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, and dialogue Select poems from the online companion website for read alouds and writing warm-ups Reshape students' attitudes about verse with contemporary spoken word and poems by today's favorite poets Know how to tuck specific poems into any part of the writing process to build your students' understanding of brainstorming, elaboration, paragraphing, argumentation, and more No matter what students go on to do in life, being able to reach a broad audience with language that engages the whole mind is a gift. The resources here and online will stoke students' logic and creativity immeasurably.

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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction: Purposeful Poetry Pauses -- Poetry Pauses Defined -- Why Poetry? -- Getting Started With Poetry Pauses -- How to Find Poems -- How to Choose Poems -- How to Use This Book, the Appendices, and the Companion Website -- 1 Poetry to Bring on the Brainstorm -- Brainstorming With Poetry: Step by Step -- Poetry Pause: Making a List -- Poetry Pause: Starting an Abecedarian -- Poetry Pause: The Golden Shovel -- Poetry Pause: Collecting Words -- Poetry Pause: Tilting a Topic -- 2 Poetry Pauses for Writing Literary Analysis -- Poetry Pause: Frames for Analysis -- Poetry Pause: Analyzing Character and Conflict -- The Literary Theme Essay -- Pausing to Prewrite as We Read -- Stating a Theme -- 3 Poetry Pauses for Crafting Narrative -- The Influence of Poetry on Twenty-First-Century Narrative Writers -- Poetry Pauses During Narrative Drafts -- Poetry Pause: Zooming In on Key Details -- Poetry Pause: Establishing Images to Anchor a Narrative -- Poetry Pause: Making Movement Happen -- Poetry Pause: Crafting a Climactic Twist -- 4 Poetry Pauses for Argument Writing -- Poetry Pause: Sharpening a Claim -- Poetry Pause: Emphasizing Key Evidence -- Poetry Pause: Inviting Multiple Voices -- Poetry Pause: Examining Multiple Choices -- Poetry Pause: Spoken Word Poems as Models and Mentors -- 5 Poetry Pauses for Writing Informative and Research Pieces -- Poetry Pause: Translating Research Into a Poem -- Poetry Pause: Eye-Opening Irony -- Poetry Pause: Found Poems -- Poetry Pause: The How-To Poem -- Poetry Pause: Studying Stanzas to Kill the Five-Paragraph Essay -- 6 Poetry Pauses for Improving Grammar and Punctuation Skills -- Poetry Pause: Parsing With Line Breaks -- Poetry Pause: Poetic Parallel Lines -- Poetry Pause: "Poetry Is All Nouns and Verbs" -- Poetry Pause: Preposition Poems. Poetry Pause: Dialogue Rules -- Poetry Pause: Examining Rare Punctuation Species -- 7 Poetry as a Healthy Literacy Routine -- Building the Classroom Library -- The Daily Routine -- Helping Students Keep Up the Habit -- Poetry Pause: The Feedback Haiku -- Writing Ourselves Out of a Corner -- Appendix A: Strategies to Streamline and Scaffold -- Appendix B: Reproducible Handouts -- Appendix C: Quotables -- Student Work Cited -- References -- Index.