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I got a few good take-away ideas from this book:On pp. 50-51: I often asked students how their poems made them feel, and I'd receive a small, quick answer -- "Good" or "Fine." But then what? One question I ask instead is, "Does the poem make your heart beat faster, or not?" Not all poems have to have this effect, but we should feel more than just, "So what?" The Japanese say that after hearing a poem we should feel the "ahness" of poetry; we should feel something. Sometimes I suggest that studen...
This is a great book for two reasons.First, more obviously, it inspires a person to bring poetry into the lives of children. It demonstrates in all kinds of ways that poetry is a language spoken naturally by childhood. Heard makes "teaching poetry" look easy, and this is an encouragement for the reader. The focus throughout the book is on the children and their ideas rather than technical details or rules. In fact, the basic message about the art is that rules are secondary to meaningful express...
I saw Georgia Heard in person earlier this year. I had picked up Awakening the Heart and had started to read it before finding out that this was her first book on teaching poetry so I picked up a copy and read it before continuing Awakening.Heard gives a lot of great ideas on how to introduce poetry to students. She starts with immersion in poetry and then goes into the editing process with suggestions for conferences with the students in writing workshop. She mostly works with free verse but t...
I had the opportunity to meet GH at a workshop this last summer and I use some of her techniques in my class with 6th graders---wonderfully received(:
I adore anything Georgia writes.....it's all so wonderful & applicable to any grade level or curricula area...
This is an older book, but Georgia Heard's philosophy still holds up. I think I need to buy this book.
I purchased this back when I taught a gifted poetry class. I believe I got a few ideas from this, but it's been a long time since I've made any use of it.The book is replete with student examples.
This is a great book for teachers about using poetry with children from a great poet and teacher, Georgia Heard.
