Richard Gold

Writing with At-Risk Youth

The Pongo Teen Writing Method

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes a specific program for teaching and mentoring expressive writing by at-risk youth-a program that can generate transformative change in the teens, and generate significant new satisfactions for you. When young people write personally and creatively, it helps them to overcome challenges in their lives. They feel better, think more clearly, are more self-confident, and are better able to relate to others, including their helpers. This personal creative process is enriching and enlivening for everyone. It brings emotional clarity and meaning to everyone. It brings closeness, in addition to learning and growth.Welcome to the Pongo Teen Writing Method.

Produktdetails

• It's Easy to W.R.I.T.E. Expressive Writing
• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 439g
• ISBN-13: 9781475802832
• ISBN-10: 1475802838
• Artikelnr.: 39687353

Autorenporträt

By Richard Gold

Inhaltsangabe

Editorial Review Board Series Overview Foreword Preface 1. Childhood Trauma
and the Benefits of Writing 2. Pongo, Openness, and a Unique Joy 3. The
Special Role of the Writing Mentor 4. Poetry as the Expressive Medium 5.
The Pongo Approach to Teaching Poetry 6. A Model Pongo Writing Project 7.
Keeping Everyone Safe 8. Introducing Poetry to Youth 9. Overview of the
One-on-One Process 10.Taking Dictation 11. Improvising Poetic Structures
12. Using Fill-in-the-Blank Activities 13. Overview of the Group Process
14. The Challenges of Group Process 15. Publishing Teen Poetry Epilogue:
Next Steps References