{"product_id":"9781475827934","title":"The Forms of Things Unknown : Teaching Poetry Writing to Teens and Adults by Shelley Savren","description":"A college student writes: \"These words I write\/ open their mouths wide\/ screaming the most intimate secrets.\" An inmate in a maximum-security men's prison writes: \"Within my writing, I am able to break down my prison walls and escape, leave the gangster fa?ade behind.\"The Forms of Things Unknown: Teaching Poetry Writing to Teens and Adults draws from Shelley Savren's forty years of teaching poetry writing to a diverse array of students, from teens with mental health issues to seniors to adults with developmental disabilities, and in a wide variety of settings, which include middle schools, high schools, colleges, juvenile halls, women's centers, and a men's prison. Each chapter includes an original poem from Savren, heartfelt stories, and lesson plans that introduce poetic concepts through model poems by professionals, open-ended writing assignments, methods for sharing and critiquing, and student poems. Designed for use in a classroom or community setting, this book features forty-one lesson plans and nineteen more poetry-writing workshop ideas and provides guidance and inspiration for teaching poetry writing to teens and adults.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56301486506357,"sku":"9781475827934","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781475827934.jpg?v=1762791129","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781475827934","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}