* Comparative approaches to both the 'Poems from Different Cultures' and the 'Literature Poetry' clusters. * Strategies for several key poems. * Shows how poems can be taught in pairs or groups. * Approaches that can be adapted for use with other poems. * A teachers' guide to planning poetry into the course. * A wide range of approaches: an I.T. activity, a game, creative writing strategies, visual representations, tableaux, poetry fragments, sorting exercises and more. * A strong emphasis on close reading and developing pupils' understanding of the poets' uses of form, structure and language. * Charts, spidergrams and other formats for pupils to use for comparative work and revision. * Support for planning and writing in exams, including modelled writing, and planning grids.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Emc Study Guides .

There are 96 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2004 by English & Media Centre .