Poetry Pauses

Brett Vogelsinger has been teaching English for over twenty years and currently teaches a full schedule of students at Central Bucks High School South in Bucks County, PA. He is the author of Poetry Pauses: Teaching with Poems to Elevate Student Writing in All Genres. He is also a regular contributor at Moving Writers (www.movingwriters.org) and has been featured on Edutopia, NCTE Verse, NPR′s MindShift podcast, and The New York Times Learning Network. When not teaching, grading, or writing about such things, you will likely find him spending time with his family, his garden, or the Jenga tower of books he plans to read. You can find him on most social media @theVogelman or at his website, www.brettvogelsinger.com.

In Poetry Pauses, Vogelsinger provides exactly the encouragement,guidance, and resources that teachers of writing need. He is a masterreader and master teacher—practical and accessible, nuanced anddetailed. From content that students will love to assessments thatwill challenge them, from first principles of understanding to subtleapproaches for analysis, Vogelsinger thinks like the veteran practitionerand generous colleague that all departments need. PoetryPauses is a collection of resources and inspiration that I am certain willenliven and enrich my courses right away, and for years to come.

• Introduction: Purposeful Poetry PausesChapter 1: Poetry to Bring on the BrainstormChapter 2: Poetry Pauses for Writing AnalysisChapter 3: Poetry Pauses for Crafting NarrativeChapter 4: Poetry Pauses for Argument WritingChapter 5: Poetry Pauses for Writing Informative and Research PiecesChapter 6: Poetry Pauses for Improving Grammar and Punctuation SkillsChapter 7: Poetry as a Healthy Literacy RoutineAppendices