Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?: Teaching Great Poetry to Children [Paperback]

Kenneth Koch (Author)

Book Description

Release date: June 16, 1990 | ISBN-10: 0679724710 | ISBN-13: 978-0679724711

In 'Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?' the celebrated poet Kenneth Koch conveys the imaginative splendor of great poetry--by Blake, Donne, Stevens, Lorca, and others--and then shows how it may be taught so as to help children write poetry of their own.

Product Details

• Paperback: 346 pages
• Publisher: Vintage (June 16, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679724710
• ISBN-13: 978-0679724711
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Written with Reverence and Fun February 10, 2002

By Brandi S. Martin

Format:Paperback

Mr. Koch will not underestimate children. He will not talk down, dumb down, water down, because a passion for the subject matter animates this book as it must animate his instruction. He carefully documents and shares children's work as if it is as important as the poetry that inspired it.

Like anything truly sublime, the unspoken lesson enlivens this book . If you really share what you love with students, guide them instead of showing them, ask instead of telling, and treat their products with the respect you'd give a visiting artist, they will produce art as amazing as Mr. Koch's students did.

Forget teaching poetry to children- teach poetry instead. Take the concept and apply it to all creative acts. Teach art from great and challenging art. Teach music from powerful, sophisticated music. They can not only take it, they'll take it and keep it.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent "hands on" teaching method for great poetry. October 20, 1998

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

Teachers of poetry from elementary to high school will enjoy teaching poetry with this method or incorporating the ideas into existing curriculum. I had success with it in ninth grade. Younger students would like it even more. The method uses great poems as starting points for children's own writing, and many examples are provided.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Elementary Kids April 8, 1999

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

I used this book to introduce unrhymed poetry to a fourth grade class. They just knew that they were going to HATE poetry, but after they were exposed to these poems and had a chance to write their own, they were upset when the poetry unit was over. They loved the poems written by other children that Koch included.