In this fresh new edition, Georgia Heard offers updated strategies, lessons, mentor texts, and examples from both professional and student writers that resonate with today’s kids. An impactful compliment to any SEL program, Awakening the Heart’s lessons and exercises empower students to connect with their emotions, identities, and the world around them.
Awakening the Heart, Second Edition provides practical strategies for:
- creating an inclusive and supportive poetry environment
- helping students read poetry to understand its meaning
- helping students get started writing poetry with accessible prompts
- teaching poetry craft tools and techniques.