This text is one of a series of four books which provide material for poetry sessions. The books can be used both as teaching materials and as poetry anthologies. Each book is divided into units which focus on three or four poems linked either by a common theme, a common form, or the work of a particular poet. Follow-up work takes the form of open questions, suggestions for oral, music and drama work, art activities and poetry writing. Each book features well-known and popular poets such as Michael Rosen, Roger McGough, Charles Causley, and Will Ogilvie as well as lesser-known poets. All four books also have a unit featuring Scottish poetry and an introduction for teachers is provided.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Presenting Poetry .

There are 48 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 1996 by Hodder Arnold .

Frances and Gordon Jarvie are editors of the Scotties series and between them authors of seven of the titles.