{"product_id":"forms-of-things-unknown-teaching-poetry-writing-to-teens-and-adults-hardcover","title":"Forms of Things Unknown: Teaching Poetry Writing to Teens and Adults - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShelley Savren\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA college student writes: \"These words I write\/ open their mouths wide\/ screaming the most intimate secrets.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn 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 façade behind.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShelley Savren is the author of two poetry books, The Common Fire (Red Hen Press 2004) and The Wild Shine of Oranges (Tebot Bach Press 2013), and Welcome to Poetryland: Teaching Poetry Writing to Young Children (Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield 2016). She is an English professor emeritus at Oxnard College and has been teaching poetry writing for the past forty years. Visit her at www.shelleysavren.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 18, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45575039844454,"sku":"9781475827927","price":156.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/vKVupt-FKN9781475827927.webp?v=1777524631","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/forms-of-things-unknown-teaching-poetry-writing-to-teens-and-adults-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}