Chapter 8 Poetry n Presented By: n Molly Brady n Lakitia Middlebrook n Michelle Lammers n Elizabeth Gooden.

Chapter 8Chapter 8PoetryPoetry

Presented By:Presented By: Molly BradyMolly Brady Lakitia Lakitia

MiddlebrookMiddlebrook Michelle LammersMichelle Lammers Elizabeth GoodenElizabeth Gooden

Value of Poetry For Value of Poetry For ChildrenChildren

Poetry provides children with Poetry provides children with knowledge about concepts in the knowledge about concepts in the world around them.world around them.

Poetry encourages children to Poetry encourages children to appreciate language and expand appreciate language and expand their vocabularies.their vocabularies.

Poetry grants insights into Poetry grants insights into themselves and others.themselves and others.

What is Poetry?What is Poetry?

There is no single definition of poetry.There is no single definition of poetry. Some definitions specify the Some definitions specify the

characteristics of poetry, including the characteristics of poetry, including the poetic elements and the functions of poetic elements and the functions of words.words.

Other definitions emphasize the Other definitions emphasize the emotional impact of poetry.emotional impact of poetry.

Importance of original combination Importance of original combination words,distinctive sounds,emotional words,distinctive sounds,emotional impact and visual elements.impact and visual elements.

Characteristics of Poems Characteristics of Poems Children Prefer.Children Prefer.

Children enjoy contemporary poems Children enjoy contemporary poems more than traditional poems.more than traditional poems.

Children prefer poems that deal with Children prefer poems that deal with familiar and enjoyable experiences and familiar and enjoyable experiences and poems that tell a story.poems that tell a story.

The forms of poetry children most prefer The forms of poetry children most prefer are narrative poems and limericks which are narrative poems and limericks which contain humor,are nonsensical and contain humor,are nonsensical and about familiar experiences or animals.about familiar experiences or animals.

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Forms of poetry children dislike are Forms of poetry children dislike are haiku and free verse.haiku and free verse.

Criteria for Selecting Criteria for Selecting PoetryPoetry

Lively PoemsLively Poems Poems for young childrenPoems for young children Sharply cut visual images and wordsSharply cut visual images and words Simple storiesSimple stories Selected PoemsSelected Poems Effective PoemsEffective Poems Subject MatterSubject Matter Good PoemsGood Poems

Elements of PoetryElements of Poetry

RhythmRhythm Rhyme and other sound patternsRhyme and other sound patterns RepetitionRepetition ImageryImagery ShapeShape

Forms of PoetryForms of Poetry

Lyric PoetryLyric Poetry Narrative PoetryNarrative Poetry BalladsBallads LimericksLimericks Concrete PoemsConcrete Poems HaikueHaikue

Poems and PoetsPoems and Poets

Nonsense and HumorNonsense and Humor-Edward Lear-Edward Lear-Lewis Carrol-Lewis Carrol-Laura E. Richards-Laura E. Richards-Shel Silverstein-Shel Silverstein-Jack Prelutsky-Jack Prelutsky-William Jay Smith-William Jay Smith-John Ciardi-John Ciardi-N.M Bodecker-N.M Bodecker

Nature PoemsNature Poems

Robert FrostRobert Frost Aileen FisherAileen Fisher Byrd BaylorByrd Baylor Paul FleischmanPaul Fleischman

Characters,Situations and Characters,Situations and LocationsLocations

Myra Cohn LivingstonMyra Cohn Livingston Valerie WorthValerie Worth David McCordDavid McCord

Moods and FeelingsMoods and Feelings

Langston HughesLangston Hughes Cynthia RylantCynthia Rylant

AnimalsAnimals

T.S EliotT.S Eliot

Witches and GhostsWitches and Ghosts

Lee Bennet HopkinsLee Bennet Hopkins

Involving Children in Involving Children in PoetryPoetry

Listening to poetryListening to poetry Moving to poetryMoving to poetry

Dramatizing PoetryDramatizing Poetry

Creative dramatizing is one way to Creative dramatizing is one way to enhance children’s enjoyment of enhance children’s enjoyment of the situations found in poetry.the situations found in poetry.

Poems that can be used for Poems that can be used for dramatizationsdramatizations

Developing Choral Developing Choral SpeakingSpeaking

Encouragement GuidelinesEncouragement Guidelines*when selecting material for children who *when selecting material for children who

cannot read,choose poems or rhymes that cannot read,choose poems or rhymes that are simple to memorize.are simple to memorize.

*choose material or interest to the child*choose material or interest to the child*select poems or nursery rhymes that use *select poems or nursery rhymes that use

refrains.refrains.*let children help select and interpret poetry*let children help select and interpret poetry*let children listen to each other as they try *let children listen to each other as they try

different interpretations within groups.different interpretations within groups.

Arrangements for Choral Arrangements for Choral SpeakingSpeaking

Refrain ArrangementRefrain Arrangement Line ArrangementLine Arrangement Dialogue ArrangementDialogue Arrangement Cumulative ArrangementCumulative Arrangement Unison ArrangementUnison Arrangement Tone ArrangementTone Arrangement

Writing PoetryWriting Poetry

MotivationMotivation Oral exchange of ideasOral exchange of ideas TranscriptionTranscription SharingSharing Post-transcriptionPost-transcription

Forms of PoetryForms of Poetry

Nonsense limericksNonsense limericks CinquainsCinquains DiamenteDiamente

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