I understood that you believe that this book will be very helpful for your 6th graders. I teach ELLs grades 2 through 5. Do you think that I could some find some strategies/ideas to use with my age range? On Jul 29, 2014, at 3:00 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Book review: Poem Central by Shirley McPhillips (Justin Greene) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:55:22 -0500 > From: Justin Greene <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [MOSAIC] Book review: Poem Central by Shirley McPhillips > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hello, > > I volunteered to review the book Poem Central: Word Journeys with Readers and > Writers by Shirley McPhillips. As a 6th grade English/Language Arts teacher > I am always looking for new ways to instill a passion for poetry in my > classroom. I hear too much moaning and groaning when I tell the kids we are > going to look at and/or write some poetry. This book definitely peaked my > interest and will be using many of its strategies this coming year. > > First, Ms. McPhillips really knows her poetry. It is quite obvious from the > very beginning of the text. I knew right away that I was reading from a > poetry master. > > Second, the breakdown of the book is very user friendly. It is divided in to > three parts: Coming into a world of poetry, Reading a Poem:An Immense > Intimacy, and Finding Poems, Making Poems. I really like the short chapters > in between that had a diverse mix of poems. > > Part 1 is all about becoming interested in poetry and how to bring it in to > the classroom. She gives some good advice here and this chapter sparked some > ideas I plan to use this year. This section motivated me to do a poem once a > week or even poetry Friday. > > Part 2 discusses reading poetry. It goes over structure, titles, rhythm, size > and shape, difficulty level, and in short, how to talk to a poem. I really > like how she says to read poems to read them and not analyze every word/line. > > Part 3 is about craft & creation. She gives different types of poems to > write as well as student reflections. This part is great to use in the > classroom and will be referring to this part a lot. > > This book couldn't have come at a better time. I want to do more poetry in > my classroom. It is time for the moans and groans to become Ooohs and Aaahs. > > Thanks. > > Justin Greene > > Sent from my iPad > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > ------------------------------ > > End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 95, Issue 11 > ************************************** _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
