Brave New Voices The YOUTH SPEAKS Guide to Teaching Spoken Word Poetry

Name: Brave New Voices The YOUTH SPEAKS Guide to Teaching Spoken Word Poetry
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ISBN: 9780867095081

ISBN-10: 0867095083

ISBN-13: 9780867095081

Edition: 2001

Authors: Scott Herndon, Jen Weiss, Youth Speaks Staff

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Over the last several years, YOUTH SPEAKS after-school poetry workshops have helped turn hundreds of student writers into passionate poets. And now, Jen Weiss, director of YOUTH SPEAKS New York, and Scott Herndon share some of the secrets of their success - enabling you to transform your poetry lessons into a dynamic learning environment, where students develop not only a passion for poetry, but clear and powerful expression. Utilizing student examples from their spoken word poetry workshops, Weiss and Herndon present their methods and outline a practical five-week course that fosters poetic awareness by focusing on writing, self-reflection, and performance. Designed specifically for middle…

Book details

List price: $33.50
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 9/25/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Scott Herndon is completing his Ph.D. in English at NYU and has been a mentor at YOUTH SPEAKS for three years. A nonprofit literary arts, education, and cultural resource center for teenagers in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, YOUTH SPEAKS offers free and ongoing public performance and publication opportunities, after-school workshops, in-school presentations, and mentoring programs.

In 1999, Jen Weiss piloted YOUTH SPEAKS in New York City and has been its director ever since. A nonprofit literary arts, education, and cultural resource center for teenagers in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, YOUTH SPEAKS offers free and ongoing public performance and publication opportunities, after-school workshops, in-school presentations, and mentoring programs.