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Let's do poetry in primary schools James Carter

Let's do poetry in primary schools By James Carter

Let's do poetry in primary schools by James Carter


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Practitioners are still uncertain of exactly how to manage assessment. This book takes them through the process step by step. It explains the terminology, shows them how to turn observation into assessment and in the final chapter sets out how to manage and interpret all the information they have gathered.

Let's do poetry in primary schools Summary

Let's do poetry in primary schools: Full of practical, fun and meaningful ways of celebrating poetry by James Carter

Let's Do Poetry in Primary School is a fun, accessible and very practical guide to give teachers the tools, the mindset and the confidence to put poetry at the heart of the classroom, and everyday learning. The book includes games and warm-ups, ideas for cross-curricular activities, an anthology of age appropriate poems, tools for reading and performing poems, setting up a poetry-rich classroom and ultimately, shows all it takes is six or so poetic forms with which to create language-rich and expressive responses to all the topic and curricular work that you cover in the academic year.

Let's do poetry in primary schools Reviews

Excellent book to spark off ideas for poetry in older children. ...Innovative ideas of how to explore the many forms of poetry. * Primary Teacher update awards *

About James Carter

James Carter is an educational writer, INSET provider and one of the most high profile children's poets in the UK today. A former lecturer in creative writing and children's literature at the University of Reading, he now travels all over the UK and abroad to visit schools, libraries and book festivals to give lively performances, workshops, INSET sessions and gifted & talented days. James has been writer-in-residence in numerous Primary schools across the south of England. A prize-winning and widely-anthologised poet, his poetry collections include Cars Stars Electric Guitars (Walker Books), Time-Travelling Underpants, Greetings, Earthlings!, Journey To The Centre Of My Brain (Macmillan), Hey, Little Bug! (Francis Lincoln). Over the last ten years, James has written four widely-used and critically-acclaimed creative writing books for KS2&3 (all Taylor & Francis).

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GOR005383317
9781408163917
1408163918
Let's do poetry in primary schools: Full of practical, fun and meaningful ways of celebrating poetry by James Carter
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2012-10-25
128
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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