Let's do poetry in primary schools: Full of practical, fun and meaningful ways of celebrating poetry

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Let's do poetry in primary schools: Full of practical, fun and meaningful ways of celebrating poetry
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James Carter
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 169
ISBN/Barcode 9781408163917
ClassificationsDewey:372.64
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations b & w

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint A & C Black (Childrens books)
Publication Date 25 October 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Let's Do Poetry in Primary School is a fun, accessible and very practical guide to give teachers the tools, the mindset and the confidence to put poetry at the heart of the classroom, and everyday learning. The book includes games and warm-ups, ideas for cross-curricular activities, an anthology of age appropriate poems, tools for reading and performing poems, setting up a poetry-rich classroom and ultimately, shows all it takes is six or so poetic forms with which to create language-rich and expressive responses to all the topic and curricular work that you cover in the academic year.

Author Biography

James Carter is an educational writer, INSET provider and one of the most high profile children's poets in the UK today. A former lecturer in creative writing and children's literature at the University of Reading, he now travels all over the UK and abroad to visit schools, libraries and book festivals to give lively performances, workshops, INSET sessions and gifted & talented days. James has been writer-in-residence in numerous Primary schools across the south of England. A prize-winning and widely-anthologised poet, his poetry collections include Cars Stars Electric Guitars (Walker Books), Time-Travelling Underpants, Greetings, Earthlings!, Journey To The Centre Of My Brain (Macmillan), Hey, Little Bug! (Francis Lincoln). Over the last ten years, James has written four widely-used and critically-acclaimed creative writing books for KS2&3 (all Taylor & Francis).

Reviews

Excellent book to spark off ideas for poetry in older children. ...Innovative ideas of how to explore the many forms of poetry. * Primary Teacher update awards *