A creative approach to teaching rhythm and rhyme
Subtitle: the when, why and how to use poetry in the classroom
By: by Andy Croft
Publisher: Bloomsbury Education
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9781472910691; 9781472919113; 9781472919106
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Poetry; Study and teaching; English language; Rhythm; Rhyme
Description: The content of this book is based on the Andy Croft's experience of working with children in over 400 UK schools and provides teachers with ideas, games, examples and models that they can use in the classroom to encourage their children to become writers and readers through the practice of rhyme and rhythm. He strongly believes that you don't have to be 'good at English' to be able to enjoy the music of ordinary speech. Using rhythm and rhyme is a democratic creative act that is equally hard and equally easy for everyone. It has special rules which won't let you reach for the first word that comes into your head. Your words have to fit the pattern. You don't have to write anything down, but you do have to become a writer. And once you have become a writer, you might become a reader.
Notes: "For primary teachers"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.I can hear with my little ear: word games; title: 2.Round and around and around: repetition and rhythm; title: 3.Rhymery primary: using rhyme in the classroom; title: 4.Don't write anything down: whole-class improvisations; title: 5.Writing with your ears: sound and rhythm; title: 6.Reading the metre: syllables and patterns; title: 7.Simile; title: you're on camera: non-rhyming poetry.