A product of the Wisconsin Writing Project, this guide for teachers is intended to stimulate students' writing and reading of poetry and help them derive a greater understanding of the craft. A discussion of definitions and an overview of the guide are followed by descriptions of student needs and goals. The major portion of the guide contains a…

The relevance of poetry as a component of language teaching is argued and ways to incorporate poems into English as second language (ESL) lessons are suggested. Literature is valuable as a language learning experience because the language of literature is interesting and memorable and serves as a link with English speaking culture. The study of…

The program described in this paper makes beginning reading an activity in which children could use all of their cognitive and affective abilities to experience the images and ideas within the piece. The introduction points out that children can become actively involved in reading by writing poetry because they are creating the reading material…

In stimulating children to discuss their feelings through language arts activities, puppets and poetry were utilized. (RK)

The palindromic pattern--in which formal features in the first half of a work are repeated in reverse order in the second--is frequently used by modern poets for a variety of effects. (JH)

Literature should not be used only as a teaching aid or a source of pleasure but as a means of developing and expanding the imagination. (JH)

Article described a music program designed to develop individual learning skills, involvement, appreciation, and enjoyment of both music and literature for children of all ages. (Author/RK)

Teacher prescription of form and content stifle students' poetic creativity. (JH)

Use of little magazines in English classrooms would benefit both students and publishers. (JH)

Describes memories of a "romance" with reading and creative writing, followed by contrasting doubts as a teacher. (TO)

The winning entries in this bulletin were chosen by the Illinois Association of Teachers of English as representing the best prose and poetry in the state for 1977. The 14 winners in the prose diviision were chosen from 357 student entries from 67 schools. The prose covers a variety of writing types including fiction, argumentation, and exposition…

This publication includes 79 works of poetry and fiction by Kansas children ranging from age seven to twelve. The collection was sponsored in part by the Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. (CC)

Advocates the study of poetry in FL classes and suggests methods by which students could be tested on poetry. (KM)