Using Poetry Across the Curriculum Using Poetry Across the Curriculum Learning to Love Language Second Edition Barbara Chatton L U IBRARIES NLIMITED An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC Copyright2010byLibrariesUnlimited Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedina retrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recording,orotherwise,exceptfortheinclusionofbriefquotationsina review,withoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Chatton,Barbara. Usingpoetryacrossthecurriculum:learningtolovelanguage/BarbaraChatton.—2nded. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978–1–59158–697–5(hardcopy:alk.paper) 1. Poetry—Studyandteaching(Elementary)2. Languageexperienceapproachineducation.3. Interdisciplinaryapproachineducation. I.Title. LB1575.C53 2010 372.64—dc22 2009036711 14 13 12 11 10 1 2 3 4 5 ThisbookisalsoavailableontheWorldWideWebasaneBook. Visitwww.abc-clio.comfordetails. ABC-CLIO,LLC 130CremonaDrive,P.O.Box1911 SantaBarbara,California93116-1911 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica ForMyTeachers MiltonJohnChatton1916–1992 MildredVickChatton1916–1994 CharlotteS.Huck1923–2005 andLeahGriffin1942–2009 Contents Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Introduction xix Chapter1:PoetryandTheNationalStandardsforEducation 1 TheStandards 1 APaththroughtheStandards 2 DefiningPoetry 2 PoeticLanguage 5 LearningtoLoveLanguage 8 PlayingwithWords 8 SharingPoetry 10 WritingPoetry 10 PostingandSharingPoems 13 NationalPoetryMonth 14 LearningAboutthePoets 15 Anthologies 15 IndividualPoets 15 CreatingaPoetryCollection 17 Anthologies 17 Award-WinningPoets 18 AdditionalReadingsAboutthePoets 19 viii Contents TeachingPoetry 20 PoetryAwardWebSites 21 Chapter2:PoetryandtheLanguageArtsStandards 23 StandardOne:TheLanguageArts 23 Storytelling 23 BooksandReading 24 StandardTwo:ClassicPoetry 26 AnthologiesofNurseryRhymes 26 PictureBookNurseryRhymes 27 AnthologiesofClassicPoems 27 ClassicPoemsasTextsforPictureBooks 27 StandardTwo:RetellingtheClassics 29 RetellingNurseryRhymes 29 RetellingMythsandLegends 30 RetellingFablesandFolkTales 30 RetellingClassicPoems 31 StandardTwoUnit:Halloween 33 HalloweenPoetry 34 MoreScaryCharacters 35 StandardFour:LanguageConventions 35 LettersoftheAlphabet 36 Spelling 36 Punctuation 37 PartsofSpeech 37 Handwriting 37 StandardFive:PoeticForms 38 TerseVerse(HinkPinksorHinkyPinkies) 38 Couplets 38 Haiku 39 Limericks 39 MoreSmallPoems 39 ConcretePoems(ShapePoems) 39 Odes 40 Ballads 40 Sonnets 41 List/CatalogPoems 41 Acrostics 43 Letters,Notes,andPostcardPoems 43 PersonaPoems(MaskPoems) 45 Notebook,Diary,andJournalPoems 45 RecipePoems 46 Contents ix Prayers 46 OtherFormsofPoetry 47 StandardSix:PoeticConventions—ImageryandFigurativeLanguage 47 Imagery 47 FigurativeLanguage 49 StandardSix:PoeticConventions—Sound 50 Rhyme 50 AlphabetBooksandAlliteration 51 Onomatopoeia(SoundEffectWords) 53 StandardNine:LanguageDiversity 54 StandardTen:PoetryinLanguagesOtherthanEnglish 55 PoetryinSpanishandEnglish 56 Chapter3:PoetryandtheScienceStandards 59 StandardOne:Science 59 StandardTwo:Inquiry 60 ToolsoftheScientist 60 StandardThree:PhysicalSciences 61 LiquidsandSolids:WaterandIce 62 LightandShadow 62 StandardFour:LifeSciences 63 Nature 64 Animals 66 PlantsandTrees 77 StandardFive:EarthandSpaceScience 80 Geology 80 DinosaursandFossils 81 Weather 83 WaterandtheWaterCycle 85 Astronomy 85 TheSeasons 86 StandardSix:ScienceandTechnology 90 InventorsandInventions 90 Machines 91 Buildings 91 StandardSeven:ScienceinPersonalandSocialPerspectives 92 EnvironmentalIssues 92
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