Poetic Possibilities

Using Poetry to Enhance Literacy Learning

Susan E. Israel, editor, with Michelle M. Israel

The literacy-themed poems in this anthology—reprinted from the premier journal for literacy educators, The Reading Teacher—give teachers, literacy coaches, and parents a new way to enhance literacy learning.

Use this book to

• Integrate poetry into classroom lessons to develop your students’ lifelong love of reading and writing
• Motivate students of all ages with opportunities for meaningful reading and writing
• Encourage students and colleagues to write poetry
• Promote professional reflection, growth, and change

Each poem is accompanied by prompts to get you and your students thinking and by a literacy application to help you use the poem in the classroom. You’ll also find additional resources to prompt further thinking or research on the poem’s topic.

© 2006 | 144 pp.
ISBN 13: 978-0-87207-582-5

Also of interest:

Life’s Literacy Lessons

Also by Susan E. Israel:

Teachers Taking Action

Using Metacognitive Assessments to Create Individualized Reading Instruction

Shaping the Reading Field