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From: WMMayes at aol.com <WMMayes>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 01:01:42 -0500 (EST)
I use poetry a great deal in my presentations in schools. I start off with lighter verse and can usually work my way into other stuff in a single presentation. When I ask kids if they like poetry, the response is overwhelmingly negative. Then I ask them if they like Shel Silverstein or Jack Prelutsky and they always come back with a resounding yes. So I spend some time trying to get them to think of poetry differently.
The books of lighter verse I use most are:
MY TOOTH ITH LOOTHE AND OTHER POEMS TO READ INSTEAD OF DOING YOUR HOMEWORK by George Ulrich (published by Dell in paper)
IF YOU'RE NOT HERE PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND by Kalli Dakos (published by Aladdin in paper)
THE BUTTERFLY JAR by Jeff Moss (published by Bantam in cloth)
SWEET CORN by James Stevenson (published by Greenwillow in cloth)
MAKING FRIENDS WITH FRANKENSTEIN by Colin McNaughton (published by Candlewick)
As I work to get the kids to see poetry as mind-expanding, I include these fine books:
ADVICE TO A FROG by Alice Shertle (published by Lothrop? in cloth)
SACRED PLACES by Jane Yolen (published by Harcourt in cloth)
ALL WE NEEDED TO SAY by Marilyn Singer (published by Simon & Schuster in cloth)
THE MORGAN'S DREAM also by Marilyn Singer (published by Henry Holt in cloth)
THE CHRISTMAS HOUSE by Ann Turner (published by Harper in cloth)
SIERRA, TRAIN SONG, MOJAVE or anything by Diane Siebert (all published by Harper in paper)
This does not include all the book-length poems and picture books written in verse, or the anthologies I use--perhaps in another post I can address these.
Part of what makes poetry work so well for me is that I use poetry to emphasize how much fun reading aloud can be. Whether simple nursery rhymes, songs they have heard on the radio or playground chants, children can understand how poetry is an almost everyday part of their lives. I make the connection for them and then use it to broaden their concept of what constitutes a poem, and in so doing, we have a heck of a good time!
Walter the Giant Storyteller WMMayes at aol.com
"Love, Food, Shelter, Clothing...Books!"
Received on Sun 09 Feb 1997 12:01:42 AM CST
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 01:01:42 -0500 (EST)
I use poetry a great deal in my presentations in schools. I start off with lighter verse and can usually work my way into other stuff in a single presentation. When I ask kids if they like poetry, the response is overwhelmingly negative. Then I ask them if they like Shel Silverstein or Jack Prelutsky and they always come back with a resounding yes. So I spend some time trying to get them to think of poetry differently.
The books of lighter verse I use most are:
MY TOOTH ITH LOOTHE AND OTHER POEMS TO READ INSTEAD OF DOING YOUR HOMEWORK by George Ulrich (published by Dell in paper)
IF YOU'RE NOT HERE PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND by Kalli Dakos (published by Aladdin in paper)
THE BUTTERFLY JAR by Jeff Moss (published by Bantam in cloth)
SWEET CORN by James Stevenson (published by Greenwillow in cloth)
MAKING FRIENDS WITH FRANKENSTEIN by Colin McNaughton (published by Candlewick)
As I work to get the kids to see poetry as mind-expanding, I include these fine books:
ADVICE TO A FROG by Alice Shertle (published by Lothrop? in cloth)
SACRED PLACES by Jane Yolen (published by Harcourt in cloth)
ALL WE NEEDED TO SAY by Marilyn Singer (published by Simon & Schuster in cloth)
THE MORGAN'S DREAM also by Marilyn Singer (published by Henry Holt in cloth)
THE CHRISTMAS HOUSE by Ann Turner (published by Harper in cloth)
SIERRA, TRAIN SONG, MOJAVE or anything by Diane Siebert (all published by Harper in paper)
This does not include all the book-length poems and picture books written in verse, or the anthologies I use--perhaps in another post I can address these.
Part of what makes poetry work so well for me is that I use poetry to emphasize how much fun reading aloud can be. Whether simple nursery rhymes, songs they have heard on the radio or playground chants, children can understand how poetry is an almost everyday part of their lives. I make the connection for them and then use it to broaden their concept of what constitutes a poem, and in so doing, we have a heck of a good time!
Walter the Giant Storyteller WMMayes at aol.com
"Love, Food, Shelter, Clothing...Books!"
Received on Sun 09 Feb 1997 12:01:42 AM CST
