The Adventures of Dr. Alphabet: 104 Unusual Ways to Write Poetry in the Classroom and the Community

by Dave Morice

Book Overview

From the writer of Poetry Comics, this thoughtful collection of exercises and student poems offers myriad examples of how the two and three dimensional may be integrated with the textual, in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915924447
• ISBN13: 9780915924448
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Teachers & Writers Collaborative
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful

This book is full of wonderful activities for poetry writing with all age-groups. I have already made my first deck of "Poetry Poker" cards, and I cannot wait to try some of the other activities.

Dr. Alphabet is a Wizard!

I've been teaching high school creative writing for twenty plus years and nothing, and I mean NOTHING!, has revolutionized how we teach that class more than this little book. Our students are spray painting their cars, then writing poems on them. They're writing poetry inside and outside refrigerators, stoves, on chairs and tables, on the sidewalks, on their father's army boots, on toilets, and yes, they've even written on the kitchen sink. We've been asked to give inservices to other educators about this project. It's nothing short of sensational and Dave Morice is our hero! Don't buy one of these books, buy a dozen for all of your teacher friends. This technique makes kids want to be creative. All age groups will find good stuff here.