Early Childhood Experience in Language Arts 11 e by Jeanne M. Machado (c) Cengage

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Chapter 10
Poetry

2. Chapter Highlights
A. Poetry and Young Children
B. Poetry and Reading Ability
C. Selection
D. Types of Poetry and Elements
E. Teacher Techniques
F. Resources
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Objectives
 In this chapter, we will investigate:
Poetry elements
The ability to present a poem
Creating a poem with features that appeal to
young children

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Poetry (1 of 3)
 Enjoyable way to build listening skills
Poem: rhythmic use of words
 Builds vocabulary
 Easy for children to learn
 Familiarizes and exposes children to classic
and contemporary poetry

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Poetry (2 of 3)
 Stimulates children’s imaginations
 Builds self-worth and self-confidence
 Promotes success in reading and spelling
ability
 Trains children to experience the pleasure of
hearing sounds

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Poetry (3 of 3)
 Has form and order
 Diction
Clarity of speech; enunciation
 Couplets
Stanzas of two rhyming lines
 Verses
Lines of a poem or poetry without imaginative
or conceptual power

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Use of Poetry
 Use poetry for various reasons:
Exposure to classic and contemporary poetry
Pleasure of hearing sounds
Enjoyment, humor
Stimulate imagination
Increase vocabulary
Exposure to rhyming

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Promoting Early Reading Ability
 Nursery rhymes
Folk sayings with rhyming words for very
young children
 Alliteration
Repetition of beginning consonant sounds

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Poetry Elements
 Children’s literature
Loaded with rhyming words and names
 Assonance (vowel sound)
Repetition of words of identical or similar
vowel sounds
 Figurative language
Language enhanced by words

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Teacher Techniques
 A poem should be read smoothly.
 A child should not be singled out or asked to
recite without volunteering.
 Utilizing poetry charts build interest.
 Display children’s poetry.
 Teachers should not change a child’s work
when dictating.

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Ways to Introduce
Children to Poetry
 Have a poem of the day or week.
 Use pictures and a flannel board to motivate
children.
 Invite the children to help you think of
rhyming words to go with cut-out magazine
pictures.

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Types of Poetry
 Lyric
 Descriptive
 Narrative
 Limerick
 Free verse
 Nonsense

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Poetry Elements
 Similes
Comparisons of two things that are unlike
 Metaphor
Figures of speech in which a comparison is
implied by analogy but is not stated
 Personification
Giving human characteristics and emotions to
inanimate objects and animals

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Sources
 Poetry books can be found in many places:
Public libraries
Book stores
School supply stores
Teacher magazines
Teacher-created poems
 Select poetry that reflects cultural diversity