Teaching Poetry with 7-12 Year Olds Book

Many teachers are devoting substantial amounts of time searching for resources to effectively teach poetry. This pack has been specifically developed to link poems with key objectives and a wealth of practical teaching ideas. There is a 'Notes for Teachers' section that accompanies each poem and includes both suggestions for using the poem with either a whole class or a group, and extension activities. All of the poems in the pack have been used on school workshops with 7-12 year old children - most are written by Alan Peat, but the collection also includes poems by Colin McNaughton and Michael Rosen. All poetry styles are covered, including rhyming and non-rhyming, haiku, expanding/contracting poems, shape poems, rap and free verse. Alan Peat also provides five writing frames to help children to structure their responses to poems effectively.Read More