{"product_id":"making-poetry-happen-9781472512383","title":"Making Poetry Happen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUKLA Academic Book Award 2016: Highly Commended\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking Poetry Happen\u003c\/i\u003e provides a valuable resource for trainee and practicing teachers, enabling them to become more confident and creative in teaching what is recognized as a very challenging aspect of the English curriculum. The volume editors draw together a wide-range of perspectives to provide support for development of creative practices across the age phases, drawing on learners'' and teachers'' perceptions of what poetry teaching is like in all its forms and within a variety of contexts, including:- inspiring young people to write poems- engaging invisible pupils (especially boys)- listening to poetry- performing poetry Throughout, the contributors include practical, tried-and-tested materials, including activities, and draw on case studies. This approach ensures that the theory is clearly linked to practice as they consider teaching and learning poetry to those aged between 5 and 19 from different perspectives, lookin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth [this book and \u003ci\u003eMaking Poetry Matter\u003c\/i\u003e] offer reassuring and affirming accounts of the innate power of poetry as a means of expressing identity and individuality in the classroom. ... [They] replace fears and anxieties with practical strategies and evidence of how creative and shared approaches to poetry can empower students within the classroom environment and beyond. * The Use of English *\u003cbr\u003ePacked with energy and ideas, this engaging book is a must-have for poetry teachers across the age phases. Accessible workshop activities for the classroom show how to bring poetry alive on the tongue, in the mind and the body. Pleasure and play rub shoulders with attention to language, interpretation and meaning, and conspire to inspire. A book to read, use and enjoy. * Teresa Cremin, Professor of Education (Literacy), The Open University, UK *\u003cbr\u003eRich in classroom experiences of the teaching of poetry, and covering a wide range of important issues, this book allows teachers and educators to take us on their journey of discovering the power of poetry. * Barbara Bleiman, Co-Director, English and Media Centre, UK *\u003cbr\u003eThis is an outstanding collection that gives voice to teachers and students as they engage with poetry. It is essential reading for those who want to make poetry happen. An invaluable resource for new and experienced teachers, this text will change how you approach poetry. Rarely have I read a book that is so transformative. \u003ci\u003eMaking Poetry Happen\u003c\/i\u003e will become a classic. * Clare Kosnik, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada *\u003cbr\u003eI can think of no more comprehensive or up-to-date volume on the teaching of poetry today. Editors Dymoke, Barrs, Lambirth and Wilson have assembled twenty-four chapters that span the full range of possibilities for engaging students from early primary to late secondary school in reading, writing, performing and studying every conceivable poetic genre. Here are approaches that are practically, pedagogically and theoretically sound, and that will reassure the most anxious teacher and encourage the most reluctant student. What an extraordinary resource for language arts teachers around the world. * Mark Dressman, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking Poetry Happen\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging exploration of the matters arising within curricular and their consequences in the poetry classroom. Exercises, case studies, anecdotes and relevant research from numerous student and teacher perspectives guide a transformative approach to the teaching of poetry. Encompassing the many facets of poetry and reaching across year levels and countries, this book shows how poetry can be the making of education.  Informed by researchers, teachers, writers and poets who are teachers, this book offers expansive pedagogical approaches to revitalise poetics in education, working alongside, and independently of, the companion book, \u003ci\u003eMaking Poetry Matter\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMaking Poetry Happen\u003c\/i\u003e does not tell teachers how to teach. It is a poetry bible. Written by teachers for teachers to share the wild heart of poetics in the classroom. * Kelly Malone, poet, educator and researcher, New Zealand *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Tables Publisher's Acknowledgements About the Contributors 1.Introduction, \u003ci\u003eSue Dymoke (University of Leicester, UK), \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMyra Barrs (University of East London, UK), \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Lambirth (University of Greenwich, UK) and Anthony Wilson (University of Exeter, UK)  \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: Reading Poetry (section editor: Andrew Lambirth)\u003c\/b\u003e 2. The Challenges and Opportunities for Engaging with Poetry, \u003ci\u003eNicholas McGuinn (University of York, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Lifting Poetry off the Page,\u003ci\u003e Susanna Steele (University of Greenwich, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e 4. Case Study I: Critical Reading and Student Engagement  with Poetry, \u003ci\u003eDaniel Xerri (Sixth College, Malta)  \u003c\/i\u003e 5. Case Study II: Not 'Puppets on a String': Learning to Love Teaching Poetry, \u003ci\u003eAndrew Lambirth (University of Greenwich, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003eCommentary and Practical Implications\u003c\/i\u003e: Righting the ‘Wrong Kind of Orientation’, \u003ci\u003eAndrew Lambirth (University of Greenwich, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart II: Writing Poetry (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esection editor: Myra Barrs)\u003c\/b\u003e 7. Inspiring Young People to Write Poems, \u003ci\u003eCliff Yates (poet, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  8. Teaching Poetry Based on Actual Writing Practices, \u003ci\u003eMandy Coe (poet, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Case Study III: Becoming a Poetry School, \u003ci\u003eJennie Clark (Churchfields Infants School, London Borough of Redbridge) with Myra Barrs (University of East London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 10. Case Study IV: Why Poetry Matters in the Primary School, \u003ci\u003eSue Ellis (Institute of Education, University of London, UK) and Amy Clifford (Torriano Infant School, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Case Study V: Making Poetry Happen in a Sixth Form Environment, \u003ci\u003eJane Bluett (Bilborough Sixth Form College, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e 12. \u003ci\u003eCommentary and Practical Implications:\u003c\/i\u003e A Flicker in the Mind, \u003ci\u003eMyra Barrs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(University of East London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III: Speaking and Listening to Poetry (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esection editor: Sue Dymoke)\u003c\/b\u003e 13. Poetry, Listening and Learning, \u003ci\u003eJulie Blake (Poetry Archive, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e 14. Rhyme Workshops, \u003ci\u003eAndy Craven-Griffiths (poet, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e 15. Slam Poetry,\u003ci\u003e Joelle Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(SLAMbassadors UK, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e 16. Case Study VII: How English Teachers Make Use of Slam Poetry in a Secondary School Setting,\u003ci\u003e Christopher Parton (Robert Sutton Catholic Specialist Sports College, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e 17. Case Study VIII, Gothic Poetry, \u003ci\u003eBrenda Ainsley (Kibworth High School, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e 18. \u003ci\u003eCommentary and Practical Implications: \u003c\/i\u003eInside the Poem's Engine Room, \u003ci\u003eSue Dymoke (University of Leicester, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV: Transformative Poetry Cultures (section editor: Anthony Wilson)\u003c\/b\u003e 19. Building Children's and Teachers' Interest and Confidence in Poetry, \u003ci\u003eJenny Vernon (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), UK) \u003c\/i\u003e 20. Engaging Invisible Pupils through Creative Writing, \u003ci\u003eEmma Beynon (freelance creative practitioner currently running opengroundwriting.co.uk) \u003c\/i\u003e 21. Case Study VIII: Effective Practices with English as an Additional Language (EAL) Learners, \u003ci\u003eVicky Macleroy (Goldsmith's College, University of London, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e 22. Case Study IX: Digital Literacy, \u003ci\u003eJanette Hughes (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada) \u003c\/i\u003e 23. \u003ci\u003eCommentary and Practical Implications:\u003c\/i\u003e A Pedagogy of Permission,\u003ci\u003e Anthony Wilson (University of Exeter, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e24. \u003c\/i\u003eConclusion, \u003ci\u003eAnthony Wilson (University of Exeter, UK), \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMyra Barrs (University of East London, UK), \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSue Dymoke (University of Leicester, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAndrew Lambirth (University of Greenwich, UK) \u003c\/i\u003e Glossary References Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770016465239,"sku":"9781472512383","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472512383.jpg?v=1758723745","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-poetry-happen-9781472512383","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}