The book presents multiple approaches to teaching poetry at the middle and early high school levels that aim to 1) engage students in performative acts of poetry writing and analysis; 2) introduce students to the basic formal elements of contemporary and

Mark Dressman is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is currently also an editor of Research in the Teaching of English. Join the author online at letspoemresources.ning.com