Favorite Poetry Lessons

by Paul B. Janeczko

A Poet's Great Lessons For Writing Free Verse, Rhyming List Poems, Synonym Poems, Clerihews, Wish Poems, Letter Poems, Persona Poems, and More
This book includes illustrated reproducible poems by students and well-known poets. Each lesson takes you from introducing a poem and discussing it's characteristics, to using it as a springboard for students' verse.

Genres: Teaching, Poetry

96 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

About the author

Paul B. Janeczko is a poet and teacher and has edited more than twenty award-winning poetry anthologies for young people, including STONE BENCH IN AN EMPTY PARK, LOOKING FOR YOUR NAME, SEEING THE BLUE BETWEEN, and A POKE IN THE I, which was an American Library Association Notable Book.

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was a little disappointed since it is labeled 4-8 and I like Paul Janeczko's other stuff, but it was too young for middle school.