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Building Community through Poetry: A Role for Imagination in the Classroom

by Chapman Hood Frazier

Building Community through Poetry: A Role for Imagination in the Classroom
Grades
8 - 12
Type
Journal
Published
May 2003
Publisher
NCTE

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Description

Methods such as the circle poem, the "poetic interview," the found poem, and the poetic field trip are just some used by the author to create an atmosphere of mutual support and enable students to initiate "imaginative possibilities."

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