5-E Lesson Plan Template

Your Name: Caitlin Hines Your E-mail Address: chines83458@troy.edu

Grade Level: 10th u!"e#t Area: En$lish%Lan$ua$e Arts
Lesson Title: &eintrodu#in$ Poetr' Lesson Len$th: 1 hour and 15 minutes
THE TEACH(NG P&)CE
Lesson )vervie*
This lesson teaches students how to read and gain an understanding of poetry.
+nit )!"e#tives:
Students will be refreshed on the different forms of figurative language.
Students will learn how to read poetry and gain an understanding of the poem.
Students will be able to comprehend the literature.
tandards addressed ,AL C)-
Cite strong and thorough tetual evidence to support analysis of what the tet says eplicitly as well as
inferences drawn from the tet. !"#.$%&'.&(
)etermine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the tet* including figurative and
connotative meanings+ analy,e the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone -e.g.*
how the language evo.es a sense of time and place+ how it sets a formal or informal tone/. !"#.$%&'.4(
0y the end of 1rade &'* read and comprehend literature* including stories* dramas* and poems* at the high
end of the 1rades $%&' tet compleity band independently and proficiently. !"#.$%&'.&'(
List o. /aterials
mart!oard
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Paper5 pen#il%pen5 and !rains6
(NT&+CT()NAL E7+ENCE
Phase )ne: En$a$e the Learner
2ctivity3 )ouble 4ntry 5ournal
"ead the poem on the Smartboard to yourself. 6n your 7ournal* write down the setting* the
protagonist and antagonist -if any/* the rhyme scheme* and any figurative language. Then*
write down what you thin. the poem means. -poem used is 8The "oad 9ot Ta.en: by
"obert ;rost/
<hat=s the teacher doing>
0y as.ing the students to write down these
points* the teacher is analy,ing how much
the students remember or learned about
poetry prior to this unit.
<hat are the students doing>
The students are pulling old information
from their brains to critically thin. about the
answer.
6t is opening up their minds to prepare them
to learn more about poetry.
Phase T*o: E8plore the Con#ept
2ctivity3 Students get in their assigned groups for five minutes to discuss their thoughts
and opinions on the 7ournal prompt.
2fter sharing with their group* the class has a discussion led by me. 6 begin by as.ing each
group what they came up with. 2s. students about setting* literary devices* antagonists and
protagonists* and rhyme scheme.