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Get lit : a 12-week course in literacy (and life) through poetry

Lane, Diane Luby. (Author).

Summary: A teacher's curriculum and guide for introducing youth to literature, poetry, performance, and literacy. The standards-based curriculum blends classic literature and poetry with modern spoken-word performance. Developed for use with at-risk teens, the ideas in this book can be used to approach literacy development for other groups as well.

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  • ISBN: 9781452553528
  • Physical Description: 77 p. : 28 cm.
  • Publisher: Bloomington, IN : Balboa Press ; 2012.

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General Note:
"Get Lit is a standards based program that is approved by the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission as am arts education provider."--cover.
Subject: Education
Literacy -- Study and teaching
Teenagers -- Education -- United States
Youth literacy
Language arts
Adolescents
Reading

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Decoda Literacy Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Decoda Literacy Library 371.823 L36 2012 (Text) 35410000018010 General Collection Volume hold Available -

A Message from Get Lit Founder, Diane Luby Lane xi
A Letter from James Catterall xiii
A Letter from Tim Robbins xv
A Letter from Carol Muske-Dukes xvii
Promises of the Program xix
How To Use This Book xxi
Week 1 What is Poetry? Where is Poetry? Why Do I Need Poetry?
1(4)
Week 2 Claiming Your Poem, Claiming Yourself
5(3)
Week 3 Becoming Your Poem (Memorization)
8(4)
Week 4 Reclaiming Your Voice (Recitation)
12(4)
Week 5 Realize & Respond (Writing)
16(7)
Week 6 Going Below the Surface (Re-Writing)
23(3)
Week 7 Speak Up! (Reciting Your Own Words)
26(4)
Week 8 Strength in Numbers (Becoming Part of a Group)
30(3)
Week 9 Raise the Volume, Raise the Roof (Reciting as a Group)
33(2)
Week 10 Creating a Symphony (Responding as a Group)*
35(3)
Week 11 The Sum of the Parts (Group Recitation)
38(3)
Week 12 Putting it Together (Dress Rehearsal)
41(3)
Tips for the Final Performance 44(3)
Conclusion 47(2)
Appendix I Handouts 49(2)
Appendix II List of Poems (Titles & Authors) 51(14)
Appendix III Poetic Terms 65(6)
Appendix IV Themes 71(2)
Appendix V Creating a Class Anthology 73(1)
Appendix VI Get Lit Curriculum's alignment to the Common Core Standards 74(17)
About the Author 91(2)
About Get Lit---Words Ignite 93

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