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Tables of Contents for Poems Please
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
7
4
The Scent of the Rose
11
13
What Is Poetry?
11
3
Prose or Poetry?
12
2
What Is Poetry for Children?
14
4
The Evolution of Children's Poetry
15
1
Mother Goose
16
2
Poems Old and New
18
5
Celebrating Children's Poetry
23
1
How Do Poems Work?
24
22
Painting Pictures with Words
24
2
The Sounds of Poems
26
1
The Shape of Poetry
27
2
Details Large and Small
29
1
Jogging the Memory
30
1
The Voice of the Poem
31
1
Story Poems
32
3
Tricks of the Trade
35
7
Word Choice
35
3
Rhyme
38
2
Rhythm
40
2
Other Technical Tools
42
4
Why Should We Share Poems with Young People?
46
13
Opening Up to Poetry
46
2
The Usefulness of Poetry
48
2
Poetry as a Way of Thinking
50
1
Increasing Word Power Through Poetry
51
2
Poems Across the Curriculum
53
2
Sharing Poems with All the Children
55
1
How Will a Poem Affect a Child?
56
1
How Do We ``Teach'' Poetry
57
2
Meeting Poems Face to Face
59
38
Teaching Poetry
59
2
What To Do with a Poem
61
2
Talking Our Way Into Poetry
63
9
Talking About Poetry
63
2
Comparisons
65
4
Discussing Longer Poems
69
3
Learning Out Loud
72
2
Reading Poems Aloud
72
2
Reading Poems to Children
74
10
Emotion
77
1
Pitch
78
1
Pace
79
1
Pause
80
2
Emphasis
82
1
Pronunciation, Articulation, and Enunciation
82
1
Variety of Skills
83
1
Reading Poems with Children
84
1
When Children Read Aloud
85
12
Choral Speaking
87
6
Memorization
93
4
Presenting Poems
97
7
Drama and Poems: A Natural Relationship
97
7
Sound Exploration
100
1
Narration and Mime
100
1
Tableaux
100
1
Dance Drama
100
1
Choral Dramatization
101
1
Scripts
101
1
Giving Voice to Poetry
101
2
A Model for Presentation
103
1
When Children Write Poems
104
27
Children as Poets
104
4
Ideas for Writing Poetry
108
1
Patterns for Poems
109
1
Poetry Play
110
15
Riddles
112
1
Personification
113
1
Stream of Consciousness
113
1
Completing a Pattern
113
1
From Cliche to Newness
114
1
More Words To Play With
114
1
Verbs Are Important
115
1
Free Verse
115
5
Haiku
120
2
Cinquain
122
2
Four-Line Verse
124
1
Acrostics
124
1
Longer Pieces of Writing
125
3
W.H.M. Writes a Poem
126
2
Collective Writing
128
3
Classroom Concerns
131
5
Assessment
131
2
Poets in Schools
133
1
Bringing Poetry to Children
134
2
Choosing Poetry
134
2
Afterword
136
1
Bibliography
137
12
Index
149