Let's Read Poetry

Duration: 11

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1949

Creator: Paul Burnford

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: In a classroom setting, Tommy reads twice Rossetti's "Who Has Seen the Wind?," Longfellow's "Rain in Summer," and Riley's "The Brook Song," while the words are superimposed on appropriate scenes. The narrator then demonstrates how Tommy might read to improve his understanding, and invites the audience to try their reading skill., Emphasizes the advantages of reading poetry slowly, thinking about what is read and watching the punctuation. Superimposes verses from 'WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND,' 'RAIN IN SUMMER' and 'THE BROOK SONG' on interpretive background scenes.

Complete Record: In a classroom setting, Tommy reads twice Rossetti's "Who Has Seen the Wind?," Longfellow's "Rain in Summer," and Riley's "The Brook Song," while the words are superimposed on appropriate scenes. The narrator then demonstrates how Tommy might read to improve his understanding, and invites the audience to try their reading skill., , Emphasizes the advantages of reading poetry slowly, thinking about what is read and watching the punctuation. Superimposes verses from 'WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND,' 'RAIN IN SUMMER' and 'THE BROOK SONG' on interpretive background scenes.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.