ERIC Number: EJ831339
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Mar
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-1074-4762
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Celestino: A Tribute to the Healing Power of Poetry
Heard, Georgia
Voices from the Middle, v16 n3 p9-14 Mar 2009
Georgia Heard spent a week with students in New Mexico, encouraging their search for "self-portrait poetry"--poetry in which they saw themselves. She witnessed courage, pain, tragedy, and hope in the choices and writing of those struggling students, and came to learn that at least one among them had found a life-changing outlet. (Contains 7 resources.)
Descriptors: Pain, Poetry, Self Disclosure (Individuals), At Risk Students, Art Expression, Middle Schools, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Grade 8, Poets, Self Concept, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Grade 8; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Mexico
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