Describes the preconceived ideas that adolescents have regarding the reading and writing of poetry. Explains the author's nontraditional high school classroom and its methodology. States that the class is run like a reading and writing workshop. Emphasizes the importance of students' ownership of their ideas. Concludes that adolescents can be…

Suggests that one of the greatest outlets for the middle school voices in one particular classroom is the students' immersion into poetry during writing workshops. Describes a classroom environment that encourages children to express themselves in writing, speech, and action each day. Presents numerous examples of students' poetry. (RS)

Describes a multiage first- through third-grade classroom where the development of children's voices and their writing can happen slowly, in its own time. Uses children's poems to show how children discover the craft of writing through listening to other writers (fellow classmates and authors) in the ongoing process of hearing their own voices and…