* Comparative approaches to both the 'Poems from Different Cultures' and the 'Literature Poetry' clusters. * Strategies for several key poems. * Shows how poems can be taught in pairs or groups. * Approaches that can be adapted for use with other poems. * A teachers' guide to planning poetry into the course. * A wide range of approaches: an I.T. activity, a game, creative writing strategies, visual representations, tableaux, poetry fragments, sorting exercises and more. * A strong emphasis on close reading and developing pupils' understanding of the poets' uses of form, structure and language. * Charts, spidergrams and other formats for pupils to use for comparative work and revision. * Support for planning and writing in exams, including modelled writing, and planning grids.
This book is part of a book series called Emc Study Guides .
This book is aimed at children in secondary school.
There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by English & Media Centre .