Finding Your Way With Poetry has been written in two distinct parts. The first part focuses on building students confidence in the reading of poetry through process-based work. The second part focuses on students writing their own poems.

Featured poems have accompanying illustrations and each page is well-structured, with a write-on format. Students are guided through a series of language activities designed to develop skill and increase self-confidence.

Language activities cover the following range:

• Reading
• Questioning
• Writing
• Brainstorming
• Group discussion
• Presentation (oral, visual and dramatic)
• Personal response

About the Author

Elody Rathgen has written widely on issues related to English teaching in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, and has also published many excellent classroom resources. She has a Ph. D. in Education and works as a university lecturer.

[ISBN: 9781869681111; 48 Pages]

[Author: Elody Rathgen; Age Suitability: 9-11+]

Also available in this series:

Finding Your Way with Plays

• Finding Your Way with Writing
• Finding Your Way with Speaking
• Finding Your Way with Listening
• Finding Your Way with Drama