Poetry Play Any Day With Jane Yolen

By Cheryl Potts and Jane Yolen

Jane Yolen is the popular author of more than 160 books for children & adults, & the winner of numerous awards for her poetry & literature, including the Christopher Medal, the Charlotte Award, & the Regina Medal. Several of her titles have been chosen as ALA Notable Books. Poetry Play Any Day With Jane Yolen offers 31 new & ready-to-use activities, including educational games, learning exercises, & simple craft projects that will create enthusiasm, appreciation, & excitement for the rhyme & rhythm in poetry, in addition to reinforcing reading, writing, & language skills. You can introduce students to the forms & styles of poetry & provide a non-threatening, low-key, fun approach for students to experiment & practice poetry writing. The activities in this resource will introduce them to couplets, triplets, haiku, quatrain, cinquain, limericks, acrostics, free verse, nonsense poems, & many more. Using Jane Yolen's books of poetry will create springboards for many classroom activities, ideas & projects because of her diverse themes & topics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579500382
• ISBN13: 9781579500382
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Demco (Highsmith)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 11.0"
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5