Taking Poetry Off Its Pedestal: The Place of Poetry Writing in an Assessment-Driven Curriculum.

Dymoke, Sue

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ERIC Number: EJ632360

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Taking Poetry Off Its Pedestal: The Place of Poetry Writing in an Assessment-Driven Curriculum.

Dymoke, Sue

English in Education, v35 n3 p32-41 Aut 2001

Examines the location and status of poetry writing within an assessment-driven curriculum. Argues for the development of an assessment model that could remove the mystique surrounding poetry and establish it on an equal footing with prose text types in the National Curriculum for English. (SG)

Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Poetry, Secondary Education, Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme: Recapitulations: Strong Practice Key Stage 2 to 3.