Off By Heart: Poems for Children to Learn, Remember and Perform UK ed. Edition
Author(s): Roger Stevens (Author)
Publisher: A&C Black Childrens & Educational
Publication Date: 6 Jun. 2013
Edition: UK ed.
Language: English
Print length: 112 pages
ISBN-10: 1408192942
ISBN-13: 9781408192948
Book Description
A brilliant, dip-in collection of poems to be read aloud, with tips and advice on how to be the best poetry performer!
This wonderful anthology is full of poems that are easy to remember and perfect for reciting out loud. It includes new, modern and classic poems, ranging from very short to long and written by a diverse range of poets from Joshua Seigal to Christina Rossetti and from Lewis Carrol to Debjani Chatterjee. The poems are arranged in order of length, making it easy to select the right poem for every level. Featuring tips for readers, teachers and parents on how to memorise poems and on performing them out loud, this book is perfect for the memorising and performance elements in the primary National Curriculum.
Book Band: Brown Aimed at readers aged 7+
Editorial Reviews
Review
This is an unusual approach to a collection of poems and one that will make the book very popular with teachers. ― www.parentsintouch.co.uk
All have interesting themes and many are funny. Stevens stresses in his tips sections that, above all, to be motivated to learn the poems and to put them across, the children need to like and understand what they are reading. There should be no difficulty with that. ―
www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
“If you don’t like a poem,” says Roger Stevens in a useful section for teachers and parents at the back of this book “why would you want to remember it?” This book is a very good start for any teacher unsure of how to implement Government advice about learning poems by heart. ―
Armadillo Magazine Published On: 2013-10-04
The poetry collection, with its…careful selection of appropriate poems, should appeal to child readers…a useful addition to primary school library shelves. ―
The School Librarian
Roger Stevens does it again with another engaging and enjoyable poetry book…with fun always to the fore. ―
Primary Teacher Update
Book Description
An anthology of poems which gradually increase in length, full of rhythm and rhyme. Perfect for learning off by heart and reciting out loud, and complete with tips for performing poetry
About the Author
Roger Stevens has put together many poetry anthologies, such as The Monster That Ate the Universe (Macmillan) and Let’s Recycle Grandad, The Secret Life of Pants and the CLPE award nominated A Million Brilliant Poems for A & C Black. As well as working as an anthologist and poet, Roger runs the ‘Poetry Zone’ website for children and is a frequent visiting author in schools specialising in poetry workshops.
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