Title : Active Poetry 2
ISBN : 978 981 4147 82 8
Specifications : 240 x 180 mm, 104 pages
Target Readers : Primary students
Publication Date : 1/22/2007
Published Price : Upon Request
 
About the Book
Drawing on a lifelong love of poetry and a deep devotion to children’s literacy, educator Walter B. Barbe has selected poems published in Highlights for Children magazine that are ideal for elementary readers. With subjects ranging from animals and the changing seasons to humour, wishes and dreams, the poems in this collection will delight young children all through the school year. For teachers, Dr Barbe describes the best way to introduce a poem to children and, in accompanying skills notes, offers helpful suggestions for how to best use poetry in teaching young students to read. The books include exercises that relate the enjoyment of poetry to reading with understanding.
 
Features
• Each book offers 50 specially selected poems of high interest to elementary readers.
• Exercises set on most poems cover three major areas of appreciation: vocabulary, comprehension, and reflection and creativity.
• Teaching ideas are incorporated to help teachers introduce poems to pupils, reinforce their reading skills and increase their enjoyment of poetry.
• Answers are provided for all exercises set on the poems.
     
Author/Compiler : Walter B. Barbe, PhD, is a professor of education, a psychologist, and the former editor in chief of the Highlights for Children magazine. He is one of the founders of the International Reading Association and the author of many articles and books.
 
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