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Peer reviewedDavis, Andrea – Voices from the Middle, 1997
Describes how one eighth-grade teacher, disturbed by students' ignorance of the variety of poetry available to them, developed a poetry anthology assignment, in which students immersed themselves in poetry for three weeks, each one choosing and creating a poetry anthology comprised of 20 poems. Notes students' enthusiasm for the project and pride…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Class Activities, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
