Poetry Pauses: Teaching With Poems to Elevate Student Writing in All Genres

Unleash the power of poetry to boost all academic writing

Student writing outcomes will transform if we invest more time in the genre we too often ignore: poetry! With Poetry Pauses, Brett Vogelsinger asserts that all good writing takes us to deeper places, whether it’s narrative, argument, informational, or verse. So why not use the palm-size examples of poems to develop students’ skills?

This book helps you to

• Teach techniques such as using sound, pattern, imagery, grammatical structures...