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ERIC Number: EJ360681
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Reference Count: 0
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Memory, Power, and Poetry: Sexton's "Fury of Overshoes."
Zancanella, Don
English Journal, v76 n7 p84-88 Nov 1987
Discusses teaching junior high students Ann Sexton's poem about remembrances of childhood. Notes the strong personal connections students make with the action and feelings of the poem, and that the poem helps thirteen- and fourteen-year olds understand their own developmental transformations. Suggests related writing assignments based on multiple points of view. (JG)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Class Activities, English Instruction, Junior High Schools, Literary Devices, Literature Appreciation, Poetry, Reader Response, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Childhood Recollection; Sexton (Anne)