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Explore Poetry!

With 25 Great Projects

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Poems can be silly, serious, or fun, just like kids! Whether it's the sing-song rhythm of a limerick, the serendipitous magic of a found poem, the deceptive simplicity of a haiku, or the easy familiarity of an acrostic poem, children are charmed by poetry. And what's more fun than reading poetry? Writing it! In Explore Poetry! With 25 Great Projects children have fun learning about different forms of poetry while delving into different literary techniques such as personification, metaphor, and alliteration, all of which are discussed in a simple and accessible way.
Activities include creative writing exercises designed to reinforce language arts skills, plus art projects that encourage children to visualize concepts and definitions. Short biographies of important poets reinforce the concept of poetry as an important part of society.
Explore Poetry! meets Common Core State Standards for language arts; Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.
Informational and inspiring, Explore Poetry! fits seamlessly into the poetry curriculum of grades 2 to 4 and serves as an enrichment resource all during the school year, especially April, Poetry Month.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 4, 2015
      This addition to the Explore Your World! series of workbooks focuses on both reading and writing poetry, with poems and profiles of famous poets featured throughout. Over five chapters, Diehn describes poetic forms like limerick, haiku, and acrostic; explores literary techniques, such as personification and exaggeration; and finds connections between poetry, music, and math. Projects include creating a poetry journal and writing ideas on rocks to combat writer’s block. Stone’s cartoons, which star a fox dressed like a Beat poet and a Shakespearean bear, make for a lively layout, while helping target the book at younger readers and poets-to-be. Ages 7–10.

    • School Library Journal

      August 1, 2015

      Gr 5-8-This thorough title covers the basics of poetry, though it won't necessarily inspire passion in the subject. Nearly every page is full of facts, "Words to Know," and "Try This!" activities. Topics covered are a quick history, how to write poetry, its elements, and the emotional and intellectual experience of poetry. Information on the history of the subject is crunched and will require support, and the text is on the lackluster side ("Romantic poetry, written in the late 1700s and early 1800s, focused on imagination and emotion. Beat poetry, written in the 1940s and 1950s, was known for trying different things."). Activities include writing haiku, mixing and matching metaphors, and creating mobile poems and handmade books. The QR codes throughout help readers experience the sound of poetry, providing access to poets reading their own work, as well as to online word clouds and rhythm makers. Another feature is the "Know Your Poets" text box, which offers an introduction to important poets such as William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, and Langston Hughes. Connections established between poetry and science, math, and music make this title a good possibility for STEM curriculum. Cartoon illustrations of a fox who wears sunglasses, a beret, and a turtleneck, and his friend, an overweight dog sporting an Elizabethan collar, add some humor but perpetuate stereotypes of poets. A similar book for budding teen poets is Allan Wolf's Immersed in Verse: An Informative, Slightly Irreverent & Totally Tremendous Guide to Living the Poet's Life (Lark, 2006). VERDICT A solid possibility to drive a comprehensive classroom unit on all things poetry.-Teresa Pfeifer, The Springfield Renaissance School, Springfield, MA

      Copyright 2015 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • English

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  • Lexile® Measure:840
  • Text Difficulty:4-5

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