Jaime R. Wood

Living Voices

Multicultural Poetry in the Middle School Classroom

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jaime Wood offers middle school English language arts teachers material for teaching poetry by Nikki Giovanni, Li-Young Lee, and Pat Mora; the text includes graphic organizers and other resources. Middle school students often find studying poetry to be a fearful and frustrating experience. In this versatile teacher's resource, Jaime R. Wood uses her passion for and knowledge of poetry to help students overcome their fears and to introduce students to a kind of literacy they can get excited about. Because "traditional" poets may seem inaccessible to students, Wood focuses on the poetry of three "living voices"-Nikki Giovanni, Li-Young Lee, and Pat Mora. These poets are not only still living and writing, but they also have cultural backgrounds that parallel many of the lives of our students. Through easy-to-follow lesson plans, Wood uses the work of these contemporary multicultural poets to demonstrate key concepts such as symbolism, personification, characterization, and theme. The lessons have been teacher-tested in middle school classrooms and are designed to encourage students to take ownership of their learning. Wood provides many examples of student writing and graphic organizers, as well as a chapter of further resources. Open Living Voices at any section and jump in. You'll discover a whole new way to teach poetry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: National Council of Teachers of English
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 279g
• ISBN-13: 9780814130179
• ISBN-10: 0814130178
• Artikelnr.: 24478948

Autorenporträt

Jaime R. Wood has been working with school-age children for close to ten years in different capacities, but much of her formal teaching experience has come from Pioneer School for Expeditionary Learning, the first expeditionary-learning outward-bound school in northern Colorado, which she helped start in 2001. Her experience at Pioneer School provided the foundation for what she has created in Living Voices. After teaching at Pioneer, Jaime taught composition at Colorado State University for two years while finishing her master's degree in English education. She is currently relocating to Austin, Texas, with her cats Felicity and Monte.