language arts, math, science, and social studies by taking poems out of the artsy ether and making them functional. Even if you aren't a poet, you'll be ready to use poetry in your class tomorrow because each of Holbrook's lessons: <ul>
<li>describes the rationale for how and why the lessons work</li> <li>identifies the specific content standards you'll be addressing in your teaching</li> <li>includes exemplar poems to use right away or to guide you in weaving favorite poems into your lesson planning</li> <li>provides examples of student work from classrooms where poetry has been used successfully as a vehicle for learning.</li> </ul>
You might think you don't have room in your standards-based curriculum to teach with poems, but with applications to content standards woven throughout, Practical Poetry will prove that you do. Take Sara Holbrook's advice. You'll energize your students, reinforce their topical understanding over a variety of content-area standards, and build their critical-thinking and language skills. Poetry has never been so practical.

Practical Poetry: A Nonstandard Approach to Meeting Content-Area Standards

Education & Teaching

Holbrook, Sara

Schools & Teaching

Heinemann

Call it poetic justice, but not only is performance poetry the hottest, hippest way for students to engage in literate behaviors, it's also an effective vehicle for helping students meet language arts standards. In fact, poetry performance meets eight of NCTE and IRA's twelve national standards for English instruction and contributes to the mastery of the other four. Best of all, it works in any setting, and with Outspoken! you'll learn how the spoken word can rev up the energy in your classroom while achieving your curricular goals. In Outspoken! poet-educators Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger take you through the process of developing, implementing, and assessing poetry performance - and beyond. Beginning with ideas for encouraging even the most reluctant students to speak clearly and write from the heart, this handbook uses familiar workshop structures to guide young poets toward vibrant completed pieces and an exciting, dynamic delivery. With lessons involving memoir, metaphor, character, point of view, and articulation, you'll find a fully realized unit that's as enjoyable to teach as it is to learn and that's full of specific advice on assessing the writing, speaking, performing, and learning of your students. Holbrook and Salinger also go outside the classroom, providing ideas and guidelines for running a poetry slam in your school, conducting a poetry performance series, and bringing in a visiting poet. In addition, Outspoken! comes with a DVD that contains Outspoken: Playhouse Square Center's Slam-U Program, a documentary that chronicles Salinger and his students as they prepare to compete in a national poetry slam, demonstrating what student performance poetry looks like up close and the positive effect it has on students' lives and learning. Fun, practical, conversational, and full of innovations sure to enliven any class or school, Outspoken! will become an instant hit with your students - and with your curriculum supervisor.

Outspoken!: How to Improve Writing and Speaking Skills Through Poetry Performance

Salinger, Michael

Children's Books

"This is kids' ticket into an utterly different kind of vocabulary learning-an energy-juiced, falling in love with words. I wish I were back in school again, and my teacher had read this book." -Ellin Oliver Keene Any teacher who has challenged a sunny day with the phrase "vocabulary lesson" only to see a dark cloud descend over the room knows that students can be downright word resistant. Break out of the vocab doldrums once and for all with High Definition, a whole new approach to vocabulary instruction that's not just effective, but energizing, sociable, and fun. When kids envision a word as if it were a real person, with a unique voice and personality, they forever imprint the meaning of the word into their memories. Vocabulary lessons become anything but dull, and still blend seamlessly into your writing objectives. Veteran teacher-authors Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger offer a powerful formula for getting even the most reluctant kids into the act: Well-chosen Words + Collaborative Discussion + Genre Writing + Performance = Strong Vocabulary Students are first given a choice of vocabulary words, then collaborate with their peers in small- group brainstorming discussions that lead to writing exercises in a variety of genres. Finally they share their work aloud, building community and understanding throughout the classroom. Everything you need to put High Definition into action is included: - Sample word lists give you an immediate starting place for choosing vocabulary words - Collaboration Cheat Sheets offer instant pre-write organizational help - Clear explanations of each genre include ways you can build on what kids already know in their lives - Student samples throughout provide inspiring examples of how students take the definition of words way beyond what's offered in dictionaries - Lesson Process Plans show you how to use writing, collaboration, and performance across genres and content areas. Help your kids build strong and lively vocabularies. Teach with High Definition and discover how to make words unforgettable.

High Definition: Unforgettable Vocabulary-Building Strategies Across Genres and Subjects

Reference

Keene, Ellin Oliver

Words, Language & Grammar

Wham! It's A Poetry Jam (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Turtleback Books

The collection in the words of the author: "There are never just one or two sides to any story, but dozens. This book is the culmination of thousands of conversations with folks who took the time to tell me their sides. I took a lot of notes and have revised, revisited, and robbed this manuscript over the last 20 years."

From the Park Bench

Literature & Fiction

Red Giant Books

The Dog Ate My Homework

Kid Poems

Renowned literacy expert Stephanie Harvey teams up with authors and writing consultants Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger to introduce short writing scaffolds to support student writing and help strivers approach writing with energy and action.
Based on Harvey’s bestselling From Striving to Thriving approach, the 27 writing strategies presented in From Striving to Thriving Writers are designed to improve and integrate writing across the curriculum.
With lessons targeting reading, writing, and speaking standards, this innovative writing tool encourages students to practice voluminous writing and build a culture of conversation throughout the writing process, which is especially beneficial for emerging bilingual students.

From Striving to Thriving Writers: Strategies That Jump-Start Writing

Harvey, Stephanie

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Scholastic Professional

Next-generation lessons for today’s student writers These 20 high-energy projectable lessons for grades 4-8 harness the brevity and potency of poetry for teaching the intricate skills behind writing well in any subject. The 100 poems―set against vivid full-color photographs and graphics on more than 500 slides―serve as a springboard for activities in which students read, discuss, and write to meet the literacy objectives of the Common Core: <ul>
<li>Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and meanings </li> <li>Interpret words and phrases </li> <li>Analyze the structure of texts </li> <li>Produce clear and coherent writing </li> <li>Present information, findings, and supporting evidence</li> </ul>

High-Impact Writing Clinics: 20 Projectable Lessons for Building Literacy Across Content Areas (Corwin Literacy)

Business & Money

Education & Reference

Corwin

Between youth and adulthood, kids are faced with complex questions and equally difficult answers. Transition is a daily theme. This honest and insightful book includes poems for young adults that confront and question issues of transition, new experiences, difficult choices, and a search for truth.

Walking on the Boundaries of Change: Poems of Transition

WordSong

Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction

Wham! It's a Poetry Jam

Teen & Young Adult

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