Cyclops Wearing Flip-Flops: Best of Poetry Inside Out 2011

Cyclops Wearing Flip-Flops: Best of Poetry Inside Out 2011
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Introduction

Imagine learning to write under the tutelage of great masters—Shakespeare, Ovid, Pablo Neruda. By translating the work of great poets, Poetry Inside Out students learn about grammar and vocabulary and are inspired to produce some amazing poetry of their own. Now you can experience it for yourself with Cyclops Wearing Flip-Flops.

Cyclops Wearing Flip-Flops takes students, parents, and teachers alike through a 17-session PIO course. Printed bilingually with languages ranging from Spanish to Chinese to Mayan, the book starts out with the basics—rhythm, repetition, and imagery—before moving on to complex lessons, like translating an "abecedarian poem" (where each line begins with a different letter from A to Z).

In addition to classic poems from ten languages, student translations, and original student poetry, Cyclops Wearing Flip-Flops comes with short pieces by PIO instructors that introduce the poetry and culture of each session. It also includes tips on revising poems, teachers' insights into having the program in their classroom, and more.

This eighth book in the Best of Poetry Inside Out series offers parents, kids, and teachers a chance to see the fruits of an innovative and highly rewarding program. It also offers anyone who loves great poetry the opportunity to see some of the world’s great verse through the eyes of tomorrow’s great translators.