The Poetic Possibilities of Language. Discusses the efforts of a fifth-grade teacher and a visiting poet to rekindle students' sense of poetic passion and pleasure. The poetry unit culminated in a project in which students read and performed Fleischman's poems, then wrote and performed their own poems for two voices. From Author's Chair to Bookmakers Studio. Includes a description of and address for the Landmark Editions contest for young writers and comments from author Paul Fleischman on the advantages of writing with a pencil.
Books Talk about Their Work.
Each author in the collection has designed writing activities to accompany his or her profile, and it is hoped that the author's voice comes through in the activities. More Interviews with Poets Who Write for Children and Young Adults. For volume 1, see ED 359 540. Spotlighting a variety of venerable poets, as well as some rising stars, this book is the second series of conversations about the lives and works of poets who write mainly for children and young people. The book presents informal interviews with the writers about their childhoods, the influences upon their work, their writing processes, how they would like to see their work introduced to youngsters, and what suggestions they have for young poetry writers.