Part 1 Planning for English/language arts teaching: aims and priorities; planning for successful teaching; diversifying and individualizing; assessment, evaluation and grading. Part 2 Ideas for teaching literature and reading: the first "R"; reading and responding; the classics, popular culture and cultural literacy; summary and troubleshooting; four problems in teaching; literature. Part 3 Ideas for teaching oral and written composition: the process of composing; extending the dimension of literacy; the red pencil blues; summary and troubleshooting; the PTO discusses writing. Part 4 Ideas for teaching language: grammar, dialects and correctness; a curriculum for George Orwell; language across the curriculum; summary and troubleshooting; four sentence diagrams from Nightmare Abbey. Part 5 The profession of teaching: colleagues, collaborators and contraries; summary and troubleshooting; letter to a "young" teacher.
Georgia Heard has taught writing and poetry for over 25 years in urban, rural, and international classrooms. She was the 2023 recipient of NCTE's prestigious Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. Her numerous other books for teachers include Heart Maps, The Revision Toolbox, and Finding the Heart of Nonfiction. The first edition of Awakening the Heart was heralded as one of "12 Books Every Teacher Should Read" by Instructor Magazine. Georgia Heard received her M.F.A. in poetry from Columbia University and was a founding member of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. In addition to her Heinemann professional books, Georgia is the coauthor of the professional titles Poetry Lessons to Meet the Common Core Standards and A Place for Wonder, as well as children's literature such as Falling Down the Page: A Book of List Poems.
"Intelligent, respectful, and beautifully written, this book bypasses lesson plans and gimmicks and gets to the heart of what writing poetry is all about . . ."-The Writing Teacher
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