Beschreibung:
Children Writing Poems outlines the value of a 'poetic-functional' approach to help children convey a poem's meaning and mood, and expresses the need for educators to scaffold children's oral readings and performances over time.
1. Introduction: "Eat it All Elaine" and Poetry Matters 2. Poetry's "Verbal Art" and Poetry Writing as a Social Practice 3. "Making the Familiar Strange:" Interpretive-Poetic Research 4. Poems, Poets, Practices: Learning through Engagement, Exploration, Mentoring and Collaboration 5. Playing with Language: Poetic Features, Interdiscursivity and Intertextuality in Children's Poems 6. Delighting in the Ride: Poetic Structure, Interdiscursivity and Intertextuality in Children's Poems 7. "Poet on Deck!" Children Grow as Poets through Performance 8. Reconsidering and Supporting Children's Poetic Voices