Describes a study of the poetry preferences of 15 classes of primary school children. (DD)

This selected and commented bibliography lists literary criticism and reviews (most published after 1960); it is divided into eight sections which are introduced by short essays. The sections are: bibliographies, background and general characteristics, anthologies, poetry, novel and short story, drama, Mexican and non-Chicano literature, and…

Describes some of the poems and methods from a Writers in the School program as part of a primary education poetry program that intends to stimulate students to read and write poetry. (Author/RK)

The popular emphasis on expository writing is denigrating the place of literature, especially poetry, in the English curriculum. If unchallenged, this new wave will create students who are incapable of responding to the uncertainties and dreams of human existence. (KS)

A replication of I. A. Richards' study of students' reactions to thirteen poems in the 1920s. (DD)

A study of students' reactions to four of the thirteen poems used in I. A. Richards' study in the 1920s. (DD)

Discusses the disappearance of the opposition between two phonemes in modern spoken French, and cites examples from popular songs and sketches. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Teachers of poetry should introduce students to a variety of critical theories and points of view, and help them to apply critical ideas to texts. (KS)

Identifies four useful steps to the reading and understanding of metaphors in poetry. (HOD)

Describes the author's use of poetry writing with children, adolescents, and adults in a variety of educational settings. Describes the therapeutic aspects of poetry writing as it relates to the promotion of self-confidence. Includes original poems by the students. (SR)

Finds that Nikki Giovanni's poem "Knoxville, Tennessee" works with students of all ages (including adults) and, because of its simplicity, needs no preparation and can be read aloud by students. Suggests students write a group poem before they write their own individual poems. Contains many examples of student poetry. (PA)

Looks at Robert Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man" as a "representative anecdote" for Frost's work, which, taken as a whole, shows readers how to lose themselves among the overlooked places and turnings, the topics and tropes, that make up Frost's rhetorical home, the place of everyday human talk and gossip. (TB)

Discusses having students dig deep into a novel to create material that demonstrates their understanding of the characters; and having students illustrate their understanding of poetry by the way they read it, by the music they select to have in the background, and by the connecting commentary that links poems together. Provides sample rubrics to…

Offers strategies for integrating poetry throughout the year and throughout the curriculum, including suggestions for creating a back-to-school poem and capturing scenes of nature in haiku. Student pages offer a primary poem coloring worksheet and an intermediate haiku worksheet. (SM)

An ethnographic study examined oral poetry venues in black communities in Oakland and Sacramento as African Diaspora participatory literacy communities. These literary centers in out-of-school contexts served as sites for the development of cultural identity and the practice of multiple literacies. (Contains 43 references.) (SK)