This list of recently published paperbacks contains publication information and references to reviews for books in these areas: picture books, stories for younger readers, stories for intermediate readers, stories for older readers, nonfiction, and books of interest to adults. (MKM)

Reports of one poet's efforts in elementary classrooms to counteract the misconception of the syllabic nature of haiku. (RL)

Asserting that the mind of the creative reader operates precisely like the mind of the creative writer, the author examines theories of the psychology of poetic composition, in order to draw implications for the teaching of literature. (SJL)

Describes three ways to elicit children's poetry about their family histories. Illustrates this teaching technique with sixth graders' poems. (RL)

Shows how photographs of teenagers were used to trigger high school students' creative writing. Provides samples of student poetry. (RL)

A survey of 500 children aged 8 to 14 pointed to an enormous gap between children's stated attitudes toward poetry and their actual interest in poetry, as measured by their recall of lines of poetry. (GT)

Describes activities used to help students study poems by Seamus Heaney. Includes a transcript of a group discussion of one of the poems; an essay and poems written by a student in response to Heaney's poems; and a commentary on desirable methods for teaching literature to students aged 16 through 19. (GT)

A model for register description is suggested that can be interactive with the study of language function in certain literary texts. Pupils at several levels can appreciate the nature of literary discourse more fully and make stylistic evaluation when encouraged to recognize situational determinants in language use. (Author)

Describes a unit which involves the reading and writing of poetry dealing with initiation into adulthood in modern society. (DD)

Describes a step-by-step procedure for helping students analyze poems. (MKM)

Analyzes the literature of combat and its relationship to the aspirations and goals of the Afrikan Liberation movements. (Author/AM)

Describes a series of activities to help middle school students develop an artist's vision and then convey that vision through poetry. Describes how lessons progress from looking at concrete objects to observations of settings and characters, gradually adding memory and imagination to direct observation, and finishing with revision. Notes that…

Describes a six-week poetry writing workshop for an eighth-grade class. Discusses getting started, two weeks of immersion in reading poetry, students writing their own poetry, creating a community of poets in the classroom, evaluation, students' poetry, and what the teacher learned. Notes that students gained a much richer understanding of poetry.…

Describes how a seventh-grade teacher incorporated poetry writing into her science class, helping students to learn the science material and helping the teacher to evaluate the students' knowledge. (SR)

Presents poetry activities to help students develop two important skills--comparing elements and decoding compound words. The first activity has students unravel a list poem and put one together. The second has students explore compound words within a poem. A reproducible list poem is included. (SM)