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Awakening the Heart Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School

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ISBN-10: 032500093X

ISBN-13: 9780325000930

Edition: 1998

Authors: Georgia Heard

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Awakening the Heart is a stirring personal reminder that encouraging children to discover the words and images of their own lives, as we discover our own, is a crucial devotion. We all need such books as lanterns and guides. - Naomi Shihab Nye Fans of the best-selling For the Good of the Earth and Sun will applaud this sequel by beloved author Georgia Heard - an inspiring and practical handbook that celebrates the natural power of poetry to teach the essential tools of all writing. Awakening the Heart explores how to cultivate the poet in every elementary and middle school student - through well-drawn examples, detailed exercises, creative projects, and down-to-earth classroom teachings.…    
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Book details

List price: $32.20
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 11/2/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.10" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

As a writer, a poet, and a founding member of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Georgia Heard continues to bring a poet's ear and a teacher's know-how to every aspect of writing instruction. Her latest books, The Revision Toolbox, Second Edition and Finding the Heart of Nonfiction, take their place alongside essential resources such as the Heinemann titles Writing Toward Home; and Awakening the Heart - which Instructor Magazine called one of its 12 Books Every Teacher Should Read. Georgia is also a member of Heinemann Professional Development Services. At the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Georgia worked for seven years as Senior Staff Developer in New York…    

Introduction
Poetry, Like Bread
Is for Everyone Making a Poetry Environment
A Place Where Your Life Really Matters Reading Poetry
Poems Keep Singing to You All Your Life Writing Poetry
Where Does Poetry Hide? Crafting Poetry
Toolboxes Sharpening Our Outer and Inner Visions
Poetry Projects Epilogue
Yourself as the Key