Grammar of Poetry: Imitation In Writing Student Text, 2nd Edition

Grammar of Poetry: Imitation In Writing Student Text, 2nd Edition

Publisher: Canon Press, Logos Press & Noeo Homeschool Science
Author: Matt Whitling
$23.99

This is the ideal introductory text for students and teachers discovering the art of poetry. As a 'grammar,' it teaches the fundamentals of poetry from scansion and rhyme to more advanced concepts like spatial poetry and synecdoche.

Using the classical methodology of imitation (advocated by educators like Quintilian and Benjamin Franklin), this text makes students become active participants as they learn the craft of writing poems. It also offers practical tips and helps, including how to use a rhyming dictionary, how great writers use figures of speech effectively, and even when to break the rules of poetry. Its goal is to show students how to capably interact not just with poems, but with language in any situation.

Developed and used at Logos School with great success, the thirty lessons in Grammar of Poetry contain instruction on ten powerful tropes, student activities for every chapter, riddles to solve, a glossary of terms, a list of over 150 quality poems to integrate, and real-life examples from Shakespeare to traditional tongue twisters. It is designed for a semester at the 6-9th grade level, but is perfectly appropriate for anyone with basic writing skills and the desire to learn poetry.

Click each of the below titles to order the other needed components to this course:

• Grammar of Poetry Teacher's Edition

• Grammar of Poetry DVD course

• Grammar of Poetry Set

Click here for the Grammar of Poetry errata sheet. 

ISBN 9781591281191, SKU 1081191

Book Title Grammar of Poetry: Imitation In Writing Student Text, 2nd Edition
Publisher: Canon Press, Logos Press & Noeo Homeschool Science
Author Matt Whitling

This is the ideal introductory text for students and teachers discovering the art of poetry. As a 'grammar,' it teaches the fundamentals of poetry from scansion and rhyme to more advanced concepts like spatial poetry and synecdoche.

Using the classical methodology of imitation (advocated by educators like Quintilian and Benjamin Franklin), this text makes students become active participants as they learn the craft of writing poems. It also offers practical tips and helps, including how to use a rhyming dictionary, how great writers use figures of speech effectively, and even when to break the rules of poetry. Its goal is to show students how to capably interact not just with poems, but with language in any situation.

Developed and used at Logos School with great success, the thirty lessons in Grammar of Poetry contain instruction on ten powerful tropes, student activities for every chapter, riddles to solve, a glossary of terms, a list of over 150 quality poems to integrate, and real-life examples from Shakespeare to traditional tongue twisters. It is designed for a semester at the 6-9th grade level, but is perfectly appropriate for anyone with basic writing skills and the desire to learn poetry.

Click each of the below titles to order the other needed components to this course:

• Grammar of Poetry Teacher's Edition

• Grammar of Poetry DVD course

• Grammar of Poetry Set

Click here for the Grammar of Poetry errata sheet. 

ISBN 9781591281191, SKU 1081191