Poetry Teacher's Toolkit

<p>Professional poets spend many hours crafting a finished piece of work yet we expect children in school to sit down and write when they are told to whether they feel inspired or not. This series of four books is a toolkit to help you build a positive framework for children to read write understand and enjoy poetry - to bring a creative spark to the poetry classroom. A combination of featured poems creative ideas structured lesson plans and differentiated photocopiable activity sheets gives the series a uniquely flexible approach - which means you can use the materials in any classroom context. <p/>If you're wary of poetry if you think it's boring or if you're nervous about teaching poetry then you've chosen the right book. <p/> Key themes covered in <em>BOOK 1: Words and Wordplay</em> are playing with words; making patterns with words; words and meanings; puns and puzzles; how words affect readers; moods feelings and attitudes; and how poets manipulate words. <p/>Other books in the series are: <em>BOOK 2: Rhymes Rhythms and</em><em>Rattles; BOOK 3: Style Shape and Structure; and BOOK 4: </em><em>Language and Performance</em>.</p>