CaseyColey

April13,2016
PoetryLesson
Grade2FrankDefinoCentralElementarySchool
Title:DescriptiveSummerPoems
EssentialQuestions:
Whatstrategiescanweusetomakeourpoemscreatepicturesinourreadersminds?
Whatstrategiescanweusetocomprehendanddiscusspoetry?
Standards:
02.RL.10,Bytheendoftheyear,readandcomprehendliterature,includingstoriesandpoetry,
inthegrades23textcomplexitybandproficiently,withscaffoldingasneededatthehighendof
therange.
LearningObjectives

Assessments

SWBATread,comprehend,discuss,andwritepoems
aboutsummer.

Discussion,studentpoems

SWBATusedescriptivewordstowritepoemsabout
summer.

Wordcharts,poems

Materials:

Summerpictures

Poemcopies

Clipboards

Youtube,gospelmusic

Preparedfliboard

PriorKnowledge
Studentshavepriorexperiencewithdescriptivepoetry,synonyms,antonyms,andsimiles.
InstructionalPlan
15minutes:
DoNow:Studentswillreceiveaclipboardandaworksheet.Differentpicturesofsummerwillbe
postedaroundtheroom.Studentswillhave30secondsoneminuteateachpicturetothinkof12
descriptivewordsforit,andwillthenscootchtothenextpicture.Thisactivityisdesignedto

preparestudentsforwhenwewillgeneratealistofwordsaboutsummer.Studentswillsitdown
andreviewtheirlist,thensharethemostinterestingwordstheycameupwithwiththeirgroup.
Groupswillshare12ofthemostinterestingwordstheyheardwiththeclass.
2530minutes:
Ms.Coleywillintroducethepoem,Knoxville,TennessebyNikkiGiovannibybeginningwith
vocabularyandfindingthecityslocationonamap.
Studentswillfirstlisten,thenfollowalongasMs.Coleyreadsthepoem,"Knoxville,Tennesse,"
twice.Ms.Coleywillleaddiscussionaboutpoempostreading,andbegintotalkaboutwords
usedinthepoemtodescribesummer.
DiscussionQuestions:
Whatfoodsdoesthepoetliketoeatinthesummer?Turnandtalk.
Whatdoesthepoetliketodointhesummer?Turnandtalk.
Studentswillcircleasmanydetailsaboutbothinpoemaspossible.
Ms.Coleywillhelpstudentsgeneratealistofwordsaboutsummerbyaskingquestionsand
recordingwordresponses.
Questions(studentswillcloseeyestoimagine):
Whatdoyouliketodoforfuninsummer?
Wheredoyouliketogo?
Whatdoyouliketoeatanddrink?
Ms.Coleywillmodelhowtobeginherpoemaboutsummer,modelingGiovannisfirstline.
Attentiontofindingwordsthatwillhelpstudentsmakepicturesintheirmind.Studentswill
thenusescaffoldedworksheettowriteapoemaboutsummer.
Whenstudentsfinishtheirsummerpoem,theywillfreewriteapoemabouttheirfavoriteseason.
Closure:
12studentscanvolunteertoreadtheirpoems.Aftereach,studentswillconsider:
whattheylikedabouttheirpeerspoem
whatwordstheyheardthathelpedthemmakepicturesintheirmind
whatideasthegotfortheirownwritingbylisteningtotheirpeerspoem
Explainthattomorrowwewillcontinuewritingpoems.
Modifications:
Duringpoetrywriting,Ms.Coleywilltakeasmallgroupinthebackoftheclassroomtohelp
lowerlevelstudentsjumpstartthewritingprocess.Lowerlevelstudentswillalsohave
differentiatedworksheet

Name___________________________________________Date________________________

Poetry Scootch
Picture
Number

1
2
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4
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Descriptive Word

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Summer Words Chart

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My Summer Poem
I always like summer
best
you can eat ________________________
and _________________________________
and _________________________________
and lots of __________________________
you can hear the ___________________
at the _______________________________
and see the _________________________
at the ________________________________
in summer it is fun to _____________________
and _________________________________________
and _________________________________________
and__________________________________________
in summer,
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Name___________________________________________Date________________________

My ___________________________Poem
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