Poetry in the Adult Literacy Classroom. Teacher to Teacher [electronic resource] / Nancy Padak.

Some adult learners and teachers have negative memories of their previous encounters with poetry because too much emphasis was placed on the poem's "intent" or dissecting poems to determine their rhyme schemes. However, poetry can be an effective complement to instruction in adult lit...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Padak, Nancy
Corporate Author:	Ohio Literacy Resource Center
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2001.
Subjects:	Adult Basic Education. Adult Literacy. Beginning Reading. Classroom Techniques. Educational Practices. Instructional Materials. Learning Activities. Literacy Education. Poetry. Reading Comprehension. Scaffolding (Teaching Technique) Student Educational Objectives. Student Evaluation. Supplementary Reading Materials. Writing (Composition)