Wordplaygrounds

By John S. O'Connor

Subjects: English, Creative writing, Creative writing (Middle school), NCTE, Study and teaching (Middle school), education, Oral interpretation, teaching, Study and teaching (Secondary), New Trier High School (Winnetka, Ill.), Authorship, Creative writing (Secondary education), Poetry, Faculty, Poetry, study and teaching, Oral interpretation of poetry, poetry

Description: High school English teacher O'Connor, currently of New Trier HS, wrote this book as a guide for teaching poetry. It is organized by poem type, which is useful for teaching. (There is a chapter on list poems. He defines the type, gives published examples, explains how and why he presents them in the classroom, gives student examples and results.) His students span middle school and high school. The book is published through NCTE, and so is cheapest if purchased there.