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The Power of Poems (Second Edition)

Writing Activities that Teach and Inspire

by (author) Margriet Ruurs

Publisher
Capstone Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2013
Category
Curricula, Reading & Phonics
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781934338896
    Publish Date
    Jan 2013
    List Price
    $22.95

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Description

With dozens of engaging and practical writing activities for students in grades 3-8, The Power of Poems makes it easy and fun to integrate poetry into your curriculum?and teach to the standards, too. Margriet Ruurs guides you and your students through the writing process, from cultivating an inspiring learning environment and generating poem ideas to publishing poetry on paper and digitally. Hundreds of age appropriate poem recommendations, student examples, and writing tips make this a resource you?ll return to again and again. Jump-start your students? passion for reading and writing poetry and realize the power of poetry in your classroom today!

About the author

Margriet Ruurs is the award-winning author of forty books for children. Passionate about literacy, she writes children's and educational materials and conducts author visits and writing workshops at international schools around the world. Her picture book biography A Brush Full of Colour: The World of Ted Harrison won the Canadian Children’s Literature Roundtables Information Book Award and the Crystal Kite Award, and was nominated for several others. Born in the Netherlands, Margriet raised her family in the Yukon, Canada. Today, when she isn't travelling, she runs a booklover's bed and breakfast on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia.

 

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