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Direct linkGillespie, Joanne S. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2004
In this article, the author relates her teaching experience with seventh and eighth graders using poetry activities, and she describes how she teaches poetry by using "published" poems and by engaging the students in classroom activities. Though students in seventh grade usually have knowledge of poetic conventions, the author takes time to review…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 7, Teaching Experience, Learning Activities
