The Blackbird Is Flying, The Children Must Be Writing.

Swope, Sam

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ERIC Number: EJ581347

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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The Blackbird Is Flying, The Children Must Be Writing.

Swope, Sam

Teachers & Writers, v30 n2 p1-7 Nov-Dec 1998

Describes teaching poetry to fifth-grade students, who are immigrants from 20 countries and who speak 11 languages. Discusses the students' responses to the poetry of Wallace Stevens and attempts at writing their own poetry. (CR)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Grade 5, Immigrants, Intermediate Grades, Poetry, Poets, Reader Response, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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