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Surge of Language Teaching Poetry Day by Day

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ISBN-10: 0325006067

ISBN-13: 9780325006062

Edition: 2004

Authors: David Cappella, Baron Wormser, Jeffrey Wilhelm

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Does anybody think harder about teaching poetry than these guys? . . . In my considered opinion, no one does it better, thinks harder about it, or writes as refreshingly on the topic as Wormser and Cappella. The book you hold in your hands is a marvel and an elixir. All language arts teachers at any level should memorize it. - Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Boise State University Poetry is part of the 7-12 English curriculum, but many students, and teachers too, are afraid of it. They think of poetry as esoteric, insular, even elitist. Baron Wormser and David Cappella prove otherwise. Poetry is in fact the lifeblood of language. It incorporates all aspects of the language arts. It deserves to be at…    
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Book details

List price: $40.25
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 2/10/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

David Cappella is a poet and Assistant Professor of English at Central Connecticut State University. His teaching experience ranges from middle school to the doctoral level. He presents workshops on the teaching of poetry to teachers and students around the country. He and Baron Wormser coauthored Teaching the Art of Poetry: The Moves.

BARON WORMSER was Poet Laureate of Maine from 2000 to 2005. He is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Carthage (2005), and the co-author of two books about teaching poetry. He directs the Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching and the Frost Place Seminar, and he is on the faculty of the Stonecoast MFA program. He lives with his wife in Hallowell, Maine.

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