{"product_id":"forms-of-things-unknown-shelley-savren-9781475827927","title":"Forms of Things Unknown: Teaching Poetry Writing to Teens and Adults","description":"\u003cp\u003eA college student writes: \"These words I write\/ open their mouths wide\/ screaming the most intimate secrets.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn inmate in a maximum-security men's prison writes: \"Within my writing, I am able to break down my prison walls and escape, leave the gangster façade behind.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Forms of Things Unknown: Teaching Poetry Writing to Teens and Adults draws from Shelley Savren's forty years of teaching poetry writing to a diverse array of students, from teens with mental health issues to seniors to adults with developmental disabilities, and in a wide variety of settings, which include middle schools, high schools, colleges, juvenile halls, women's centers, and a men's prison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach chapter includes an original poem from Savren, heartfelt stories, and lesson plans that introduce poetic concepts through model poems by professionals, open-ended writing assignments, methods for sharing and critiquing, and student poems. Designed for use in a classroom or community setting, this book features forty-one lesson plans and nineteen more poetry-writing workshop ideas and provides guidance and inspiration for teaching poetry writing to teens and adults.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shelley Savren\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147582792X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781475827927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Shelley Savren","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48458601332991,"sku":"9781475827927","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98974e25-3dda-4dde-8bc4-996f2b163b62.jpg?v=1777405440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forms-of-things-unknown-shelley-savren-9781475827927","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}