{"product_id":"poems-are-teachers-amy-ludwig-vanderwater-9780325096537","title":"Poems Are Teachers: How Studying Poetry Strengthens Writing in All Genres","description":"\"Poems wake us up, keep us company, and remind us that our world is big and small, And too, poems teach us how to write. Anything.\" Amy Ludwig VanDerwater explains in \u003cem\u003ePoems Are Teachers\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e This is a practical book designed for every classroom teacher. Each lesson exploration includes three poems, one by a contemporary adult poet and two by students in grades 2 through 8, which serve as models to illustrate how poetry teaches writers to: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e find ideas \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003echoose perspective and point of view \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003estructure texts \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eplay with language \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ecraft beginnings and endings \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003echoose titles. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e Students will learn how to replicate the craft techniques found in poetry to strengthen all writing, from fiction to opinion, from personal narrative to information. \"Poets arrange words and phrases just as prose writers do, simply in tighter spaces,\" Amy argues. \"In the tight space of poetry, readers can identify writing techniques after reading one page, not thirty pages.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Ludwig Vanderwater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0325096538\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780325096537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heinemann Educational Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Amy Ludwig Vanderwater","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990149202175,"sku":"9780325096537","price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d6cc0849-d79b-4a8e-8aa2-a07c3fc4867d.jpg?v=1683303276","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poems-are-teachers-amy-ludwig-vanderwater-9780325096537","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}