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ERIC Number: EJ342922
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Poetry: Invitations to Participate.
Harms, Jeanne McLain; Lettow, Lucille J.
Childhood Education, v63 n1 p6-10 Oct 1986
Maintains that teachers' use of classroom poetry provides opportunities for children to respond to ideas, feelings, and events. Examples illustrate how poetry offers readers/listeners invitations to participate: invitations to identify with others, gain new perspectives, retell stories, move with the sound of language, and respond to one's own experiences. (BB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Language Arts, Poetry, Reader Response, Student Participation, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Affective Responses; Response Opportunities; Response to Literature