Insists upon the importance of poetry and provides a procedure for introducing both students and teachers to the writing and appreciation of poems. (JL)

Presents a series of exercises aimed at helping students generate lines and ideas for their poetry. (MM)

Deals with teaching a Walt Whitman unit in a high school American literature course. Discusses ways of making the poet's work relevant to the current generation of students. (RBW)

A poet-in-residence discusses some of his teaching techniques for exposing students to a variety of poetry. (MM)

How to help students progress from descriptive to affective to creative responses through the use of films in a language arts class. (RB)

Describes an exercise to elicit student interpretations of Robert Wallace's poem, "Ungainly Things." (MM)

Lists 10 ways to involve students in the teacher's writing that can be beneficial to both teachers and their students. (MS)

Shows how a teacher used paintings as a basis for writing exercises designed to teach students about the subjectivity of interpretation and the importance of visual imagery. Describes a number of specific writing assignments and classroom activities involving description, interpretation, drawing, poetry, and research papers. (TB)

Presents lists of exercises to be done in conjunction with students' independent reading that emphasize the affective domain. Includes activities that were developed for high school literature and college poetry classes. (MM)