Writing Simple Poems: Pattern Poetry for Language Acquisition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521785525)

Writing Simple Poems provides practical writing activities for teachers to use with their learners. This is a resource book that shows teachers how to use poetry writing as a medium to teach and reinforce structure, vocabulary, parts of speech, and punctuation, as well as other grammar and writing conventions. Appropriate for any age or fluency level, the book can be used by ESL, foreign language, or bilingual teachers as an adjunct to their writing program. It contains 25 easy-to-follow, self-contained lessons, each with poetry models and sample poems written by students of various ages and linguistic backgrounds. The simple patterns in this book will encourage students to express their own ideas creatively and accurately.

Author: Vicki L. Holmes, Margaret R. Moulton
ISBN-10: 0521785529
ISBN-13: 9780521785525
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/16/2001
Pages: 166
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.32d