Poetry goes to school : bringing together children and poetry through college students : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

This paper serves to orient college students, the future instructors, to the Poetry Goes to School project. An explanation of the program, which strives to expose children to authentic poetry and a discussion of how it is implemented in the classroom, are presented. Distinctive qualities, which set Poetry Goes to School apart, and benefits for participants are listed. Through this paper, the concept of children as readers and writers of real poetry becomes logical in the curricula and limitless in the creative minds of young poets.