Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book provides practical ideas for teaching poetry through a variety of activities including singing, metaphors, and similes.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• The authors and series editor(p. 1)
• Foreword(p. 3)
• Introduction(p. 5)
• How to use this book(p. 13)
• 1 Sound poems(p. 17)
• 1.1 Animal sound poems: Contented lions(p. 17)
• 1.2 Onomatopoeic poems: Snoring Englishmen(p. 22)
• 1.3 Nickname poems: Garihumbabi, pyramid priest(p. 24)
• 1.4 Rhyming poems: Heart where you feel(p. 26)
• 1.5 Rhythm poems: Gone to London(p. 27)
• 1.6 Alliterative poems: The Cute Creams(p. 29)
• 2 Wordplay poems(p. 32)
• 2.1 Word invention poems: beginnings of words Subview-the view from the floor(p. 32)
• 2.2 Word invention poems: the ends of words Powerful mice(p. 35)
• 2.3 Grammar play poems: Honeying the girls(p. 38)
• 2.4 Opposites poems: Idlis and chapattis(p. 41)
• 2.5 Preposition poems: Water everywhere(p. 44)
• 2.6 Word association poems: Red, the money goddess(p. 46)
• 3 Wordmixing poems(p. 48)
• 3.1 Similes about language learning: Words like sea shells(p. 49)
• 3.2 Similes about people: Sister like a flower(p. 50)
• 3.3 Idiom poems: As dear as a donkey(p. 53)
• 3.4 Adjective/noun poems: The kind snow(p. 55)
• 3.5 Metaphor poems: Hope is a spoon(p. 59)
• 3.6 Weather poems: The snorting storm(p. 61)
• 4 Sentence pattern poems(p. 64)
• 4.1 I can, I can't: I can hear the rain(p. 64)
• 4.2 Inner questions: Where are you?(p. 67)
• 4.3 Conversation poems: OK, bye-bye(p. 69)
• 4.4 Orders and commands: Stones as souvenirs(p. 71)
• 4.5 Relative clauses: I wonder who paints butterflies(p. 74)
• 4.6 I know poem: My mother knows my shoe size(p. 76)
• 4.7 Poems about first days: Surprised by mashed potato(p. 79)
• 4.8 Mashed sentence poem: I am fond of bananas(p. 81)
• 5 Time poems(p. 83)
• 5.1 Poems about age: Being young, being old(p. 83)
• 5.2 Busy activity poems: Here is a beehive(p. 85)
• 5.3 Ancient monuments speak: Slaves and princes(p. 88)
• 5.4 Memory poems: Now I'm a poet(p. 90)
• 5.5 Inner and outer poems: Not climbing but falling(p. 92)
• 5.6 Talking about the past: I remember the sight of nothing(p. 95)
• 5.7 Feelings: If love was a sweet(p. 96)
• 6 Modal verb poems(p. 100)
• 6.1 Guessing poems: A note folded inside a diary(p. 100)
• 6.2 Ideal world poems: A place with no schools(p. 103)
• 6.3 Values poem: You can't cuddle money(p. 104)
• 6.4 Giving advice: If you want to be free(p. 106)
• 6.5 Poetry market: Poems for sale!(p. 108)
• 6.6 New Community Ten Commandments: Be kind when you can(p. 111)
• 7 Language function poems(p. 113)
• 7.1 Poems about finding the way: On the corner of night and dreams(p. 113)
• 7.2 Poems about getting rid of unwanted clutter: The reject shop(p. 116)
• 7.3 Fairy-tale advice column: Glass shoes(p. 120)
• 7.4 Celebrating and inviting poems: Seeing snow(p. 123)
• 7.5 Poems comparing likes and preferences: Tigers and oranges(p. 125)
• 7.6 Praise-songs: My magnificent bull(p. 128)
• 8 Genre poems(p. 131)
• 8.1 Recipe poems: Custard kisses(p. 131)
• 8.2 Memo poems: I have forgotten to take the rose(p. 134)
• 8.3 List poems: Tom's Blue-Eye astrologer's shop(p. 136)
• 8.4 Diary poems: First pair of high heels(p. 139)
• 8.5 Postcard poems: Greetings from the moon(p. 140)
• 8.6 Answerphone messages: Press nothing(p. 143)
• 8.7 Greetings card jumble poem: Merry birthday(p. 145)
• 9 Poetry games(p. 147)
• 9.1 Mini-sagas: There was a boy from Turkey(p. 147)
• 9.2 Chain poems: Snake in the grass(p. 150)
• 9.3 Expanding poems: Roses at the wedding(p. 152)
• 9.4 Shape poems: Write my country(p. 154)
• 9.5 Alphabet poems: His the high jump(p. 157)
• 9.6 Riddles: I waved and he waved back(p. 159)
• 10 Poems as stories: Go and open the door(p. 162)
• 10.1 First times and last times: First he was a boy, then he was a man(p. 162)
• 10.2 Now and then poems: When I was good(p. 164)
• 10.3 Inner language, outer language: The music is playing(p. 166)
• 10.4 Poems about family members(p. 169)
• 10.5 Family sagas: My grandmother's bed(p. 171)
• 10.6 Poems about changes: First I was, Then I was(p. 173)
• 10.7 A visualization poem: Go and open the door(p. 175)
• Appendix 1 Poetry forms(p. 179)
• 1 Poems which count syllables(p. 179)
• 2 Poems which repeat lines(p. 181)
• 3 Poems with special rhyme schemes(p. 181)
• 4 Poems which have special rhythms(p. 183)
• 5 Poems which have a special mood(p. 183)
• Appendix 2 Glossary of key words(p. 184)
• Further reading(p. 191)
• 1 Collections of short poems for the classroom(p. 191)
• 2 Resource books for teachers(p. 191)
• 3 Articles and discussions about poetry in the classroom(p. 192)
• 4 Useful websites for poetry(p. 192)
• 5 Dictionaries and reference books(p. 192)
• Index(p. 193)